The intent is that clicking menu item readonly should change the state of the page. It should change between readonly and editable states.
open a new ijs page enter some text press esc t (readonly shortcut) and the page should be green (readonly state) press esc t and the page should be white (editable state) verify that green ignores editing keystrokes verify that white allows edititing On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 1:38 AM, Brian Schott <[email protected]>wrote: > Eric, > > The demox.ijs page starts as readonly and then when I click the option > readonly menu, as you suggest and I did not notice likely because I am > color defective, it changes from pale green to white. I had assumed > for some reason that alternating clicks on the menu selection would > toggle the state back and forth between editable and readonly, but > that is not the case for me. Because Ric also used the term toggle and > because I associate that term with an alternating state behavior, I > thought maybe the intent was for an alternating state behavior. Can > you clarify your intent, please? > > And as of now, clicking on a demox.ijs readonly file, changes the > state to editable. > > On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 8:19 PM, Eric Iverson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I'm confused by your report. Perhaps because the UI is rough and > misleading. > > Or perhaps it isn't working as it should. > > > > The menu item with the word readonly does not change. However, the state > of > > the page should change with each click of that menu item. It has white > > background if editable and you should be able to edit. It has a pale > green > > background if it is not editable and you should not be able to edit. > > > > A new ijs (empty file) starts as editable. An existing (non-empty) file > > starts as readonly. > > > > Does it behave as I've described? Is your problem report that the menu > item > > doesn't flip between readonly/ediatble? > > > > On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Brian Schott <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >> Ric, > >> > >> I cannot toggle the page BACK to readonly but I can make it writeable, > >> and btw the word 'readonly' in the option menu remains 'readonly' > >> after the page is actually writeable. Does your 'readonly' word toggle > >> at all? I'm using Firefox 3.6.10 on PPC Mac with OSX 10.4.x > >> > >> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 5:13 PM, Sherlock, Ric > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > I am able to successfully toggle the page from readonly to writeable & > >> back. Win7 Firefox 3.6.10. > >> > > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > -- > (B=) <-----my sig > Brian Schott > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
