Hi Larry I implemented a home-brewed (hack) auto complete for the spatial coverage field for our repository.
I added the following to the <xsl:template match="dri:field" mode="normalField"> template to add the hidden popup divs to the dom: <xsl:if test="@n='dc_coverage_spatial'"> <xsl:attribute name = "autocomplete">off</xsl:attribute> <div class="shadow" id="shadow"> <div class="output" id="output"> some text </div> </div> <xsl:attribute name="a"><xsl:value-of select="@n"/></xsl:attribute> </xsl:if> Add autocomplete javascript, see http://datashare.edina.ac.uk/dspace/themes/DataShare/auto-complete.js Add an init call to the onload <body onload="init()"> Modify the css to align the pop up. .output { font-family:Arial; font-size: 10pt; color:black; padding-left: 3px; padding-top: 3px; border: 1px solid #000000; width: 180px; background: #fff; } .shadow { width: 182px; position: relative; margin-left: -57px; margin-top: -8px; top: 2px; left: 2px; background: #555; } .shadow div { position: relative; top: -2px; left: -2px; } I think that's it. The javascript is based on something I found the web, this URL shows it in action: http://www.vonloesch.de/node/18 George Larry Stone wrote: > Has anyone tried to add an "autocomplete" feature to the Manakin UI > (XMLUI)? By "autocomplete", I mean the Web UI trick where a text > field is checked, as you type, against a list of possible completions > and automatically filled in, or completed, by inserting text into the > field or posting a dropdown menu of possible completions. For > example, the AjaxTags library has it under "Autocomplete", see > http://ajaxtags.sourceforge.net/ > -- but that's specifically for a JSP-based UI. > > Autocomplete usually seems to be implemented as part of a > comprehensive Javascript UI toolkit, and most of those are large, > complex, standalone, and/or do not play well when integrated with > another vertical-web-UI-solution like Cocoon. So, do you know of any > such toolkit that _is_ easy to integrate with Cocoon and/or Manakin? > Has anyone developed their own autocomplete? > > I've been experimenting with the Yahoo UI widgets > (http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/ > ); it's well-documented and seems reasonably lightweight and modular, > but it has some drawbacks. I'm hoping there is somebody already at the > top of this learning curve who can see over this swamp from such a > lofty vantage. > > thanks, > > -- Larry > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises > looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest > innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and > enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. > Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get > _______________________________________________ > DSpace-tech mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech > > > -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
