Olivier: Thank you for posting that. I’ve downloaded a copy and will “take it for a spin”.
-- Douglas von Roeder 949-910-4084 On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 12:15 PM Olivier Flury via 4D_Tech < 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > Not sure if it will address your problem... > > I have created some custom popups and also a multi selection tool. > > It is still 4D v16 and my selectors/popups are array based. The demo shows > the dropdown in action with a 60 000 row address set: > > Run the method "UI_Test" - compiled mode is better, parsing the 60 000 > rows file is not very fast in interpreted mode... (but once in memory it's > blazing fast). The popup supports multi string search e.g. "Paul Den" > > It's part of my tools component, source is included and it's free: > > https://flury-software.ch/a-swiss-army-knife-for-4d/ > > Olivier > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: 4D_Tech <4d_tech-boun...@lists.4d.com> Im Auftrag von Douglas von > Roeder via 4D_Tech > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 5. März 2020 19:47 > An: 4D iNug Technical <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> > Cc: Douglas von Roeder <dvonroe...@gmail.com> > Betreff: Re: Multi-Select Dropdown Menu > > I appreciate the suggestions and, like every one else here, I *have* > gotten into the habit of writing code to fill in the gaps in 4D’s feature > set. In this case, I’d like to avoid creating another widget though, Jody, > to your point, creating one UI that "does it all” would be a tidy solution. > > The grid in question is big (dozens of thousands of rows and just over 80 > columns) and I’ve got two data entry widgets - 4D dropdown > menus/hierarchical menus and a window that allows the user to create > multi-segment configuration strings. I’m not keen on introducing "yet > another" interface item but that might be my only option. > > Decisions, decisions… > > -- > Douglas von Roeder > 949-910-4084 > > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 7:46 AM Jody Bevan via 4D_Tech < > 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> > wrote: > > > Doug: > > > > Many years ago we recognized a few limitations of popups. Therefore > > over about a year we reworked our popup code, and also the interface > > that indicates a popup. > > > > The first thing we did was we never used a popup object built in by > > 4D. We created our own object that our user base learned was a popup. > > Then we could use an invisible button over top of the custom graphic. > > Therefore in the button we could decide what we wanted for the > > specific interface at that site, for that user, for that specific item. > > > > Doing this then as Keisuke Miyako says, you could present a > > multi-select listbox to what the user thinks of as a specialized popup. > > > > > > > On Mar 4, 2020, at 6:28 PM, Douglas von Roeder via 4D_Tech < > > 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > > > > > > I’d like to create a UI that supports selecting multiple values > > > without > > the > > > menu closing. > > > > > > With the exception of using a web area, is there anyway to do this in > 4D? > > > > > > -- > > > Douglas von Roeder > > > 949-910-4084 > > > ******************************************************************** > > > ** > > > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > > > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > > > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > > > Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > > > ******************************************************************** > > > ** > > > > ********************************************************************** > > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > > Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > > ********************************************************************** > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > ********************************************************************** > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
