Interesting alternative to tabs...
How might I go about "embedding" a dropdown list in the title bar of a modal dialog? (And not make it look fugly... ;) I.e. I'll need to invert it every time it changes, etc. Has anyone done something like this before? I have a large number of options for a game I'm writing, and it needs to be grouped up. I need to keep as much space free for options as possible... Alternatives? -- Matthew (Darkstorm) Bevan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Margin Software, NECTI. http://www.marginsoftware.com Re-inventing the wheel, every time. - Living on Earth may be expensive, but it includes an annual free trip around the Sun. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
Re: Interesting alternative to tabs...
In article <108330@palm-dev-forum>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says... > > How might I go about "embedding" a dropdown list in the title bar of a modal > dialog? (And not make it look fugly... ;) I.e. I'll need to invert it every > time it changes, etc. Has anyone done something like this before? I have a > large number of options for a game I'm writing, and it needs to be grouped > up. I need to keep as much space free for options as possible... > Alternatives? > > Why not use a popup list box on upper right corner? See Pref application to have an idea. dex -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
Re: Interesting alternative to tabs...
> Why not use a popup list box on upper right corner? > See Pref application to have an idea. Because this is a modal dialog, there is no "space" there for me to put it. -- Matthew (Darkstorm) Bevan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Margin Software, NECTI. http://www.marginsoftware.com Re-inventing the wheel, every time. - The Pig, if I am not mistaken, Gives us ham and pork and Bacon. Let others think his heart is big, I think it stupid of the Pig. -- Ogden Nash -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
Re: Re: Interesting alternative to tabs...
On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 00:23, Matthew Bevan wrote: > > Why not use a popup list box on upper right corner? > > See Pref application to have an idea. > > Because this is a modal dialog, there is no "space" there for me to put it. In general, wouldn't it be a good idea to follow the interface examples of the operating system as much as possible? So why make it a modal dialog? Why not make it a regular dialog? This is not as crazy as it might first sound. On a Windows/Mac/Linux box, there's a huge difference between a modal and a non-modal dialog. The rest of the applications don't get events, the display can be frozen, etc. It seems to me that on a Palm Pilot, the difference to the user is simply the decoration around the box. Alternatively, if it *must* be a modal dialog, try out the preferences dialog on a tungsten (not the OS 5 Simulator which uses the old style). It uses pushbuttons as the tabs, and a listbox of items to select. tap on a pushbutton, and the list changes. Tap on a list item, and the control panel for that item is displayed. -Ken -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/