(see here:
http://simile.mit.edu/wiki/Exhibit/Dynamic_URLs
)
SiteStories wrote:
> When I use that:
>
> <div ex:role=view>
> <div ex:role=lens>
> <a ex:onclick-content="javascript:myScrollTo({{.label}})"> <span
> ex:content=".label"></span></a>
> </div>
> </div>
>
> I'm getting an error as follows:
>
> Caught exception: undefined
> Details: Error: No such variable called {{
>
> Is there something missing to let the myScollTo know what .label is?
>
> FYI... the following creates the list of labels nicely, just without
> the link functionality that I'm hoping for
>
> <div ex:role=view>
> <div ex:role=lens>
> <span ex:content=".label"></span>
> </div>
> </div>
>
> On Mar 13, 12:41 pm, David Karger <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> no, i just meant the default list-of-things view. This should make that
>> lens active in it:
>>
>> <div ex:role=view>
>> <div ex:role=lens>the lens i defined before</div>
>> </div>
>>
>> SiteStories wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks David: A question:
>>>
>>> Is the "list view" you mentioned something different from tabular view
>>> or the default tiles view? If so, any hints as to render it and
>>> invoke than lens?
>>>
>>> On Mar 13, 12:04 pm, David Karger <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm not sure exactly how to do it, but I think it should be possible to
>>>> create a lens showing those items which contains a fragment of
>>>> javascript code telling the map/timeline to center on that item, e.g.
>>>> <div ex:role=lens>
>>>> <a ex:onclick-content="javascript:myScrollTo({{.label}})"> <span
>>>> ex:content=".label"></span></a>
>>>> </div>
>>>> then render a list view invoking that lens.
>>>>
>>>> SiteStories wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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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