Re: CFTREE or Javascript?
The CFTREE and CRTREEITEM tags actually aren't too bad; we've actually used them to build a tree structure where users can select categories for content classification ... there are some shortcomings: No mulitple selection from the tree No drag and drop capabilities it's difficult to redisplay the tree expanded to where the user had navigated ... we've actually started using Spectra (overlays ColdFusion) which has a CFA_TREE and CFA_TREEITEM, which works much better ... -- Archives: http://www.eGroups.com/list/cf-talk To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=listsbody=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.
Re: CFTREE or Javascript?
Netscape has some JavaScript Tree libraries that work on IE4+ and NS4+ in their Developer Zone (http://developer.netscape.com) It will require quit a bit of manipulating to get the queries work, but it's possible. Don't quote me on this, but I believe that Netscape compliant code to do this uses layers to accomplish the task. IE doesn't support layers, and Netscape doesn't support document.all and changing the "display" parameter, so there would need to be a fair bit of effort to generate a cross browser script. I didn't meant to imply that this couldn't be done with Netscape, just that I had not investigated it (and that my solution was IE only). Regards, Seth Petry-Johnson Argo Enterprise and Associates -- Archives: http://www.eGroups.com/list/cf-talk To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=listsbody=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.
Re: CFTREE or Javascript?
Actually it ain't that hard at all. I followed "JavaScript DHTML Collapsible Lists", http://developer.netscape.com/docs/technote/dynhtml/collapse/index.html -David On Tue, 18 Apr 2000 02:06:57 -0400 "Seth Petry-Johnson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Netscape has some JavaScript Tree libraries that work on IE4+ and NS4+ in their Developer Zone (http://developer.netscape.com) It will require quit a bit of manipulating to get the queries work, but it's possible. Don't quote me on this, but I believe that Netscape compliant code to do this uses layers to accomplish the task. IE doesn't support layers, and Netscape doesn't support document.all and changing the "display" parameter, so there would need to be a fair bit of effort to generate a cross browser script. I didn't meant to imply that this couldn't be done with Netscape, just that I had not investigated it (and that my solution was IE only). Regards, Seth Petry-Johnson YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. -- Archives: http://www.eGroups.com/list/cf-talk To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=listsbody=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.
RE: CFTREE or Javascript?
Netscape has some JavaScript Tree libraries that work on IE4+ and NS4+ in their Developer Zone (http://developer.netscape.com) It will require quit a bit of manipulating to get the queries work, but it's possible. CFTree on the other hand probably won't be much of a problem to set up with the recursion if you use CFX_MakeTree it sorts the query for you. I have never used it in a live environment so, I am not familiar with the pitfalls of it. ___ Pete Freitag CFDEV.COM Cold Fusion Developer Resources http://www.cfdev.com/ -Original Message- From: Seth Petry-Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 12:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: CFTREE or Javascript? My question is does CFTree allow this and how easy is it to use CFTree tags? I've heard it's quite problematic and that I'd be better off just using a javascript with queries. Any info would be greatly appreciated. CFTree does allow you to display hierarchical information in an expanding/collapsing format, and so theoretically it would suffice for your task. There is a fair amount of customization that can be done using the various parameters to the tag. Perhaps the greatest advantage to CFTree is that, since it spawns a Java app, it should work in any Java enabled browser. On the other hand, the fact that it is a Java app may also be one of its greatest *disadvantages*, depending on your view of Java. I guess that is just a matter of perspective g. I used CFTree for this sort of thing at one time, but I recently re-did it using IE specific DHTML. The expanding and collapsing of elements is really quite trivial using the CSS property "display", but since Netscape 4.x does not allow you to modify this value through script my JS solution is IE dependant. The other advantage to using JS to do this is that I can expand and collapse branches with one click, whereas CFTree requires a double click (my client hates to double click). After working with both solutions I think I like the JS version better. Regards, Seth Petry-Johnson Argo Enterprise and Associates -- Archives: http://www.eGroups.com/list/cf-talk To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=listsbody=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body. -- Archives: http://www.eGroups.com/list/cf-talk To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=listsbody=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.
