> Mine required no remapping.
Only in so far that CAPITALS are difficult, numberpad also, any special
signs, spacebar, backspace, arrows etc,
the letters are ok of course.
that is when using keyevents.
Cheers,
Richard Bennett
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.richardinfo.com
(Everything running on, and ported to the 19/12/2000 snapshot of DynAPI2)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Pemberton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Help] menu question...
> Mine required no remapping. The only problem is that IE uses the
backspace for
> navigation and won't let me override it. The only thing i can do is stop
it
> from going back.
>
> Richard Bennett wrote:
>
> > > Just use a hidden form with hidden fields and let the browser do all
> > > the work. Of course, you can build the url yourself as long as you
> >
> > That's it of course, but put like that takes all the magic out of it.
> > cross-browser DHTML is all tricks in the end I guess.
> >
> > Basically you have a DynLayer, with a label in it, and a fake cursor,
with
> > onmousedown
> > event to focus() the real form text-box, which is off screen, and whose
> > onchange event
> > does a setHTML on the label, and positions the fake cursor to
> > label.getWidth().
> > The great thing is you can have any fontsize/color/border etc you want
> > The real offscreen form can have all the properties they always have.
> >
> > first I did it with the keyevents, but that means remapping the whole
> > keyboard.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Robert Rainwater" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "DynAPI Help List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 5:41 PM
> > Subject: Re[2]: [Dynapi-Help] menu question...
> >
> > >
> > > Just use a hidden form with hidden fields and let the browser do all
> > > the work. Of course, you can build the url yourself as long as you
> > > encode the url.
> > >
> > > --
> > > // Robert Rainwater
> > >
> > > On 1/20/2001, 9:27:54 AM EST, Michael wrote about "[Dynapi-Help] menu
> > question...":
> > >
> > > > I've just about finished my own version of what you are describing.
How
> > exactly
> > > > do you plan on allowing for get type forms. As far as I know, this
> > requires the
> > > > data to be "compiled" by the browser and then submitted as a series
of
> > packets.
> > >
> > > > So far, I can only see a way of generating the url for a post form.
> > >
> > > > Richard :o wrote:
> > >
> > > >> yes, it is a browser problem, but I'm making a replacement form
object
> > as a
> > > >> dynapi widget, so you can have text input etc without using a form,
and
> > keep
> > > >> the same post & get properties etc. I should have working example
up in
> > the
> > > >> weekend, or begin next week.
> > > >>
> > > >> Cheers,
> > > >> Richard :o
> > > >>
> > > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >> www.richardinfo.com
> > > >> (Everything running on, and ported to the 19/12/2000 snapshot of
> > DynAPI2)
> > > >>
> > > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > > >> From: "Joseph Crotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 7:10 PM
> > > >> Subject: [Dynapi-Help] menu question...
> > > >>
> > > >> > Hi all,
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I am a perl programmer(well, mostly perl) that maintains an
> > application
> > > >> > comprised of cgi scripts and of course HTML front ends/forms.
The
> > index
> > > >> > page users log into is a frame set(two frames - a narrow vertical
one
> > on
> > > >> the
> > > >> > left with a static menu, and a large one on the right where the
HTML
> > front
> > > >> > end/forms and scripts run).
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I want to drop the frameset and instead use DynAPI2 to generate a
> > > >> horizontal
> > > >> > dynamic menu bar running the top of the screen with the HTML/CGI
> > stuff
> > > >> > below. My concern is that in a very simple test case I
built(code
> > below)
> > > >> > the dynlayer I created would not cover over <select> boxes in IE
5.x
> > that
> > > >> > exist in several of the HTML front ends/forms.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Is there an elegant work around for this problem?
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Thanks for any critique and/or ideas,
> > > >> >
> > > >> > JDog
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> > <html>
> > > >> > <head>
> > > >> > <title>DynAPI Distribution: Create Example</title>
> > > >> >
> > > >> > <script language="Javascript" src="../js/dynapi.js"></script>
> > > >> > <script language="Javascript">
> > > >> >
> > > >> > DynAPI.setLibraryPath('../js/lib/')
> > > >> >
> > > >> > DynAPI.include('dynapi.api.dynlayer')
> > > >> > DynAPI.include('dynapi.api.browser')
> > > >> > DynAPI.include('dynapi.api.dyndocument')
> > > >> >
> > > >> > DynAPI.onLoad=function() {
> > > >> > myLayer = new DynLayer()
> > > >> > myLayer.setSize(DynAPI.document.getWidth(),50)
> > > >> > myLayer.setBgColor('#000000')
> > > >> > myLayer.moveTo(0,0)
> > > >> > this.document.addChild(myLayer)
> > > >> > }
> > > >> >
> > > >> > </script>
> > > >> > </head>
> > > >> >
> > > >> > <body>
> > > >> > <table width="75%" border="1">
> > > >> > <tr>
> > > >> > <td>
> > > >> > <input type="text" name="textfield">
> > > >> > </td>
> > > >> > <td>
> > > >> > <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
> > > >> > </td>
> > > >> > <td>
> > > >> > <input type="checkbox" name="checkbox" value="checkbox">
> > > >> > </td>
> > > >> > <td>
> > > >> > <input type="radio" name="radiobutton" value="radiobutton">
> > > >> > </td>
> > > >> > <td>
> > > >> > <select name="select">
> > > >> > </select>
> > > >> > </td>
> > > >> > <td>
> > > >> > <input type="hidden" name="hiddenField">
> > > >> > </td>
> > > >> > </tr>
> > > >> > </table>
> > > >> > </body>
> > > >> > </html>
> > > >> >
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