it is definitely possible to create it. as far as approaches, there are many many options.
the top level component should be a formcomponentpanel. inside you can use datatables to represent your options as they already provide sortable headers. -igor On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 1:36 AM, Rommert de Bruijn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And a link to the image I promised: > > http://img395.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sortablepaletteea0.jpg > > (may contain some horrible adds) > > Rommert de Bruijn wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I'm currently working on a web application that requires Persons to be >> added/removed to/from a UserGroup. What I have in mind is much like the >> Palette component, but with added functionality: >> >> a) a left hand list with all unselected Persons , a right hand list with >> selected Persons, and buttons to move Persons from left to right and vice >> versa, supporting Ctrl/Shift+click behavior to make selections. >> b) each item in the list shows firstName and lastName, as tabular data. >> c) up/down sorting behavior on each property that is displayed (in this >> case: firstName and lastName), for both lists. >> >> a) is basically Palette. But b) does not go well with Palette, since the >> <option> tag in Palette is not allowed (w3c) to take any additional html >> such as <tr> and <td>. To display tabular data, I could use a DataView, >> which would work nicely with c) using OrderByBorders. But alas: DataView >> does not support the Ctrl/Shift+click behavior that I need. >> >> As they say: pictures say more then 1000 words. So I'll skip the other 800 >> or so words and attach a screenshot of what I'd like to make :) The image >> contains some Dutch text, which I'll gladly translate if necessary. >> >> My actual questions: >> - Has anyone tried this before, either successful or unsuccessful? >> - Which components would you use to create something that does all this? >> - If this combination of functionality seems impossible to merge into one >> component, which functionality would you drop to create "the next best >> thing"? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Rommert de Bruijn >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Rommert de Bruijn > Func. Internet Integration > W http://www.func.nl > T +31 20 4230000 > F +31 20 4223500 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
