- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 22:15:00 +0000 (UTC)
On Sat, 7 Aug 2004, Matthew Thomas wrote: > > Furthermore, perhaps the "move-up" and "move-down" buttons could be > replaced by a single "move" control. This could appear as a grippy (e.g. > a square of raised bumps) next to a row, so it could be dragged with the > mouse to move the row up or down. And on platforms (or in accessibility > situations) where focusing it was appropriate, it could be focused so a > row could be moved up or down with the arrow keys. > > Sample rendering (magnified): > > - - ---- -------------------------. ,---. ,---. o o o o > | | ___ | | _|_ | o o o o > | | | | | | o o o o > - - -- ---------------------------' "---" "---" o o o o > > This would be more direct manipulation than move-up and move-down > buttons would be. More importantly, if you were wanting to move a row > more than one place with the mouse, dragging a grippy once would be much > more convenient than clicking a "Move Up"/"Move Down" button several > times, since the latter button would annoyingly jump away every time you > clicked it. That is indeed pretty cool. I've made a note of it, and will revist it for Web Forms 3. Off hand, the main problem I see is how to define where the "row" is. For example, the template can just be an inline element. There could also be elements between the repeated rows. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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