Hi & thank you, Alexey. I will try to swap the newest items to the top. However, I am still wondering if it is possible to stack images on the timeline that are close together.
Please note that I am using the compact event painter with images ON the timeline, like here: http://www.simile-widgets.org/timeline/examples/compact-painter/compact-painter.html . Right now, the approach seems to be that only images which are of the EXACT same date/time are stacked. That is a pity, because a lot more space could effectively be used if a "range"-approach would be used, were images that are close together (within a certain range) would be stacked as well. Can you / anyone push me into the right direction as to what to change in the code? Cheers, Paul On 27 apr, 07:49, Alexey Smirnov <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Paul, > > > Am I correct that image-stacking (compact painter) only applies to items > > that are of exactly the same date/time? > > > I have some crowded places on my timeline with items that are (apparently) > > pushed down and out of sight. Stacking these too would be the solution, I > > think. > > This question has been raised some time ago. The problem is that the > Timeline layout algorithm places the most recent items (for example, > recent blog posts if you visualize RSS feed) to the bottom. It applies > a sweeping algorithm that starts from older items and places them on > top, but the younger items end up being out of sight. > > There is no solution to that except patching the Timeline source code. > It is not difficult though to change the direction of sweeping > algorithm backward, so that newest items are shown first. > > Alexey > > > > > Of course I could create hotzones for these crowded places. But as I am > > trying to create an 'on-the-fly' system (which pulls the items directly from > > an often-updated database), this would become a tedious task. > > > Cheers, > > Paul > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "SIMILE Widgets" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/simile-widgets?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SIMILE Widgets" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/simile-widgets?hl=en.
