[IxDA Discuss] Looking for a row-entry design pattern

2009-08-18 Thread Alan Wexelblat
There's a pattern that I've seen a couple places - MS Access being the one that comes immediately to mind - where a person is doing row-oriented data entry and filling in one row then hitting return causes a new empty row to be created automatically so the person can continue data entry without hav

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Looking for a row-entry design pattern

2009-08-18 Thread Mike Myles
The table interaction in MS Word is, - Tab to the next cell in a row - In the last (right most) cell of a row, tab wraps down. - If no row on wrap, create a new one. - Enter puts a line break in the current cell contents. MS Excel goes down a row on Enter. Applications like Work have the need to

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Looking for a row-entry design pattern

2009-08-18 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
I think it would be more efficient to create a new row, once a character is typed in the last empty row. The newly created row is not deleted, if all the characters are cleared in the row above it. The second empty row is removed, whenever the screen is refreshed. Copy and paste would create as man

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Looking for a row-entry design pattern

2009-08-18 Thread Mike Myles
That is a good point Oleh. I've used that approach before in a query editor UI, and have seen it often before - there is always a blank row to go to at the bottom of the list. As soon as any focus is given to that last row, a new one comes in below it. If one were to close out of the interface at t

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Looking for a row-entry design pattern

2009-08-18 Thread timoni grone
Google Profiles has an _excellent_ example of creating new input fields on the fly as you're interacting with the first available one. Check it out; create a Google Profile and pay special attention while adding something under "Places I've lived", "Companies I've worked for", or "Schools I've atte