I'd like to know what is the 'right way' to do text input in pure SVG? (I am building a pure SVG user interface.)
I have lots of different shapes (over 100), each made from a group containing paths, rectangles and text elements (eventually filters too). The user can 'clone' any shape by dragging it and dropping. They need to be able to type some text into *one* of the text fields within the group, just one word or a number. (Some text is the applications labels, and can't be changed by the user) I would like to stretch the shape as they type reach character if the text they are entering is approaching one of the other fields on the shape, or the edge of the shape. I'd like to shrink the shape, if they rub out a character. They should be able to click into the middle of the text, and drive left and right with the cursor keys. I don't need to support tabbing from one field to the next. The shape is quite complex, so expanding or shrinking while they type may need the path 'd' attribute value to be changed dynamically. Is that an okay idea, or do I need to try to design the shapes' geometry to avoid it? I'd also like to support drop-down lists around the text input (for 'standard values' or their most recent entries) Would someone please point me at the stuff I should be reading or googling-for to understand the available approaches to text input? Simple searches like "SVG text input" doesn't seem to find anything helpful. Do I need to handle every key stroke myself, or are there some helper mechanisms that I can hook into? For example, when I used to do X-Windows stuff, editing could be handled by a widget, but it was possible to look at every character too (both before and after the widget saw it, I think; 19 years ago, so I may be wrong). I'd like to get reasonably wide deployment (when Firefox 4, and IE9 arrive). Should I be constraining myself to SVG 1.1, and ignore the SVG 1.2 (I see that 1.2 seems to have editable text support)? Or, should I be using XHTML too, and abandon a pure SVG approach? All help welcomed :-) GB-) ------------------------------------ ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [email protected] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ----Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
