Re: EWval Tools List - a little more

Hi Shawn,

Shawn Henry wrote:
> * Still need to fix up the [Complete list... Advanced Search] bar at the 
> top so that it looks like a toggle bar.
> - The most important thing is that it is more visually clear which page 
> you are on, e.g., looks 3-D pushed in with different background colour. 
> Also make the current page text black (not the orange, which looks 
> clickable) (or, if use darker colour for current page background, then 
> white for text).
> - Would be good to look & act like a toggle bar, e.g., at least 3-D and 
> maybe even looks pushed during click.
> - I think better to be form colours, and not WAI site colours - i.e., 
> gray borders rather than orange - to tie in with the search options, 
> rather than than the site wrapper.

I'm really crap at colors and visual design. I know what you mean and like the idea but am not able to implement it. Please advise me how to proceed with this request.


> What about the CSS for a toggle bar that I sent you back when we first 
> talked out it? I think it was pretty close to being just cut & paste. (I 
> think I got it from samples of accessible ways to do things, too.) (Wish 
> we had someone in EOWG who liked playing with CSS & design to do this. )

Besides not knowing the exact copyright situation of it, the CSS was in fact not optimal. Bert kindly helped me improve the code. However, the problem is really the colors and visual design rather than the CSS code. If you let me know specific border/background/text/link/etc colors then it isn't a problem.


> MINOR
> * in list page: add a space between the end of the drop-down list box 
> and the [Sort] button (so they are clearly distinct and brain is less 
> likely to munge them together :)
> * in simple search page, it looks nice with the "List tools that" moved 
> over left so it's under "Simple" and not tight up against the left 
> edge.. however, now need to indent the other three things underneath it 
> so they are at a nother level visually. :/
> * in simple search page, now that I see it, I think that Judy &/or 
> others might prefer the colon after "List tools that", which is OK with 
> me - either way

Done.


> * in advanced page: search button in the middle of the fieldsets doesn't 
> work. maybe doesn't work to have a second one afterall?

That was a bug from my side. Still, adding search buttons in the middle of the page is somewhat confusing. I've put one in the "on this page" side bar. Let me know any comments.


Regards,
  Shadi


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Received on Thursday, 2 February 2006 23:14:57 UTC