Actually every view has a "reset" link at the top next to the count of items... But I do agree that such a feature is better placed next to the search box and facets.
David David L. Cohen, AICP wrote: > 12/16/07 > > David: > > A related issue and requested feature for facet slection, especially for the > timeline component of Exhibit, is a page reset function. This would take you > back to the original state of the Exhibit page without having to click on the > browser reload function. This would be helpful for navigating an Exhibit and > going back "home" to the Exhibit as first presented. > > -- > David L. Cohen, AICP > Sent from my BlackBerry wireless handheld. > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Huynh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:29:27 > To:General List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Facet selection inverter? > > > Vincent, Ray, thanks for your suggestions! Actually all of these > conversations on this mailing list have been tremendously helpful to our > team for figuring out problems and solutions for our users. > > It seems like there are 3 modes that you commonly want > - any of the selected choices (this is currently supported) - a OR b OR > c OR d ... > - all of the selected choices (this mode has been requested) - a AND b > AND c AND d ... > - none of the selected choices (this is what you are asking for) - NOT(a > OR b OR c OR d ...) > > Those 3 modes do not support more complex boolean expressions, such as, > say, filtering for movies in which Tom Cruise stars with either Nicole > Kidman or Penelope Cruz: > Cruise AND (Kidman OR Cruz) > > Can you think of any *realistic* case where those 3 modes above don't > suffice for you? > > David > > Vincent wrote: > >>> From: David Huynh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:49:12 -0500 >>> Subject: Re: Facet selection inverter? >>> >>> There's no support for that yet, although there have been similar >>> requests in the past. The challenge is not in the query implementation, >>> but rather in the user interface. >>> Right now I don't have any good >>> solution for supporting negation without making the facet look too busy >>> and confusing. Do you have any suggestion? >>> >>> >> Since an exhibit facet has a global checkbox that appears >> as soon as any of its individual checkboxes is checked, >> I imagine that a small icon may also appear just next to >> this global checkbox. >> This icon, when clicked, could just invert the selection, >> or if one wants implement other facet-specific features, >> it could pop up a menu with several items, among these >> items being the "invert selection" function... >> In the first case, the icon could be some kind of >> black and white symbol, as seen on >> http://images.google.com/images?q=invert+selection&gbv=2&svnum=10&hl=en&sa=G&imgsz=icon >> >> (Note that I suggest the thing above, but in fact, I rely far >> more on *your* expertise than on my vague ideas to keep an >> uncluttered but feature-rich UI in my exhibits...!!! >> Indeed, I think one of the main advantages >> of Exhibit is that it has natively a very well designed >> User Interface, and its evolution is in the hands of people >> that are not only expert in code development, but also and >> perhaps more importantly, are also expert in User Interface design.) >> >> >> >>> By the way, if your exhibit is public, please feel free to share its URL >>> with us (or put it up on our wiki as an example). We're always on the >>> look out for variety in the use cases of our tools. >>> >>> >> Presently, my exhibits are only on an enterprise intranet, >> but if one of them is made public, I'll share the URL. >> >> Thanks for your answer. >> >> Vincent >> >> >> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> >> >> >>> David >>> >>> >> Vincent Borghi wrote: >> >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> First I must say that Simile Exhibit is a great tool, so >>> congratulations to David Huynh (and others involved) >>> for this really brilliant work! >>> >>> I have just a little question: >>> Is there a feature in Exhibit that would allow a user to invert >>> the current selection in a given facet with a single click (on an >>> icon or something)? >>> >>> (For example, if a facet has entries A, B, C, D, E, F, and if the >>> current selected values (box checked) are A and B, I would like with >>> a single click deselect A and B and select C, D, E and F.) >>> >>> Any suggestion? >>> >>> PS: >>> I use Exhibit at work to display trouble tickets, and also to show data >>> from a directory of employees. I think Simile is versatile and I see >>> many other uses in the future... >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/general >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/general > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/general > _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/general
