What about a UITableView with a gradient overlay that is shaded at the top and bottom?
On Apr 17, 2013, at 12:35 AM, Rick Aurbach wrote: > In my iPad app, I have a number of tableviews in various places which act as > selection lists. The user can scroll the list and select the item with a tap, > of course. But since some of the lists can be lengthy, I also include > navigation aids. In all but one of the lists, the items are alphabetized and > the navigation aid is a UISearchBar (I could equally well have used a table > index, but I've chosen a UISearchBar instead. I use "scroll to closest text > match" logic and it works very well -- the user can usually scroll the list > and make the desired selection by typing only one or two characters In most > cases.) > > However, for one of the lists, the table items are items which are sorted by > date. The obvious navigation aid in this case is a UIDatePicker, but due to > limited screen real estate, I'd rather not use it (since is is so big and > can't be easily resized). So I am looking for alternatives. > > One alternative is to put the UIDatePicker (or perhaps another date picker > such as SRMonthPicker or OCCalendar or ??) in a popover. (Presumably, the > popover would be triggered by tapping a button or tapping in a UISearchBar.) > This is do-able but what I really want is something that is not a popover. > Ideally, I'd like something that is permanently part of the view but is only > 44 pixels high (like a UISearchBar). Yet it should be easy for users to > select at least a year and a month (causing the tableview to scroll the > appropriate date range on screen for easy selection). > > I would be interested to hear from anyone who has encountered a similar > situation and has implemented a solution which they find satisfactory. > > Cheers, > > Rick Aurbach > Aurbach & Associates, Inc. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/zav%40mac.com > > This email sent to z...@mac.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
