> ...clicked or floated over so I can use one of several special > /common functions that could be graphically depicted. ... > Heck with it - this just 'feels' cool, I'm gonna throw it > together and I'll post a sample later. :)
Ok. I dug in and built a search that essentially treats the banner/logo as a toggle between "buttons" and the search box. The default state is, of course, the search box; and when you click a "button" it switches back to the search-box display. In order to do this type of search, however, it was necessary to provide object hooks into the search.htm. I've tried to make it as modular as possible, in that it provides methods to set the contents of the view-port and toggle display programmatically - I can't think of any other uses offhand, but these exports could be used by other search authors that wanted to be able to 'play' with the view-port. For example, an addin could then be authored that polled a POP server for messages with a certain subject or sender and then flash a graphic in the DQSD area when the message arrived. It's not without bugs, though. :\ The way it's currently created it hides the menu button (curiously named "gobutton") and the search box, and if you attempt to use a search that attempts to change their values it will raise an error - since it's not visible. It may have issues with events that expect the box to be avilable as well (like alarms or what not). I'm working on this part right now. Don't get me wrong - I'm not trying to make this a mousers toy (I just want it to be very effectient when I *do* use the mouse), but I don't see any harm in going this route. Thoughts? Regards, Shawn K. Hall http://ReliableAnswers.com/ '// ======================================================== You're a minefield of information. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ DQSD-Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-devel
