On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 04:20:27 -0600 Jeff Hoogland <jeffhoogl...@linux.com> wrote:
> David, I was without power for a few days, cyclone in Australia, and the remnants of it causing havoc. One quarter of South East Queensland (where I live) was without power since Sunday. So I'm just catching up. > I've used the elementary table class a good bit in my playing with > code and I'm fairly certain it doesn't offer any easy sorting/list > like features for it's rows. Do evas or edje offer this? Looks like others discussed all of this. > On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 4:36 AM, David Seikel <onef...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:28:32 +0000 Michael Blumenkrantz > > <michael.blumenkra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:26:22 -0200 > > > Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri <barbi...@profusion.mobi> wrote: > > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Michael Blumenkrantz > > > > <michael.blumenkra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:11:47 -0200 > > > > > Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri <barbi...@profusion.mobi> wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Jeff Hoogland > > > > >> <jeffhoogl...@linux.com> wrote: > > > > >> > Is it possible to "link" multiple lists together so they > > > > >> > scroll at the same time? > > > > >> > > > > >> you could simulate this (I do not recommend) by creating > > > > >> your own gengrid item class and style. This style would > > > > >> define multiple Edje parts, the cells for those columns. > > > > >> These have fixed size (ie: 200px), or proportional size (ie: > > > > >> 20%) or even be dynamically calculated and expand > > > > >> horizontally based on some factor (the largest label?). In > > > > >> the last case you'd have to go and call item.update() for > > > > >> every item, so they can expand to the new maximum size. > > > > >> > > > > >> What I do recommend is you to look at every modern GUI and > > > > >> none of those use these anymore. It's usually used for large > > > > >> number of items, where the number of information can be > > > > >> overwhelming. You better segment the information and plan > > > > >> what to show. For instance, the package manager you sent > > > > >> should do what it delegate to user... come on, show the > > > > >> "installed version" and "available version"? Why not just an > > > > >> icon with tri-state: installed and updated, installed and > > > > >> outdated, uninstalled. Could even not be an icon, but a bg > > > > >> color to make it easy to spot. If I were doing a package > > > > >> manager, I'd as well merge similar packages with different > > > > >> parts, as it's useless to have them in the main list, just > > > > >> click to open more details (instead of show -dev, -dbg, > > > > >> -examples, -doc... you just show package name, click and it > > > > >> expand (or another window/popup/frame) show each element and > > > > >> status. > > > > > > > > > > while I agree that it's misused in most cases, I still see no > > > > > better alternative for a desktop music player gui. the > > > > > ability to dynamically see/sort aligned rows containing > > > > > artist/track/title does not seem to be replaceable. > > > > > > > > It's a matter of getting used. For instance, I'm using iTunes > > > > (http://www.apple.com/itunes/whats-new/) and like the new GUI, > > > > they still have that view as an options, and that's the view > > > > when you choose "all music", but they have these other that are > > > > nice to use: > > > > > > > > - > > > > > > http://images.apple.com/itunes/whats-new/images/redesigned_player_albumview.jpg > > > > you click the album and it expands in line with the music. > > > > - > > > > > > http://images.apple.com/itunes/whats-new/images/redesigned_player_bonusfeatures1.jpg > > > > similar to the album, you click the artist and it will show > > > > albums and top music. > > > > - http://37signals.com/svn/images/itunes-album-view-large.jpg > > > > previous album view, in list-like mode. > > > > > > > > The last one is more similar to a list, but as you can see it's > > > > not a regular list, as some cells are expanded vertically > > > > inside an album. So it's a custom widget/view as well. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri > > > > http://profusion.mobi embedded systems > > > > -------------------------------------- > > > > MSN: barbi...@gmail.com > > > > Skype: gsbarbieri > > > > Mobile: +55 (19) 9225-2202 > > > > > > hm that's kinda neat. I suppose I could see getting used to that, > > > and it would look nice if I wanted something to show off, but I'd > > > still prefer my extremely bland column-view for everyday use :/ > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, > > > CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your > > > skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video > > > tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only > > > -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnnow-d2d > > > _______________________________________________ > > > enlightenment-devel mailing list > > > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > > > > /me scratches his head. > > > > Er, that's a table, evas supports tables, edje supports tables, > > elementary supports tables. Pffft > > > > Have you all vanished up your "we do things differently" arseholes > > so far that none of you recognised a plain old ordinary table? No > > disrespect intended. B-) > > > > BTW, tables are used on phones. It's not something that is old > > fashioned and people are moving away from. Tables have their good > > uses. Try doing a spreadsheet without one. Some popular file > > browsers use tables by default to. E17 uses tables. > > > > Nooow, as for Elementary not really being a desktop widget set, I > > though it's job was to support desktops as well as everything > > else? To be the widget set to end all widget sets so that EFL no > > longer had two different widget sets? To be as usable on the > > desktop as it is on mobile phones and such? So that you only need > > to write one app for all? Do we need to write a desktop widget set > > now? And what about the plans to use elementary as the widget set > > for E18? Um, e18 is a desktop thingy. B-) > > > > -- > > A big old stinking pile of genius that no one wants > > coz there are too many silver coated monkeys in the world. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, > > MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. 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