Perhaps a more concise answer is that JHS readonly should work the same as it does in J6. The only difference is that J6 has a checkbox before the menu item.
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Eric Iverson <[email protected]>wrote: > 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
