inputLOV is shorter ... ;)
On 7/11/06, Benj Fayle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I agree that inputListOfValues is better than inputLOV. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthias Wessendorf Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 12:40 PM To: adffaces-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Re: Tag renaming proposal Thanks Adam, I found this page http://www.webdesignpractices.com/ and it contains some interesting stuff. -Matt On 7/9/06, Adam Winer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/9/06, Mike Kienenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 7/8/06, Adam Winer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > separator = <hr>, more or less. > > > spacer takes up some space (horizontal, vertical, or both) with a blank > > > area. > > > > > > Make sense? > > > > Yeah, I would have guessed the same thing if pressed. > > > > I'd suggest calling separator horizontalRule (or horizontalLine -- > > never quite understood the rule part since a rule is for making a > > line, not the line itself) if that's what it is. > > > It's not - not necessarily. <hr> happens to be the representation right > now, and it could be skinned differently. And we might end up > offering an "orientation" attribute to provide a vertical separator - so > "horizontal" is too limiting, at which point I think "separator" is > better than just "rule" or "line". > > > > For reference, the name changes that had some concerns were: > > > > > navigationPath breadCrumbs > > > > > navigationTrain train > > > > > > > > I haven't used adffaces, so I don't know what either of these do. > > > > However, the first set of names seem to imply it's something to do > > > > with navigation (menus?). > > > > > > > > > Page navigation, yes. > > > > > > BreadCrumbs makes me think it's something > > > > to do with cookies. Train just draws a blank. I have no idea what > > > > a "train" component would be doing. > > > > > > > > > Both of these are, in my experience at least, common names for > > > two page navigation components; the first commonly looking like: > > > > > > Home > Shopping > Computers > MacBook Pro > > > > > > ... and the latter for multi-page wizards, like: > > > > > > Shipping --- Billing --- Payment -- Verify > > > > > > I don't know of other terms for these widgets. > > > > I think you're saying that the navigationPath is a multilevel menu. > > I'd stick with calling it a menu or menuPage or menuItem. > > > > No, it's not a multilevel menu. Check out this page: > > http://www.emusic.com/browse/0/b/-dbm/a/0-0/1200000354+546/0.html > > ... and the "Home >> Browse >> Jazz" etc.. thing in there. > > Breadcrumbs is an extremely common term for this UI piece; check: > http://www.google.com/search?q=breadcrumbs%20navigation > ... for an example of how often it comes up. > > multipage Wizard makes perfect sense to me. I think that's better than > > train. > > > But it's not a wizard in and of itself, so calling it that would be > a problem. It's merely an indicator of progress through a multipage > flow. (Train is not nearly as standard a term for this UI). > > > > > > > selectInputText inputLOV > > > > > > > > inputListOfValues would be better than inputLOV. > > > > > > > > > I could go either way. > > > > > > What's the difference between adf:inputText and adf:inputLOV? > > > > > > > > > > It lets you pop up a dialog window (using the dialog framework) to pick > > a > > > value, > > > and have that value automatically entered into the field. That requires > > a > > > different base component class - more than just EditableValueHolder. > > > > In that case, it'd probably make sense to stick popup in the name > > somewhere. inputTextPopup? inputTextPopupList? inputPopupList? > > > > The fact that it put up a popup isn't a rendering detail, it's a component > typing > detail, so putting it at the end of the name goes against the grain. We > used > to have all of these "components-that-interact-with-the-dialog-framework" > called "selectInput". InputDialogText comes closer. (And perhaps we should > rename the "UIXSelectInput" base class to "UIXInputDialog"?) > > -- Adam > > -- Matthias Wessendorf futher stuff: blog: http://jroller.com/page/mwessendorf mail: mwessendorf-at-gmail-dot-com
-- Matthias Wessendorf futher stuff: blog: http://jroller.com/page/mwessendorf mail: mwessendorf-at-gmail-dot-com
