[android-developers] Re: About highlightbar in the List

2008-06-20 Thread Biosopher
I'm still confused as to why touching the screen does not show a highlight. Is there a usability reason for this or is it a technical limitation? From my POV, a highlight on touch would seem the most natural approach. - Biosopher --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You

[android-developers] Re: About highlightbar in the List

2008-06-20 Thread Romain Guy
It's a usability reason. A highlight will show when the user presses the item, but it will go away when the touch action ends. On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Biosopher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm still confused as to why touching the screen does not show a highlight. Is there a usability

[android-developers] Re: About highlightbar in the List

2008-06-20 Thread Bruno Sauer
Would it be possible to "turn on" highlighting as an option? This would be very useful for cases where the user selects/touches an item on the screen and then uses the menu button to select an action on the item selected - I agree with Biosopher's POV - if the highlight goes away then menu

[android-developers] Re: About highlightbar in the List

2008-06-20 Thread Romain Guy
No, there won't be such an option. Having a persistent selection on a device with a touch screen and a keyboard (if Android runs on a such a device some day) creates many more important issues. The next release of the SDK provides a new feature in ListView that lets you enable the single choice

[android-developers] Re: About highlightbar in the List

2008-06-19 Thread Romain Guy
There is nothing to do to show the selection. Note however that the selection appears only when you use the physical keys (that is your keyboard in the emulator). Touching (clicking with your mouse) the screen won't show the selection. On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 3:27 AM, juma [EMAIL PROTECTED]