First things first.
I'm looking into the JumpTo object and I still don't get why it has the ability to show multiple boxes.
I mean, it's only used in two places in SMF and Wedge: Display, and MessageIndex. And in both cases -- only one per page.
Removing the related code removes a few bytes off each topic page (not a bad thing I'd say), and also removes about 20 bytes from the gzipped minified script file. I'm really, really not against that...
Can anyone think of any reason to keep the array of JumpTo objects...?
Right now, the only thing I could think of is turning the moderation selectbox into a jumpto, which isn't the case right now. I mean, you click 'Move to' and then it enables the selectbox next to it... But it's already filled in. I don't really see the point in having a JumpTo object if admins and moderators always have to load the complete board list on every page just for a feature they won't be using 99.9% of the time...
:-/Other than that, I'm still looking about select boxes and stuff...
I want to have the 'right' component for Wedge. Something between the lightness and simplicity of John's implementation, and the richness of jQuery plugins.
The main problem here is with accessibility, as per Pete's request (and mine, honestly.) The 'light' code doesn't allow for keyboard accessibility, for instance.
So, here are the 'few good ones'... They all support 'disabled', optgroups and such. And they're all MIT licensed or equivalent. Also, I haven't done a complete test case for all of these, so the pro/con list is incomplete. I'm just trying to sort it out myself and maybe some of you will be aware of a better selectbox component for Wedge..?
As a reminder: once this is settled, I'm planning to use select boxes in many places, including places where we don't currently have a select box. The only difference with a mini-menu is really the fact that it opens once you click the item...
http://labs.abeautifulsite.net/jquery-selectBox/Pro: also does listboxes. Excellent keyboard accessibility.
Con: minified/gzipped size ~3000 bytes, position is fixed so if the parent div moves, this won't.
http://www.bulgaria-web-d…cts/javascript/selectbox/Pro: gzipped/minified size is ~2000 bytes
Con: keyboard accessibility is average at best. Doesn't close the box when clicking elsewhere (can be remedied easily I suppose...)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1…ites/selectbox/index.htmlPro: Has clear support for HTML elements inside select boxes (I want that and will add it to whatever I use in the end). Allows to set small width for select line and large width for select box (i.e. they aren't linked), and does multi-line entries like I wanted, too. Also, keyboard accessibility is good...
Con: ...although it has a strange habit of closing the box when keeping the arrow keys pressed -- if you just press them, it'll switch to the next item all right, but if you keep the key pressed, once it triggers the message to 'repeat' the keystrokes automatically, the box closes. Doesn't handle right clicks on items and selecting text inside items (all of these should be disabled IMHO -- but I think none of the competition does that either.) Also, the size is the worst, at about ~3700 bytes gzipped and minified.
http://code.google.com/p/sexy-combo/Pro: does a combo box...! It's pretty neat being able to type in what you want, and it'll automatically open the related elements in the list so that you can click them.
Con: size is ~4700 bytes so... Yikes!! And there isn't a demo available. But you can see a demo of UFD by following the link in the sidebar. It uses jQuery UI thought, so it's not something I'll be using...
Posted: November 14th, 2011, 04:32 PM
Bump.
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