Have a split form -- the upper part of the screen
is a list while the lower part is a 2 or 3 line text
field or label. When an item is selected in the list,
display the entire text of the entry in the field below
the list.
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Evgeny Rokhlin wrote in message <5691@palm-dev-forum>...
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>Well, thanks for the answer.
>The problem is that the project is a dictionary, and it will contain not
>only words, but phrases also. That is why I can't trunc strings.
>But, maybe, I'll use a text field and copy the string there when the user
>taps on it in the list.
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>Aaron Ardiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:5676@palm-dev-forum...
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>> Hi, everybody.
>> Here is my problem:
>> I lave a list which is filled from the database. It has strings up to 80
>> chars long. So some strings (longer than ~30 chars) are partially
>invisible
>> because of the screen width.
>>
>> Can anyone suggest an "elegant" way to enable the user to see entire line
>> contents?
>
> truncation? :) it would be pretty stupid to word wrap in the list :P
> either truncate (as it does now), or make your items smaller :P if two
> list items are not different within the FIRST 30 chars, then you are
> doing something wrong :P
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> ie:
>
> North Marketplace Drive 1
> North Marketplace Drive 2
>
> would be better represented as:
>
> 1 North Marketplace Drive
> 2 North Marketplace Drive
>
> see what i mean? :> change the list contents.. make sure the user can
> figure out what each item means within the first 30 chars, and you
> have a winner :) the less required to figure it out, the better.
>
> cheers.
>
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