Hi, Kai, Well, perhaps the solution I just sent will be good enough. Maybe you can say, "That's how Adobe does it," and get away with it...
If not, that left-most line will require a recursive template. Jay Bryant Bryant Communication Services (presently consulting at Synergistic Solution Technologies). "Kai Hackemesser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/21/2005 02:12 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject Re: XSLT Question Hi, Jay, The first example is the perfect hit: > Key: > |-A node that is not the last node at its level > -A node that is the last node at its level > | Continuation of an ancestor level > > Root > |-Dir1 > | |-File11 > | -File12 > |-Dir2 > | |-File21 > | |-File22 > | |-Dir21 > | | |-File211 > | | -File212 > | -Dir22 > | -File221 > -Dir3 > In the first case, you need either a for-each or a recursive template to > generate all the "continuation" images and space them properly. Thats what I'm searching a solution for ... > From a user-interface design point of view, by the way, the second view > is much better. The first is very cluttered. All those lines draw the > eye away from the information that matters without adding any value. If > you must do the first, you should make the lines NOT stand out (light > grey and thin lines would do). Customer wishes *sigh* > By the way, the Windows XP Explorer just has boxes with + and - signs. > It has no lines at all, relying purely on indentation to show the > relation between levels. In my view, that's one of the things Microsoft > did right. You are right! I maybe had another tool in mind, TreeSize or such. Ciao! Kai --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]