Re: [Fxruby-users] tree list navigation

[RLMuller <RLM...@Co...>]

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

I think you asked "What to do?",  i.e. ignore undisplayed data (an interface
issue), rather than "How do I do it?", i.e. a programming issue.  I just
felt that choice of a key was at the interface level also.

In any case,  I'd look forward to seeing your working model.

Regards,
Richard

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hal Fulton" <ha...@hy...>
To: <fxr...@li...>
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 9:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Fxruby-users] tree list navigation


> 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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