I'm creating an Exhibit that includes:
- facet search boxes (to sort items by label, date, etc...)
- a timeline
- a map
The problem I'm trying to solve:
Let's say I select a couple search terms in the facet boxes, and it
narrows my returned data items from 50 down to 4. On the timeline, if
those items are far enough apart in time, the user can only see the
nearest items that timeline decides to scroll to. Others remain out
of sight, so the user can't know what they are. The map will now show
only 4 markers, but again, the user has to guess what they might be.
The solution I'm hoping for:
Is there a way to list out the timeline items/events in a simple
vertical menu that would appear next to the timeline? Not listing the
items here instead of on the timeline, but in addition to. This way
the user has a clear list of returned items, and can select from them
in this new "menu" to then see the final desired item in the timeline
and map.
I've attempted this by creating a second timeline on the page, and
scrunching up the date intervals so much that all items essentially
appeared in a vertical line. It worked in that I could select items
on this hacked timeline, and it was coordinated with the clean
timeline and map. But, the scrunched map was an ugly interface, and
the extra work it was doing seemed to really slow down all the
elements on the page.
Coordinating somehow with the tabular view would show the list I want,
but would lack the clickable interactivity between the new list, the
timeline, and the map.
Does this make sense to anyone? Any ideas for a clean solution?
The closest I can get, or think to get, is some version of the
following, where the script calls the timeline events, and places them
in the new div (menuDiv)...
<script>
function onLoad() {
var eventSource = new Timeline.DefaultEventSource();
document.getElementById('menuDiv').innerHTML = "eventSource";
</script>
<div id="menuDiv">
</div>
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