Great that you fixed it so soon Dan, I also hope that you can modify the keyboard mode a bit as it could confuse the user and this can't be done with just CSS. Perhaps you could let the autocomplete mode trigger after a certain amount of characters have been entered or perhaps start with an empty box (not recommended)?
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 8:38 PM, Stan Lemon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Very nice plugin! > > I second Jorn's thought on the usage of both modes. I found myself > slightly confused at first when I went into keyboard mode and couldn't > click on anything. Seems to be an issue too when you click on the > arrow, the menu is expanded and then you proceed to click on the white > area that would normally trigger the keyboard mode. > > I know Safari wasn't in your list of supported browsers, but I did > notice that the keyboard mode didn't seem to work correctly in Safari > 3.1 on OS X. Safari has a fairly decent user base, especially amongst > the jQuery crowd and I could see this as advantageous to you to get > the plugin more circulated. > > All in all, excellent plugin - I will likely use it on a project of my > own. > > Pax, > - Stan > > > On Jun 19, 1:59 pm, "Jörn Zaefferer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Hey Dan, > > > > great plugin, the interface is both innovative and familiar, and works > > well - as long as I use either mouse or keyboard, but not both. The > > inconsistent behaviour was already mentioned by so many others in this > > thread, I hope it gives you an idea how to merge both controls into > > one. > > > > If that inconsistency could be removed, the widget would be even greater. > > > > Regards > > Jörn > > > > On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 7:48 PM, Dan G. Switzer, II > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Graeme, > > > > >>This plugin looks really cool! > > > > >>I found a small issue: > > > > >>If you load the page for the first time (in ff3) and just click on the > > >>blank > > >>area in the dropdown (instead of the down arrow) there is no animation > when > > >>it expands down and the hierarchy arrows don't work when you use the > mouse. > > >>If you then click the down arrow and go down a level or two in the > > >>hierarchy > > >>and don't select something and go back to clicking on the blank area of > the > > >>dropdown, the formatting gets messed up (large vertical spacing of the > > >>"Entertainment" entry in the demo). > > > > > 1) If you click inside the text box, you go into "keyboard" entry > mode--so > > > you're actually seeing the "autocomplete" box, not the dropdown menu. > You > > > can change the styles in the CSS to make this look however you want (so > that > > > you can make it look visual different.) Currently, when you're in > keyboard > > > entry mode you can not use the mouse to select entries. You can disable > > > keyboard support by using a <div/> element instead of an <input/> > element > > > and then clicking "inside" would always cause the same menu as dropdown > > > arrow. > > > > > 2) The second issue (with the large vertical spacing) seems to be > related to > > > the Chili plug-in (which is used for syntax highlighting.) The problem > seems > > > to be random and only occurs when Firebug reports Chili errors (at > least > > > that's the only time I've seen the behavior.) I've never seen the > behavior > > > on a page that doesn't have the Chili plug-in. > > > > > -Dan > Many thanks -- Isaak Malik Web Developer
