new Input html text component

[Martin Marinschek <ma...@gmail.com>]

Hi there,

a new component is available: an input text component to which you
supply a helper string. If this helper string is supplied and you
click into the component, the value of the component is selected (if
the actual value is the helper string) and you can start typing in a
new value which overwrites the helper string.

This might prove very valuable for the case of international
applications, where you want to provide the user some feedback how
s/he can enter the field's value, the helper string might e.g. be
"dd.mm.yyyy" for a date field, or "x.xxx.xxx,xx" for a number field.

This component was developed by one of my students, Thomas Obereder,
who supplied the sources. Thanks to him!

try it out - feedback appreciated!

Additionally, I would like to drag several of Werner's components over
from sourceforge, if your feedback on that is positive.

regards,

Martin

Re: new Input html text component

[Werner Punz <we...@gmx.at>]

Guess I was to early with recommending tuesday,
just debugged the code out, all the script controller
stuff works now, at least the examples do, so feel free to use the sources,
but bear in mind, that all components
are moving targets currently due to the script stuff
I am moving towards the proto lib.

But I will do the componentized client side tabs first
before moving the legacy code into proto, due to a request
on the list of someone who needs that stuff.
It is just, that I did the move to proto because I need this stuff
for the tabbing anyway.

I only can recommend, put your scripts on top
of proto, it is much much cleaner that way, although I
will move to proto2 in the near future, which is currently beta, due to 
the extended effects, but that one should hopefully dont affect the old 
code to much, since
they did a clear namespace distinction in the namespace.
Java code will not be affected by this because the inclusion
of the scripts is done via the script controller.

So if you use the components bear in mind:
a) First the client side tabs will be done
b) some of the legacy components will be moved to proto (first the 
colorers, then maybe, if I have enough time the autocomplete, which is 
not that necessary currently)

If you dont mind to work on the stuff, or take code from it, you can do 
the moving of the
coloring components to proto as well, it is not that hard, once you 
figured out, how proto works.



Werner Punz wrote:


> Awesome... yes feel free to do it, but please wait until tuesday, I am 
> currently doing major reorgs of the code, which puts all the javscript 
> stuff onto a more solid foundation.
> 
> What I am currenty doing in my spare time is to base all the scripts
> if possible on the excellent proto lib which the effects are based on,
> and the scripts are split anyway, so I am doing some script controller
> stuff which includes the scripts as needed with inter dependencies,
> the code for this is already in place, but not testet yet, so
> that components might not work currently.
> 
> Anyway, the reorg should be done by tuesday eveneing and everything 
> working as expected, again.
> 
> The proto lib has several advantages over plain javascript, it adds a 
> solid OO foundation to the language, and has many constructs for ajax 
> already capsuled in classes.
> Also it adds several constructs to the IE which Microsoft never 
> delivered but are necessary to get cross platform scripts up and running.
> 
> 

Re: new Input html text component

[Werner Punz <we...@gmx.at>]

Martin Marinschek wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> a new component is available: an input text component to which you
> supply a helper string. If this helper string is supplied and you
> click into the component, the value of the component is selected (if
> the actual value is the helper string) and you can start typing in a
> new value which overwrites the helper string.
> 
> This might prove very valuable for the case of international
> applications, where you want to provide the user some feedback how
> s/he can enter the field's value, the helper string might e.g. be
> "dd.mm.yyyy" for a date field, or "x.xxx.xxx,xx" for a number field.
> 
> This component was developed by one of my students, Thomas Obereder,
> who supplied the sources. Thanks to him!
> 
> try it out - feedback appreciated!
> 
> Additionally, I would like to drag several of Werner's components over
> from sourceforge, if your feedback on that is positive.
> 
Awesome... yes feel free to do it, but please wait until tuesday, I am 
currently doing major reorgs of the code, which puts all the javscript 
stuff onto a more solid foundation.

What I am currenty doing in my spare time is to base all the scripts
if possible on the excellent proto lib which the effects are based on,
and the scripts are split anyway, so I am doing some script controller
stuff which includes the scripts as needed with inter dependencies,
the code for this is already in place, but not testet yet, so
that components might not work currently.

Anyway, the reorg should be done by tuesday eveneing and everything 
working as expected, again.

The proto lib has several advantages over plain javascript, it adds a 
solid OO foundation to the language, and has many constructs for ajax 
already capsuled in classes.
Also it adds several constructs to the IE which Microsoft never 
delivered but are necessary to get cross platform scripts up and running.