> > into an issue of not having enough space on one page when I have a > dataform and a table below it (1->many). > For now I can get away with a dataform and a datagrid and a linked > into a composite widget to express that 1->many relationship. >
So the datagrid appears below the dataform and its save/cancel buttons? > The challenge that I will have is to have a form and a number of > tables open on the same page. > My question is, when I drill down into a table row, may I hide some of > the forms/tables that I already have displayed on the page? > > If you drill into table A, any existing other drilldown of table A (composite+dataform) will necessarily be hidden. In the case where you drilldown into table A, and as a result have dataform B and datagrid B, do I understand correctly that you want to show datagrid+table C, and hide dataform B? Any UI of this sort is going to get user-unfriendly, imho. At the very least you'd have to specify some kind of breadcrumb trail to let the user know what "level" of drilldown they are at. Another idea would be to modify the gridedit, so that on drilldown it hides the actual table and just shows the drilldown widget (with perhaps a breadcrumb-like indicator up top). That makes things simpler, I used such a thing and it's quite trivial (but makes a big difference in usability, imho). Lastly, I suspect you could handle all this (and have the best UX) with continuations, by making each drilldown do a flow on the parent gridedit? Again, that could be done in conjunction with the breadcrumb widget in weblocks, I haven't used it though. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weblocks" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/weblocks?hl=en.
