Perhaps someone on this forum will have a suggestion for me to try? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: jQuery UI Support <supp...@jqueryui.com> Date: Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 3:47 AM Subject: [jquery-ui] Re: Psychological Assessmet Tool Using JQuery and Personal Construct Theory To: jquery...@googlegroups.com
Is this actuallly related to jQuery UI? If not, please post to the jQuery discussion list: http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-en Otherwise, please provide a more specific description of your problem. jQuery UI support team On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 10:49 PM, Joe Whitehurst <joewhitehu...@gmail.com>wrote: > I recently discovered Jquery and am quite excited about its capabilities. > I'm working on a sophisticated online psychological assessment tool using > Personal Construct Theory (go here: > http://www.warpraptor.com/irannewuser.html. to see an example of its use > in political polling using the 2009 Iranian Presidential debacle (and get > links to learn more about Personal Construct Theory). > What I'm trying to accomplish is to place three circles (images) in a > rectangular box and allow a user to move each of the circles anywhere in > this rectangular box--but be locked within the box--occupying about 70% of > the screen. I want to capture the amount of time each circle is selected > (cumulative if they are selected multiple times) and the total distance each > is moved--no matter how they zig and zag or circle. I want to be able to > calculate the distances between the center of each circle and the centers of > the other two when they all have been moved where the user wants to place > them finally (actually, I would really like to capture the distances > continuously from the time a user starts until the user clicks finished, but > I'll add this in version 2). I have downloaded and tested wz_dragdrop ( > http://www.walterzorn.com/dragdrop/dragdrop_e.htm), but I have not yet > gotten it to work correctly. But now I think Jquery is a better bet. I > want the circles to be fairly small but big enough to contain a recognizable > image of a human face. I also want them to be perfect circles including the > background. I have not been able to figure out to create an image with a > perfectly circular background. Circular images are no problem. The closest > I have come to circular backgrounds is squares with rounded edges. If you > come across something that might help with any of these please let me know > > > > >