Thanks! I have made a bit of progress with:
Expando-Show Scroll'm-Rollem Once I have them operational, I'd be glad to share them. It amazes me how little code is involved with this stuff. I wonder if there's any wisdom in plugginizing them. Darcy On Nov 21, 4:02 pm, polyrhythmic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Awesome, looks like you're getting the hang of jQuery. Best of luck > with your project! > > Charles > > On Nov 21, 4:39 am, TunaSandwich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So far I have one of the patterns solved. I have the "Type 'n List" > > pattern working. > > > I found the TypeWatch pluggin which seems to do what I need. It's > > athttp://jquery.com/plugins/project/TypeWatch > > > I just used their example but I modified it to use AJAX with a > > querystring. > > > $(".woot").typeWatch( { enterkey:true, highlight:true, > > callback:finished } ); > > > function finished(txt) { > > //alert('You typed: ' + txt); > > $('#status').load('data.php?q='+txt.replace(" ", > > "+")); > > } > > > where .woot is the class of a text box and #status is an ID of a div. > > > Darcy > > > On Nov 20, 6:50 am, TunaSandwich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > I just hopped on the jQuery bandwagon and I'm working on the following > > > functionality so if there are any examples or tutorials that do > > > anything like this I'd love to hear about them. I realize I will > > > eventually figure all this out but if anyone knows of any working > > > models, examples that are close to what I want or a list of what > > > methods to study would be greatly appreciated because it would speed > > > things up. (And that's what we're all here for right? �� ) > > > > Type 'n List: > > > I would like to type into a box. A list of links would appear just > > > below the box that will have been retrieved from the database using > > > AJAX. Ideally there would be a timer. The user starts typing and as > > > soon as they stop typing for say 900ms, then the links would be > > > retrieved from the database. If the user starts typing again, then > > > again the box isn't refreshed till they stop typing for 900ms. I have > > > done this often with Visual Basic or FoxPro and the trick there was to > > > have a timer that you reset whenever the user types. The logic for the > > > database refresh is in the timer event so it doesn't fire unless the > > > timer fires. I did this once in plain JavaScript and I used the > > > clearTimeout and setTimeout functions. > > > > Dynamo-List: > > > A list of links is inserted in a DIV. The list is refreshed by the > > > server every few seconds. When new items appear, they are inserted > > > rather than having the whole list refresh. I have seen the hide(500) > > > method and it would be nice is items appeared and disappeared in the > > > list using a similar effect. > > > > Dynamo-Check'em: > > > I have a list of a lot of check boxes so what I'd like to do is have a > > > text box at the top of the list. When the user types in the text box, > > > then the list of check boxes is refined by what the user types (based > > > on the name of the check boxes stored in a database). The user can > > > check the boxes. Once checked they always remain in the list > > > regardless of whether or not they meet the criteria. To make them > > > disappear, the user has to uncheck them. The reason they stay visible > > > once checked is so that the user can see which ones are checked > > > regardless of what's in the text box. For this control, the timer > > > pattern in the Dynamo-List above isn't as important because the number > > > of check boxes will not be very large. Perhaps a thousand at the outer > > > limit. The boxes the user has checked off should always be reflected > > > in the database. > > > > Expando-Show: > > > In a given list of items (anchor tags), I'd like to be able to hide > > > and show the description and other fields that go with each item. This > > > needs to be done two ways. One where the data is just hidden and shown > > > and the other where it is disposed of and loaded from the database as > > > required in real time. > > > > Scroll'm-Rollem: > > > Given say 100 items in a database, I'd like to show about 5 of them. > > > Every few seconds, I'd like to hide the bottom one and thin insert a > > > new one at the top. So it's like a scrolling list that runs on a > > > timer. When a user is hovering an item, we don't want to make it > > > disappear. I would like scroll-up and scroll-down links as well so > > > that the user can manually scroll the list. > > > > I'm using PHP and MySQL (I realize it doesn't matter what's at the > > > back end as long as the back end returns the same results). Obviously > > > I can learn faster from any examples that use PHP but I'll take > > > anything. �� > > > > Thanks again! Also, if there's anyone here floating around Ottawa that > > > would like to join my support groups for programmers and business > > > people, don't hesitate to contact me! > > > > I look forward to hearing from anybody! > > > > Darcy Whyte > > > Social Software, Analyst, Database > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 613-563-3634 > > > Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | N 45° 25'03.1" W 75° > > > 42'21.4"www.Siteware.com|www.siteware.com/pictures > > > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Think Tank: Share ideas about face to face and online social networks. > > > Explore and > > > analyze existing systems. 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