Re: [Fxruby-users] tree list navigation

[Hal F. <ha...@hy...>]

RLMuller wrote:
> Hi Hal,
> 
> It sounds intuitive to me,  i.e. navigating on what's visible and ignoring
> what's not.  For what it's worth,  I'd be inclined to map alt-down-arrow to
> that functionality, rather than F8.

That makes sense. But I'm more concerned with "How do I do it?" than
what key to map.

It would seem that some wrestling and testing should make it work.
There's apparently no built-in way to treat a tree list in this way.

Hal


> Regards,
> Richard
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Hal Fulton" <ha...@hy...>
> To: <fxr...@li...>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 7:43 AM
> Subject: [Fxruby-users] tree list navigation
> 
> 
> 
>>I'm thinking of using a couple of function keys to move items
>>up/down in a tree list.
>>
>>This seems an order of magnitude easier to me than drag/drop.
>>Am I wrong? Easier to code, not to use, I mean.
>>
>>So anyway:
>>
>>It would be nice if there were some concept of "next" and
>>"previous" that was independent of the actual tree structure,
>>but dependent on the current collapsed/expanded state of the
>>tree.
>>
>>For example: Suppose I have a new entry NEW, and I have F8
>>mapped to a "move down" command.
>>
>>Here I'm representing collapsed and expanded nodes by + and -
>>respectively. Use a monospaced font to look at this. :)
>>
>>Given this tree:
>>
>>    - NEW
>>    + Stooges
>>    + Dwarves
>>    + Fates
>>    + Muses
>>
>>Suppose I select NEW and press F8 three times -- I'd expect
>>this as a result:
>>
>>    + Stooges
>>    + Dwarves
>>    + Fates
>>    - NEW
>>    + Muses
>>
>>On the other hand, suppose I start with this tree:
>>
>>    - NEW
>>    - Stooges
>>      - Larry
>>      - Curly
>>      - Moe
>>    + Dwarves
>>    + Fates
>>    + Muses
>>
>>and again select NEW and press F8 three times. I'd then expect:
>>
>>    - Stooges
>>      - Larry
>>      - Curly
>>      - NEW
>>      - Moe
>>    + Dwarves
>>    + Fates
>>    + Muses
>>
>>In other words, traverse the tree "as is" -- is this doable??
>>
>>Obviously I'd like to be able to move not just single items but
>>entire subtrees.
>>
>>Thanks for any insight...
>>
>>
>>Hal
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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