Stace - Is what you want to do, like this: http://www.mu130s.projects.glos.ac.uk
If so, and you are willing to do a lot of rejigging of code, then study that code and see what you can do, I can try to help where necessary if you get stuck. Regards James On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 5:57 PM, stacef <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the quick replies! > > Adam - I actually like the inline display; what I want is a different > way for the user to get there. Instead of a drop down of many > choices, I would like a single text link for a single language. > > Jeremy - Thanks for the links but I know just enough JS to be > dangerous. Any chance you can help me narrow down the controls I'm > looking for? Again, I'm happy with the result provided by the gadget; > I just want to use a single text link for a single language. The API > seems pretty powerful and I'm just not sure what I'm looking for. > > Thanks again for the thoughts. > > Stace > > > On Apr 15, 2:56 pm, Adam Feldman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > If you get the Translate Element through this configuration page, you > > can set it to turn off the inline display: > http://www.google.com/webelements/translate/ > > > > Is this the functionality that you're looking for? > > > > Also, I'm sorry that there are multiple entry points for this element; > > that's definitely something we want to fix in the future. > > > > Cheers, > > Adam > > > > On Apr 15, 2:33 pm, stacef <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > Not sure if this is a total API question but not sure where else to > > > post. > > > > > I'm currently using the Google Translate Gadgethttp:// > translate.google.com/translate_tools > > > and it works well for our needs. In fact, I love the AJAX instant > > > translation and don't mind the Google bar added to the top of > > > translated pages. > > > > > My issue comes with initial interface: the Gadget places an English- > > > language dropdown stacked above a Google logo on the page, taking up > > > some amount of vertical space and sort of ugly. I would prefer to > > > offer two or three horizontal text links for specific languages and in > > > those languages. Again, I'm happy with with comes after the initial > > > user click. > > > > > Any ideas on how to get what I'm after? > > > > > Thanks for any thoughts or suggestions! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google AJAX APIs" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-ajax-search-api%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en.
