Interface question

[stephen barncard]

But the problem is not just SEEING it but EDITING it. That's why another
field is needed.

One interface motif I am experimenting with is ONE special 'entry' field
that is nearby and gets filled with the latest selected field data in the
detail view listing of a record. Edit in that special field, even use tabs,
returns.  Hit enter and the data is inserted into the proper detail field.
 This field could change its size for content, appear in space in front of
the hard-to-read real-size layout, then place its contents there.
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Stephen Barncard
San Francisco
http://houseofcubes.com/disco.irev


2009/12/22 zryip theSlug <zryip.theslug at gmail.com>

> Hi Jacque,
>
> Why not apply a lens effect on the text, like on iphone or ipod ?
> By using the mouseChunck function in a mouseMove handler and linking
> that with a transparent picture it could result a nice effect.
>
> Just a quick attempt to evaluate the rendering:
>
> local lPreviousChunk
> constant cStandardSize = 8
> constant cZoomSize = 16
>
> on mouseMove
>   put the mouseChunk into tCurrentChunk
>   if tCurrentChunk <> lPreviousChunk then
>      if (lPreviousChunk is not empty) then
>         set the textsize of lPreviousChunk to cStandardSize
>      end if
>      if (tCurrentChunk is not empty) then
>         set the textsize of tCurrentChunk to cZoomSize
>         put tCurrentChunk into lPreviousChunk
>      end if
>   end if
> end mouseMove
>
> on mouseEnter
>   set the textHeight of the target to cZoomSize
> end mouseenter
>
> on mouseLeave
>   set the fixedLineHeight of the target to true
>   set the textSize of the target to cStandardSize
> end mouseleave
>
>
> -Zryip TheSlug- wish you the best! 8)
>
> 2009/12/22 J. Landman Gay <jacque at hyperactivesw.com>:
> > I've got another interface problem I can't decide how to solve, maybe
> some
> > of you have ideas.
> >
> > I have an app that creates various printouts. These are all hard-coded;
> > i.e., the end user never sees the templates and can't change them. In the
> > app's preferences, though, they are allowed to add custom header and
> footer
> > text that will appear on each printout. This info is entered into fields
> in
> > the prefs stack. They can also set the tabstops by moving little sliding
> > arrows, so that they can control the text placement in each header or
> footer
> > by adding and positioning tabs.
> >
> > Because the prefs stack is much smaller than the print template stacks,
> the
> > text entry fields are also not as wide. To give the user a way to
> visualize
> > how their tabstops will look, the textsize in the entry fields is very
> > small. This gives the right ratio between field width and text size, so
> that
> > they get a fairly accurate idea of the text placement in the header or
> > footer as they slide the tabstops around.
> >
> > So now the client says the text is too small to read easily (which is
> true)
> > and he'd like it legible. Problem is, if I increase the text size, the
> > relative ratio of the tabstops will not be accurate and the fields will
> not
> > display the relative text placement correctly.
> >
> > I need a clever idea on how to display accurate text positioning while
> > maintaining legibility. I've thought of a few things, but nothing I like.
> > Tooltips that show what the text says might be one way, but I don't
> really
> > like that much.
> >
> > --
> > Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> > HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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