Re: New Quickform elements

<mcarter@quantiv.com> wrote : > Hi... > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Bertrand Mansion [mailto:bmansion@mamasam.com] >> >> Jeroen Houben is currently working on a cool popupcalendar >> widget (I put pressure on him here :) ). > > I saw a nice one @ >http://webfx.eae.net/dhtml/datepicker/datepicker.html - > however it wasn't the pop-up type. Another one which was pop up is available > at http://dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex6/popcalendar.htm > > >> The numeric boxes will actually be a good addition. The HTML >> textarea too. But we have to be extra careful with these >> widgets and make sure they work on all recent browsers (NS4 >> doesn't have to be supported IMO, it's too limited). > > http://www.interactivetools.com/products/htmlarea/ does the > best HTML > textarea replacement I know of, and (as has been mentioned on this list > before) the new v3 works in Mozilla and IE. > > If you make some which are IE only, maybe falling back to something else - > or just fail - if the browser is not IE - then there are plenty of neat > little widgets. > > Check out http://webfx.eae.net/dhtml/select/jsGenerated.html > for a > replacement select list, embedded graphics and styles too! > > How about a tooltip to give the user hints on data format to enter in the > form, use http://webfx.eae.net/dhtml/tooltip/tooltip.html and > you can have > styles, rather than just plain text. IE only though :-/ > > >> If you feel like coding a new widget, you will probably be >> interested in Jeroen's code once it's ready. If you have >> found cool javascript that we can use (in terms of licenses, >> authorizations...), please let us know. > > I think http://webfx.eae.net/ is a cool start. Some highlights > are:- > > A slider for selecting a percentage or something such as RGB can be found at > http://webfx.eae.net/dhtml/slidebar/slidebar.html > > http://webfx.eae.net/dhtml/tabpane/tabpane.html could be used > to break up > different parts of the form - rather than just using 'header'. > > A pretty useful (possibly) addition would be the combo box, a text string > and select gadget combined! > http://webfx.eae.net/dhtml/combobox/combobox.htm has the code > and a demo to > view. > > The site also has some stuff for mozilla. > > There also plenty of nice visual effects which can help make forms look > nicer. Maybe it would be good if Quickform had the option to turn them > on/off? One such one is the highlight active form element - > http://dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex11/highlightform.htm > > For now, that's all. Thanks for the links. But I am afraid these javascript widgets don't work in every recent browsers, at least not on a Mac, I tested all of them... So there is no chance they will be included in QuickForm. :( Do you know by any chance a javascript code for +/- numeric boxes. That would be easy to add. Bertrand Mansion Mamasam