Thomas Thank you for the advice. I wondered if something like that might be an answer, (my colleagues did that with a complex X-Windows UI, but that was 16 years ago!) so now I know!-) (Not the answer I had hoped for :-)
I assume I need to define the XHTML name space, and then use that within my SVG? Thanks again GB-) --- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, "th_w@..." <th_w@...> wrote: > > I tried something similar some time ago, and it's a pain. I'm not sure > whether you can at all detect all possible keystrokes correctly, not to speak > of accented characters and such. I'd probably go with an HTML <input> field > inside a <foreignObject> right now, since the editable text currently is only > supported by Opera, I believe. I would replace the to-be-edited-text with an > <input>, and when editing is done, I would swap back the text element with > updated content. I didn't try it, but I think it should be possible. > > Thomas W. > > > --- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, "gb_n_svg" <gbulmeruk@> wrote: > > > > I'd like to know what is the 'right way' to do text input in pure SVG? > > (I am building a pure SVG user interface.) > > > > I have lots of different shapes (over 100), each made from a group > > containing paths, rectangles and text elements (eventually filters too). > > > > The user can 'clone' any shape by dragging it and dropping. > > They need to be able to type some text into *one* of the text fields within > > the group, just one word or a number. (Some text is the applications > > labels, and can't be changed by the user) > > > > I would like to stretch the shape as they type reach character if the text > > they are entering is approaching one of the other fields on the shape, or > > the edge of the shape. I'd like to shrink the shape, if they rub out a > > character. They should be able to click into the middle of the text, and > > drive left and right with the cursor keys. I don't need to support tabbing > > from one field to the next. > > > > The shape is quite complex, so expanding or shrinking while they type may > > need the path 'd' attribute value to be changed dynamically. Is that an > > okay idea, or do I need to try to design the shapes' geometry to avoid it? > > > > I'd also like to support drop-down lists around the text input (for > > 'standard values' or their most recent entries) > > > > Would someone please point me at the stuff I should be reading or > > googling-for to understand the available approaches to text input? Simple > > searches like "SVG text input" doesn't seem to find anything helpful. > > > > Do I need to handle every key stroke myself, or are there some helper > > mechanisms that I can hook into? For example, when I used to do X-Windows > > stuff, editing could be handled by a widget, but it was possible to look at > > every character too (both before and after the widget saw it, I think; 19 > > years ago, so I may be wrong). > > > > I'd like to get reasonably wide deployment (when Firefox 4, and IE9 > > arrive). > > Should I be constraining myself to SVG 1.1, and ignore the SVG 1.2 (I see > > that 1.2 seems to have editable text support)? > > > > Or, should I be using XHTML too, and abandon a pure SVG approach? > > > > All help welcomed :-) > > GB-) > > > ------------------------------------ ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: svg-developers-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ----Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: svg-developers-dig...@yahoogroups.com svg-developers-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: svg-developers-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
