Re: [Dynapi-Dev] TabManager - files attached.

[Raymond I. <xw...@ya...>]

--- Kevin <ke...@ke...> wrote:
> ..... I have read access to CVS. I don't really want
write
> access
> as I may break things. If TabManager is tested on a
> mac and
> all is well please add it to CVS.  
> 
> > 2) Any (quick ref) documentation on how to use the
> new
> > features?
> 
> If I can. Is there a quick ref html auto generation
> system that
> works from definition lists? 

No, not as yet 

> > 3) Is the callSubmitFn() necessary? I see where
> you're
> > already using the onsubmit event which in my opion
> > will make the callSubmitFn redundant.
> 
> I don't understand? Say we have 10 menus x 8 tab
> buttons
> (like my Acronyms datasource + 9 other data tables).
> Now
> the onsubmit event listener neatly changes the tab
> color for
> all 80 buttons but how would it know what action to
> take?
> Say the event was from the tab that refered to
> datasource
> instance 7 and required a call to the moveLast
> method.
> A big if () ... else if() ... else if() ... 80
> times?
> 
> 1) the user can add a unique name to each tab and do
> a big
> if statement for all tab instances in the onsubmit
> event listener
> 2) addSubmitFn('dsInstanceN.methodN()') to each tab
> and
> one src.callSubmitFn() in the event listener
> 3) add a unique name to each tab that defines the
> action (only
> simple callbacks and '-' replaces the '.')
> tabNM.setID('dsInstanceN-methodM()')
> This is used in the Acronyms datasource example.

I understand.
 
> I had hoped that a page of many datasource menus
> could be
> auto generated with attributes defined in <style> ..
> tags. Then
> as in 3 above object style #dsInstanceN-methodM {
> left:x; ..}
> would give the correct callback.
>  

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> > Yes, there is a dependency  between the IOElement
> and
> > DataSource libraries. By including DataSource
> > IOElement will be automatically included.
> 
> I was refering to functions not automatically
> included. I like
> the dependency chain. So DataSource includes
> IOElement
> which the functions either need?

Correct.

> > > Anyway
> > > have fun with TabManager. I've given up with any
> > > real use of
> > > style sheets as it would require several changes
> to
> > > the api and
> > > getting agreement for this would be difficult.
> > 
> > I thought the getElmWidth resolved all that?
> 
> Mmm maybe! This was just w,h if I remember right.
> 
> IMO left,top,width,height,clip,visibility,z-index,
> background-color,background-image etc. may have
> their default values set in head <style> ...
> </style> tags.
> The api setting z-index=1, w,h=0, visible=true etc.
> is
> passed through to getOuterHTML messes style sheet
> defaults. The api shouldn't touch. When the element
> is
> rendered does _assignElement need to look at css and
> fill in the null attributes of the DynLayer
> instance. If it
> does it should do it for all values that could have
> come
> from style sheets. I have tried most of this then to
> find
> various quirks in NS4. Also how to get at css values
> in
> Mozilla they are blank if set in <style> ...
> </style> and
> ok if set in style=" " (we have currentStyle in IE).
> Anyway that was it so I gave up :(

Sound like you'ld more want to use the
DynLayer.getInline() features. This will return all
the valid <style> settings for the layer. In any case
I think this low priority for now. We can leave ot out
for now.

--
Raymond Irving
 
> -
> Kevin
> 
> > Keep up the good work.
> > 
> > --
> > Raymond Irving 
> > 
> > > -
> > > Kevin.
> > > 
> > 
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