Re: HTML_QuickForm and improved version of advmultselect component

On Wednesday 01 June 2005 05:30 pm, Justin Patrin wrote: > On 6/1/05, Laurent Laville <pear@laurent-laville.org> wrote: > > Hi all, >> (snip) > > I could then start a proposal if nobody is against this idea. > > I'd like to mention for everyone's benefit that this isn't a normal > multi-select, it's two select boxes next to each other emulating a > multi-select. > Thank you for that clarification. My concern is the same as the last time this came up; I think it needs to be backwards-compatible with non-JS browsers. The way to accomplish this is: - Send a regular multiple select control in the markup, with a class set so you can identify it later. - Use JavaScript to: = Change the name of the original control to something else = Create the second select element, giving it the correct name (the "old" name of the element in the markup = Create any necessary controls, buttons, etc. = You'll also need a handler to set the "selected" attribute of everything in the 2nd select element when the submit button is clicked. Since the scripted element is functionally identical to the normal multiple-select, it seems like a bad idea to make it incompatible with older browsers. I'd be glad to work on the JS end of things if help is needed. I also created a "script" element for QF a while back, for just this type of embedded-scripting scenario, but my changes were rejected. If it's possible, I'd like to propose that as a QF subpackage, since I think it's useful, particularly in this scenario. I have no idea if there's something different I have to do to create/propose a subpackage, so input/suggestions on this point is welcomed.

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