this can be implementing as a formcomponentpanel that contains 3 drop down choices inside. nothing too complicated, in fact i think there are examples somewhere on the wiki or in the archives of this list.
-igor On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 8:01 AM, fatefree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm just curious to hear some thoughts about the usability of selecting your > birthdate on a form. Unfortunately the date picker doesn't seem to be the > best solution because of the year requirement, so that leaves a combo of a > month/day/year drop down choices or a textfield looking for a specific date > format. > > While I would prefer a textfield because its easier to bind a value, and can > be ajax validated immmediately, the disadvantage it has (besides requiring a > specific format) is that different countries have different date formats, so > it might be confusing for an internationlized form. > > Drop downs make it at little easier (but slower) for users, but has some > technical disadvantages. For one its less friendly to use ajax validation > since they need to select all 3 before we should show a validation error. > (An onblur after the first drop down saying the date is invalid doesnt make > much sense) And also we need to bind the values to three different objects > and contruct a date later. Is there any sort of a GroupDropDownChoice that > addresses this like there is for check boxes and radio buttons? I'd be > interested to hear how people have handled something like this > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Usability-question-for-a-birthdate-DropDownChoice-tp20151779p20151779.html > Sent from the Wicket - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
