[jQuery] Re: Is there a 'dropdown button' plugin?
I ended up combining the standard ui button with a textbox and a 'search' icon a all in a row, styling it so as to emulate the Firefox appearance (more or less) http://www.gotodon.net/dropbutton/selectbutton.jpg The ui button made for a nicer appearance, as I needed to style other dropdown lists anyway On Aug 28, 11:50 pm, Jack Killpatrick j...@ihwy.com wrote: maybe this? http://www.givainc.com/labs/linkselect_jquery_plugin.htm - Jack donb 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
[jQuery] Re: Is there a 'dropdown button' plugin?
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
[jQuery] Re: Is there a 'dropdown button' plugin?
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
[jQuery] Re: Is there a 'dropdown button' plugin?
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
[jQuery] Re: Is there a 'dropdown button' plugin?
maybe this? http://www.givainc.com/labs/linkselect_jquery_plugin.htm - Jack donb 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
[jQuery] Re: Is there a 'dropdown button' plugin?
I think this may be the kind of thing you're looking for: http://www.filamentgroup.com/lab/jquery_ui_selectmenu_an_aria_accessible_plugin_for_styling_a_html_select/ - 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
[jQuery] Re: Is there a 'dropdown button' plugin?
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. 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
