David, I've used the elementary table class a good bit in my playing with code and I'm fairly certain it doesn't offer any easy sorting/list like features for it's rows. Do evas or edje offer this?
On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 4:36 AM, David Seikel <onef...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:28:32 +0000 Michael Blumenkrantz > <michael.blumenkra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:26:22 -0200 > > Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri <barbi...@profusion.mobi> wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Michael Blumenkrantz > > > <michael.blumenkra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:11:47 -0200 > > > > Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri <barbi...@profusion.mobi> wrote: > > > > > > > >> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Jeff Hoogland > > > >> <jeffhoogl...@linux.com> wrote: > > > >> > Is it possible to "link" multiple lists together so they > > > >> > scroll at the same time? > > > >> > > > >> you could simulate this (I do not recommend) by creating your own > > > >> gengrid item class and style. This style would define multiple > > > >> Edje parts, the cells for those columns. These have fixed size > > > >> (ie: 200px), or proportional size (ie: 20%) or even be > > > >> dynamically calculated and expand horizontally based on some > > > >> factor (the largest label?). In the last case you'd have to go > > > >> and call item.update() for every item, so they can expand to the > > > >> new maximum size. > > > >> > > > >> What I do recommend is you to look at every modern GUI and none > > > >> of those use these anymore. It's usually used for large number > > > >> of items, where the number of information can be overwhelming. > > > >> You better segment the information and plan what to show. For > > > >> instance, the package manager you sent should do what it > > > >> delegate to user... come on, show the "installed version" and > > > >> "available version"? Why not just an icon with tri-state: > > > >> installed and updated, installed and outdated, uninstalled. > > > >> Could even not be an icon, but a bg color to make it easy to > > > >> spot. If I were doing a package manager, I'd as well merge > > > >> similar packages with different parts, as it's useless to have > > > >> them in the main list, just click to open more details (instead > > > >> of show -dev, -dbg, -examples, -doc... you just show package > > > >> name, click and it expand (or another window/popup/frame) show > > > >> each element and status. > > > > > > > > while I agree that it's misused in most cases, I still see no > > > > better alternative for a desktop music player gui. the ability to > > > > dynamically see/sort aligned rows containing artist/track/title > > > > does not seem to be replaceable. > > > > > > It's a matter of getting used. For instance, I'm using iTunes > > > (http://www.apple.com/itunes/whats-new/) and like the new GUI, they > > > still have that view as an options, and that's the view when you > > > choose "all music", but they have these other that are nice to use: > > > > > > - > > > > http://images.apple.com/itunes/whats-new/images/redesigned_player_albumview.jpg > > > you click the album and it expands in line with the music. > > > - > > > > http://images.apple.com/itunes/whats-new/images/redesigned_player_bonusfeatures1.jpg > > > similar to the album, you click the artist and it will show albums > > > and top music. > > > - http://37signals.com/svn/images/itunes-album-view-large.jpg > > > previous album view, in list-like mode. > > > > > > The last one is more similar to a list, but as you can see it's not > > > a regular list, as some cells are expanded vertically inside an > > > album. So it's a custom widget/view as well. > > > > > > -- > > > Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri > > > http://profusion.mobi embedded systems > > > -------------------------------------- > > > MSN: barbi...@gmail.com > > > Skype: gsbarbieri > > > Mobile: +55 (19) 9225-2202 > > > > hm that's kinda neat. I suppose I could see getting used to that, and > > it would look nice if I wanted something to show off, but I'd still > > prefer my extremely bland column-view for everyday use :/ > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, > > MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills > > current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by > > Microsoft MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnnow-d2d > > _______________________________________________ > > enlightenment-devel mailing list > > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > > /me scratches his head. > > Er, that's a table, evas supports tables, edje supports tables, > elementary supports tables. Pffft > > Have you all vanished up your "we do things differently" arseholes so > far that none of you recognised a plain old ordinary table? No > disrespect intended. B-) > > BTW, tables are used on phones. It's not something that is old > fashioned and people are moving away from. Tables have their good > uses. Try doing a spreadsheet without one. Some popular file browsers > use tables by default to. E17 uses tables. > > Nooow, as for Elementary not really being a desktop widget set, I though > it's job was to support desktops as well as everything else? To be the > widget set to end all widget sets so that EFL no longer had two > different widget sets? To be as usable on the desktop as it is on > mobile phones and such? So that you only need to write one app for > all? Do we need to write a desktop widget set now? And what about the > plans to use elementary as the widget set for E18? Um, e18 is a > desktop thingy. B-) > > -- > A big old stinking pile of genius that no one wants > coz there are too many silver coated monkeys in the world. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, > MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current > with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft > MVPs and experts. 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