Julian Sinai wrote:
> Andy, thanks for your reply. It turns out the problem I was having with 
> slideto and slideby was because the tacos user guide is wrong. I discovered 
> this using firebug and by including dojo.js.uncompressed.js instead of 
> dojo.js. These are things that I'm sure everyone knows but I just discovered 
> them, and maybe I can help another newbie.
>   
Yea, be sure to read and understand
http://tacos.sourceforge.net/userguide/Debugging.html and
http://tacos.sourceforge.net/faq.html

As for the docs, you're 100% right... i've updated trunk... will soon
update the online docs, thx!
> In http://tacos.sourceforge.net/userguide/EffectsPopups.html, the doc for 
> slideto says:
>
> {[comp/elm id]:'[duration], [endCoords]'}
>
> The correct order of arguments is:
>
> {[comp/elm id]:'[endCoords],[duration]'}
>
> Thanks,
> Julian
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: andyhot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Julian Sinai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Tacos Developers 
> <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2006 10:49:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [Tacos-devel] Newbie: custom component tutorial?
>
> Julian Sinai wrote:
>   
>> Hi--I'm new to tacos (and ajax in general). I've looked around but haven't 
>> seen a tutorial component about how to roll your own tacos component. Is 
>> there such a tutorial (or a simple example) anywhere? I've tried studying 
>> the source code but it's a bit too advanced for me.
>>
>> Also, I'm having trouble using certain dojo effects, namely slideto and 
>> slideby. They just don't work (IE or FF), but I'm probably doing something 
>> wrong:
>>
>> <body jwcid="@Border" title="Tacos">
>>     <span jwcid="@tacos:AjaxDirectLink" 
>>         listener="listener:s2" 
>>         preEffects="literal:{slideto:{s2:'3000,[800,1600]'}}"><p>slideto or 
>> slideby--neither works</p>
>>     </span>
>>     <div jwcid="@Any" id="s2"><h2>s2</h2></div>
>> </body>
>>   
>>     
> I'll try the exact example and see what happens.
>   
>> Note: The listener s2 doesn't do anything, and the border component just 
>> declares the dojo libraries in the standard way.
>>
>> Also, effects like highlight and fadeout work as preEffects, but not as 
>> effects. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>>   
>>     
>
> You generally have to define the updateComponents parameter (in
> AjaxDirectLink, AjaxForm, e.t.c.).
> They define which components are going to be refreshed - rerendered.
> When the ajax response is received, tacos updates the client html and
> applies the effects that have been registered for them.
> So, if a response does not contain a component, you can't have an effect
> on it.
>
>   
>> Many thanks.
>>
>>
>>
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