ext Till Harbaum wrote:
> Hi,
>
>   
>> [1]
>> http://wiki.maemo.org/Documentation/Maemo_5_Developer_Guide/Application_Deve
>> lopment/Menus#Context_menu
>>     
>
> From that text:
>   
>> Avoid using context menus, because they are a hidden and inconvenient way of 
>> interacting with the UI. Use HildonAppMenus > instead. 
>>     
>
> Uhm, e.g. modest and the app manager make use of such popups. That's why i am 
> asking for this as this
> seems to be the way to do things under fremantle.
>
>   
Anyway, they are using it in the main window and not in a dialog, which 
is still a different thing. So, if you really want to use and can't 
avoid them, then use them in a main window in normal mode! and not in a 
dialog!
>> Hope this helped,
>>     
> Sort of ... :-)
>
> So perhaps i should make this a more generic question:
> I have a list of things i maintain in a dialog box. I want to bei able to add 
> things, to remove and
> to change things. What gui element is the one to be used for this in 
> fremantle?
>
> In diablo/chinook i use a treeview with "add", "edit" and "remove" buttons 
> below. The user can
> select items (single click) and then "edit" and "remove" becomes enabled. And 
> the user can
> activate things (double click). How is something like this to be achieved 
> under fremantle?
>
>   
I used your application and this part works in Fremantle as well. Daniel 
Martín Yerga proposed the edit mode in your case, so that the elements 
will kept selected. Have you tried that?

Cheers Daniel

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