Re: Strawman: outin control

That sounds reasonable to me!

On Fri, Feb 9, 2024 at 2:13 PM Steven Pemberton <steven.pemberton@cwi.nl>
wrote:

>
> Following on from our meeting, where Erik pointed out that we could do
> this
> with an @appearance attribute on <input/>, it seems to me that
> appearance="minimal" would do the trick.
>
>         <input ref="amount" appearance="minimal"/>
>
> would display the amount as if it were an <output/>, unless the control
> got
> focus, in which case it would be displayed as an input.
>
> Steven
>
>
>
> On Friday 02 February 2024 13:07:51 (+01:00), Steven Pemberton wrote:
>
>  > I have a use case in an app I am writing. Actually, it arises a lot.
>  >
>  > The idea is that the standard display is just the output, but if I want
> to change a value, I focus on the value, change it, and then focus away.
>  >
>  > Well, you can do this in XForms:
>  >
>  >
>  >          <switch>
>  >             <case id="out">
>  >                <trigger appearance="minimal">
>  >                   <label><output ref="."/></label>
>  >                   <toggle ev:event="DOMFocusIn" case="in"/>
>  >                </trigger>
>  >             </case>
>  >             <case id="in">
>  >                <trigger appearance="minimal">
>  >                   <label>
>  >                      <input ref=".">
>  >                         <toggle ev:event="DOMFocusOut" case="out"/>
>  >                      </input>
>  >                      </label>
>  >                </trigger>
>  >             </case>
>  >          </switch>
>  >
>  > This works, and does what I want, but to be honest, is a lot of code
> for
> a simple use-case.
>  >
>  > So this is a strawman proposal for
>  >      <outin ref="."/>
>  >
>  > to replace the above. Name is open to discussion.
>  >
>  > It would otherwise be a normal control, with label, hint, help, etc.
>  >
>  > Steven
>
>