Re: [Figleaf-developer] Object associations

[<sam...@ma...>]

Quoting Greg Steckman <ste...@on...>:

> Any ideas on how to establish object associations/relationships other 
> than using drag and drop?
> 
> 
> Greg

From a UI point of view, I can see three approaches which a (rich/thick client)
UI might want to use:

1. Drag and drop ala the existing NO UI. When done right can be very easy and
intuitive to use. The only problems here are handling it consistently - the
moment the user realises they can drag and drop one thing, they start trying to
do it with everything.

2. Drop-down combos/list choosers. Drop down combos work with a *small* number
of options (< 10 I'd say), but in some circumstances might work better than drag
and drop.

3. Popup dialogs - the user clicks on an button next to the field in question
and they then get a chooser dialog (could be a standrad built in dialog used for
queries).

4. Automatic associations - in some cases the system might define associations
porgramatically.

Given that we are building this from the groud up, providing consistent drag and
drop should be an easy task and works in most circumstances, and I would prefer
this approach, accepting that the user could drop in their own views (or
alternates we provide) which could support other association mechanisms - I'm
not sure what you think on the matter?

sam
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