Alright, you convinced me that a scrollable(!) list of check boxes (using
overflow scroll) might be better than a multi select. That is if you have
at least CSS enabled. Without CSS I would definitely go for a multi-select
because a list of 300 checkboxes still sucks more in my opinion.
I guess I
On Sep 29, 2012, at 4:51 AM, Daniel Friesen dan...@nadir-seen-fire.com
wrote:
Yes, multiselect is a VERY bad usability choice. Frankly we shouldn't use
it anywhere. If we're using JS to make
a better UI it would actually be much better to output usable checkboxes
and then turn the checkboxes
On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 13:41:30 -0700, Daniel Werner
daniel.wer...@wikimedia.de wrote:
On Sep 29, 2012, at 4:51 AM, Daniel Friesen dan...@nadir-seen-fire.com
wrote:
Yes, multiselect is a VERY bad usability choice. Frankly we shouldn't
use
it anywhere. If we're using JS to make
a better UI
Hey,
On 30 September 2012 22:55, Daniel Friesen dan...@nadir-seen-fire.comwrote:
Checkboxes would still be better for non-js users...
I'm sure people can find situations in which using a multiselect is not a
good idea. Does that mean we should not have a multiselect input type
developers can
Nobody (afaik) is saying that jQuery chosen isn't better than a bunch of
checkboxes.
The point is that select multiple (without javascript enhancement) is horrible
and (imho) unacceptable. And no, it is not because we found situations in which
it is not a good idea. It is because it is never a
Hi guys!
In Semantic Form Inputs extension we use the multiselect that is
stylized and more usable. Here is the library:
http://loudev.com/
Some other options are:
http://harvesthq.github.com/chosen/ (will be included in the next
Semantic Form Inputs)
On Fri, 25 May 2012 09:11:20 -0700, Daniel Werner
daniel.wer...@wikimedia.de wrote:
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Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 21:49:57 +0200
From: Platonides platoni...@gmail.com
To: wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] HTMLMultiSelectField as select
multiple=multiple/
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On Sep 29, 2012, at 4:51 AM, Daniel Friesen dan...@nadir-seen-fire.com wrote:
On Fri, 25 May 2012 09:11:20 -0700, Daniel Werner
daniel.wer...@wikimedia.de wrote:
Alright, just submitted this for review to gerrit:
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/8924/
[..]
Yes, multiselect is a
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Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 21:49:57 +0200
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To: wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] HTMLMultiSelectField as select
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Right now I am implementing a new option (as part of
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36425) for which I'd like to
use a select multiple=multiple/ html element with options. Right now
MediaWiki always generates a list of selectboxes instead of that when using
the HTMLMultiSelectField
On 23 May 2012 18:16, Daniel Werner daniel.wer...@wikimedia.de wrote:
Right now I am implementing a new option (as part of
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36425) for which I'd like
to
use a select multiple=multiple/ html element with options. Right now
MediaWiki always
On 23/05/12 19:16, Daniel Werner wrote:
Right now I am implementing a new option (as part of
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36425) for which I'd like to
use a select multiple=multiple/ html element with options. Right now
MediaWiki always generates a list of selectboxes instead
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 3:16 AM, Daniel Werner
daniel.wer...@wikimedia.dewrote:
Right now I am implementing a new option (as part of
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36425) for which I'd like
to
use a select multiple=multiple/ html element with options. Right now
MediaWiki
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