--- Dan Shafer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 06:41 AM, Jan Schenkel > suggested to > Sannyasin: > > > > Turn off the autoHilite of the checkbox, and leave > the > > script of the checkbox empty. Now it won't be > hilited > > unless you set its hilite from a script. > > > Pardon the intrusion, but it may be worth noting > that an unclickable > checkbox is a violation of Apple's Human Interface > Guidelines and of > general UI design rules about user expectations. I'd > respectfully > suggest some other way of indicating the user's > connected state than a > checkbox he can't click on or change. I guarantee > you'll have > frustrated and confused users. > > A text label whose contents changes from CONNECTED > to NOT CONNECTED > would be as easy to design and code and be much more > meaningful in the > bargain. > > Just MHO. >
I couldn't agree more, Dan ; but I just wanted to show it was technically feasible, because I'm adventurous that way *grin* Yet another solution would be to have a button with icon 201233 (a lovely checkmark) whose visibility you can toggle. Jan Schenkel. ===== "As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time." (La Rochefoucauld) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
