hierarchical lists with collapsing arrows

[Xeubie Tsu]

Martin,

What do you mean by "tab stop"? Do you have any sample code or app that 
incorporates this idea?

Thanks,
Oakes


>From: Martin Baxter <mb.ur at harbourhost.co.uk>
>Reply-To: mb.ur at harbourhost.co.uk,How to use Revolution 
><use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
>To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
>Subject: Re: hierarchical lists with collapsing arrows
>Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 07:20:32 +0100
>
>Xeubie Tsu wrote:
>>Well, I would still like it to act as a list - i.e., I want to be able to 
>>highlight items in blue. It's just that I don't want the arrow to collapse 
>>unless I click the arrow.
>>
>>I'll try that workaround...not to familiar with "the clickChar," but I'll 
>>look it up. Thanks.
>>
>>Oakes
>>
>>
>>>From: Brian Yennie <briany at qldlearning.com>
>>>Reply-To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
>>>To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
>>>Subject: Re: hierarchical lists with collapsing arrows
>>>Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:05:51 -0700
>>>
>>>Xeubie,
>>>
>>>What happens when you turn off the "list behavior" of that field?
>>>It looks like this only happens with list behavior turned on - dunno if 
>>>anyone else has deeper insights!
>>>
>>>One workaround would be to use "the clickChar" to determine what exact 
>>>character they actually clicked on - and make sure it was the arrow.
>>>
>>>HTH,
>>>
>>>- Brian
>>>
>>>>I forgot to mention, here's the code in my list field:
>>>>
>>>>on linkClicked
>>>>  if the angle of image arrow.gif = 0 then
>>>>    set the angle of image arrow.gif to -90
>>>>  else
>>>>    set the angle of image arrow.gif to 0
>>>>  end if
>>>>end linkClicked
>>>>
>>>>Like I said, it treats the whole list item as a link, so the arrow 
>>>>changes direction even if I click on the text next to the arrow. For an 
>>>>idea of what it looks like, I took a snapshot and attached it to this 
>>>>message.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>From: Jim Lyons <jimlyons at earthlink.net>
>>>>>Reply-To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
>>>>>To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
>>>>>Subject: Re: hierarchical lists with collapsing arrows
>>>>>Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 12:04:48 -0400
>>>>>
>>>>>On Apr 12, 2006, at 11:11 AM, Xeubie Tsu wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>I'm attempting to make a list field that can organize context into 
>>>>>>"folders." I want an arrow icon next to folder names that you can 
>>>>>>click to collapse the folder. One way to get the arrow icon next to 
>>>>>>the text is to use "imagesource," but doing so makes it PART of the 
>>>>>>list field itself so you can't click on it (you can only click the 
>>>>>>whole list item).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Does anyone know an easy way to do this?
>>>>>
>>>>>Make the first character with its imagesource set to the arrow icon 
>>>>>also link text (ie set its text style to link) and use the linkClicked 
>>>>>message in the field script to handle it.
>>>>>
>>>>>Jim Lyons
>
>What I do is perhaps not exactly simple, but I set a tab stop so that all 
>the disclosure graphics are effectively in a table column of their own. 
>Each line has a leading character (with or without an imagesource) followed 
>by a tab. Then when a line is clicked, I check the horizontal mouse 
>co-ordinate (minus the left co-ordinate of the field) to see if it is 
>within the first column as defined by the tabstops property, and if so I 
>treat it as a potential expand/collapse event.
>
>I like this because it allows for some latitude in click accuracy, and lets 
>me do entirely different things when the remainder of the line is clicked 
>or double-clicked.
>
>Martin Baxter
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