I would like to have that one as well ;) regards,
Martin On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 18:31:55 -0800 (PST), Ray Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I was working on my reply before I saw your > post. This would be great. I really like the idea of > showing the user the choices that are close so that > they can pick the one that they really want. I can > see me showing this to my analysts as soon as you get > the javascript and DHTML done. I know I'm really > interested in seeing it. > > Great idea. > > --- Sean Schofield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Kind of like that except I was thinking that in > > addition to the "type > > ahead" stuff you would also get the drop down that > > would show other > > simliar choices. So you can keep typing or chose > > one from the list. > > Unlike google's version you would also have the > > option to scroll (with > > settings that would allow you to turn off the scroll > > bar.) > > > > My coworker and I are stil hammering out the kinks. > > We'll have a > > working example (just javascript and DHTML no faces) > > shortly. Then I > > will port it over to JSF. > > > > sean > > > > > > On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 01:43:42 +0100, MichaÃâ MaÃâecki > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hey Sean, > > > something like that > > > > > > http://www.man.poznan.pl/~mmalecki/ehead.html ? > > > I think the best would be to mimic google suggest > > (I mean combo box like view, not server-side > > communcation),but it would definetelly more dhtml > > magic > > > MichaÃâ MaÃâecki > > > > > > > > > >I have an idea for the next component I can > > contribute. I am still > > > >working on the revised tree but there is a new > > component that I am > > > >working on that I think would be very useful for > > others. > > > > > > > >Basically it would be a "suggest" input > > component. So it would look > > > >like a regular input text field but once you > > started typing in it, it > > > >would "suggest" choices. For those of you not > > familiar with "google > > > >suggest" you should check that feature out for a > > better idea of what I > > > >mean. > > > > > > > >Unlike google's suggest feature it would not > > dynamically communicate > > > >with the server to update the list. You would > > specify a finite list > > > >via a backing bean and those would be the > > choices. You could also > > > >specify whether to require the value be one of > > the choices listed (it > > > >would have an internal validatation method > > provided.) > > > > > > > >I had the idea for this feature when our users > > complained about now > > > >having the "type ahead" stuff in our webapp that > > they were used to > > > >seeing in their otherwise lousy Oracle Forms > > application. (Not a slam > > > >on Oracle Forms, just this implementation.) > > > > > > > >Anyways, I am working with someone who is doing > > all of the javascript > > > >and DHTML necessary. It wil work in IE and > > Firefox. I will port it > > > >over to JSF and offer it to MyFaces if there is > > interest. > > > > > > > >sean > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail >
