Stodge wrote: > Offering the user a drop > down combo box of requirements to choose from isn't the best option.
Rant: combo box /means/ a text entry widget plus dropdown menu "combo". For some reason web developers in particular seem prone to using it to mean a dropdown alone (html forms sadly lack built-in combo boxes, of course) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combo_box > I suppose I could create an auto-complete text box widget that offers > a list of requirements that matches what they typed. But that's a lot > of work for someone who doesn't know Javascript (though I do have > JQuery plugged into my app) If you're using jquery there are quite a few ready-made jquery plugins that mean you can make a combo box (for various ideas of what a combo box is or should be) quickly. Kinda one of the points of jquery is the large array of plugins, though with the usual problems of plugins - variable quality and design. Here's a couple of examples: http://phone.witamean.net/sexy-combo/examples/index.html http://www.fairwaytech.com/Technology/FlexBoxDemo.aspx#demo8 see the jquery plugins list: http://plugins.jquery.com/ search for "combo" or "autocomplete" or "autosuggest". OTOH, a combo box might still be a cramped interface. One could e.g. present a filterable table with the likes of dataTables. http://www.datatables.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
