Not sure if it will address your problem... I have created some custom popups and also a multi selection tool.
It is still 4D v16 and my selectors/popups are array based. The demo shows the dropdown in action with a 60 000 row address set: Run the method "UI_Test" - compiled mode is better, parsing the 60 000 rows file is not very fast in interpreted mode... (but once in memory it's blazing fast). The popup supports multi string search e.g. "Paul Den" It's part of my tools component, source is included and it's free: https://flury-software.ch/a-swiss-army-knife-for-4d/ Olivier -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: 4D_Tech <[email protected]> Im Auftrag von Douglas von Roeder via 4D_Tech Gesendet: Donnerstag, 5. März 2020 19:47 An: 4D iNug Technical <[email protected]> Cc: Douglas von Roeder <[email protected]> Betreff: Re: Multi-Select Dropdown Menu I appreciate the suggestions and, like every one else here, I *have* gotten into the habit of writing code to fill in the gaps in 4D’s feature set. In this case, I’d like to avoid creating another widget though, Jody, to your point, creating one UI that "does it all” would be a tidy solution. The grid in question is big (dozens of thousands of rows and just over 80 columns) and I’ve got two data entry widgets - 4D dropdown menus/hierarchical menus and a window that allows the user to create multi-segment configuration strings. I’m not keen on introducing "yet another" interface item but that might be my only option. Decisions, decisions… -- Douglas von Roeder 949-910-4084 On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 7:46 AM Jody Bevan via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> wrote: > Doug: > > Many years ago we recognized a few limitations of popups. Therefore > over about a year we reworked our popup code, and also the interface > that indicates a popup. > > The first thing we did was we never used a popup object built in by > 4D. We created our own object that our user base learned was a popup. > Then we could use an invisible button over top of the custom graphic. > Therefore in the button we could decide what we wanted for the > specific interface at that site, for that user, for that specific item. > > Doing this then as Keisuke Miyako says, you could present a > multi-select listbox to what the user thinks of as a specialized popup. > > > > On Mar 4, 2020, at 6:28 PM, Douglas von Roeder via 4D_Tech < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > I’d like to create a UI that supports selecting multiple values > > without > the > > menu closing. > > > > With the exception of using a web area, is there anyway to do this in 4D? > > > > -- > > Douglas von Roeder > > 949-910-4084 > > ******************************************************************** > > ** > > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > > ******************************************************************** > > ** > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
