In article <33451@palm-dev-forum>, Arek Jaszcz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a question regarding the "incremental search" function for lists.
>
> By setting the search attribute of a list, I was able to get the
> expected behavior in lists that were sorted ALPHABETICALLY. However,
> when I tried this on lists that were NOT sorted alphabetically (and
> contained mixed-case list items), I got some strange behavior.
>
> This "strange" behavior included skipping over some items that should
> have been selected, and selecting other items too soon (e.g. when there
> are other items with the same first few letters later in the list). Let
> me give an example.
>
> Here's a hypothetical list:
>
> amp
> amo
> diclo
> clox
> ceph
> clin
> Cec
> Lev
> Lor
> Van
> Cip
> Cef
>
> When I enter "c" I get "clox" highlighted. Then I enter "e" and "Cec"
> gets selected (even though there is another item that starts with "ce",
> mainly the last item -- "Cef"). That's the example of selecting an item
> too soon.
>
> The skipping behavior concerns the third item in the list -- "diclo"
> When I generate a grafitti "d", the item does not get selected.
>
> So finally the question:
>
> -Does anybody have the implementation rules (or the actual code) for the
> incremental search function?
> -If I should need to write my own search function, how would I do that?
> In particular:
> -which events should I be looking for in order to make sure I am
> currently in an open list?
> -How would I find out if there are grafitti strokes & process them?
> -How can I write this function so that the normal list behavior still
> occurs (e.g. scrolling, etc)?
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
>
> APJ
>
> Arek
The PalmOS 3.0 source shows, that incremental search does only work with
sorted lists. All your other questions will be answered by looking at the
source code after filling out the paper work.
--
Remo Hofer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Cable/5206/
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