Yes...dynamic resizing of the iframe...like a table... Not to fill a screen, but to do something like expand to show headlines...
If you had 3 headlines, it would be 3 lines long...if you had 14 headlines, it would expand to 14 lines long. That sort of thing... Rick ---------------------------------------- From: "Burns, John D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 4:48 PM To: CF-Talk <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> Subject: RE: Basic web interface question You mean dynamic resizing of the iframe? I assume you could do some sort of javascript to check the width of the page contained within the iframe and then set the iframe width to that number. Not sure how cross-browser it will be but it should work. iFrames are cool for certain situations, but I've definitely seen people overuse them and make it way too complicated. John Burns Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer Wyle Laboratories, Inc. | Web Developer -----Original Message----- From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 4:42 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Basic web interface question Hi, Mike... I've tinkered with iFrames some, and see a lot of potential, but one thing I never found out...is it possible to make an iFrame expand with content or does it always have to just scroll if content becomes larger than the pre-defined area of the iFrame? Rick ---------------------------------------- From: "Dawson, Michael" Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 11:55 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Basic web interface question How about an iframe on the same page? When you search for an item, then click on it, the iframe is populated with the detailed data. Then, you can submit that form, but stay on the search results as well. M!ke -----Original Message----- From: Dave Merrill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 4:26 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Basic web interface question It's not like I haven't done this before, in various ways, but I might as well ask as long as I'm rethinking life... Say you have the very normal situation with search screen leading to a list of records, drill in to edit or create one. Where do you take the user when they save an edited record? - Back to the record list, with their previous search criteria still in place? That seems most intuitive, but it means hanging on to those search criteria while editing, which is potentially a multiple-screen wizard-like thing. Not impossible by any means, but an architectural commitment, if you're thinking generically. - Another way to manage a similar net effect would be to open the edit screen in a new window, and have it close and refresh the list window when done. That's what I've often done, but some users find the new window thing confusing, particularly if it comes up maximized and they don't even realize it's a new window. - Back to the search screen? Kind of annoying if it didn't remember their search criteria, so see above. - Back to the record list, but with only that one record showing? Not particularly functional. Other ideas? Dave Merrill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:205780 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
