Nice. You might post this to the jQuery UI list ( http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-ui ), or add a comment on the wiki page here: http://wiki.jqueryui.com/Selectmenu
I'm sure people would be interested in seeing this application. - Richard On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:34 AM, donb <falconwatc...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Yeah, I think that works a lot better: > > http://www.gotodon.net/dropbutton/ > > > On Aug 28, 5:24 am, "Richard D. Worth" <rdwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:00 PM, donb <falconwatc...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > > > > Partially. I started cobbling together something that LOOKs like what > > > I want, to play with my idea: > > > > >http://www.gotodon.net/dropbutton/ > > > > > I want it to act like a submit button when the main part is clicked, > > > but produce a dropdown when the small arrow is clicked. At least I > > > think I do. Having looked at it now, I'm not so sure it would be > > > clear to any random user what they are supposed to do. > > > > That's a valid concern. Maybe do like the firefox search box with the > > dropdown on the left, which is only a drop-down, and the search icon on > the > > right, which is only a search button. > > > > - Richard > > > > > > > > > Don > > > > > On Aug 27, 7:28 pm, "Richard D. Worth" <rdwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I think this may be the kind of thing you're looking for: > > >http://www.filamentgroup.com/lab/jquery_ui_selectmenu_an_aria_accessi. > .. > > > > > > - Richard > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 4:00 PM, donb <falconwatc...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > > > > > > That's what I'd call it, anyway. This would be a captioned button > > > > > with a small arrow you'd click on. That would drop down a list of > > > > > button captions, changing the caption of the button when it > collapses. > > > > > > > The upshot is, the button would have variable onclick > functionality, > > > > > dependent upon the current caption of the button. I suppose it > would > > > > > merely result in a different value of the button's 'name=' > attribute > > > > > when the container form is submitted. > > > > > > > My goal is to pair something like that with a textbox for searching > > > > > one of several different fields (the button caption would be > 'name', > > > > > 'phone', 'email' for example, and clicking the button would search > for > > > > > the textbox string in whichever field the button says. > > > > > > > I'm pretty sure how I'd make one but if it's already been done, why > > > > > reinvent. Elsewise, I'm diving in. > > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > > Don >
