User Interface Question

[William de Smet]

Hi Pete,

After unlock you have to set the cursor to arrow,

Greetings,

William

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Op 30 jul. 2011 om 21:58 heeft Pete <pete at mollysrevenge.com> het volgende geschreven:

> Thanks Jeff.  I'm trying to implement the cursor change and running into
> some weirdness.
> 
> In the script of the datagrid, I have these two handlers:
> 
>   *on* mouseEnter
> 
>   *lock* cursor
> 
>   *set* the cursor to hand
> 
> *end* mouseEnter
> 
> 
> *on* mouseLeave
> 
>   *unlock* cursor
> 
> *end* mouseLeave
> 
> 
> This changes the cursor as expected and most of the time, it returns to the
> correct cursor when I move the mouse away from the datagrid.  However, if I
> move the cursor above the datagrid, the cursor stays as the hand and does
> not return to any other image no matter where I move the mouse to.
> 
> 
> This is the first time I've attempted to control the cursor so no doubt I'm
> doing something wrong!
> 
> 
> Pete
> Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Jeff Massung <massung at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> For dragging, I'd go with "handles" on the left side of the datagrid that
>> have hand icon when you hover over them. They've become pretty ubiquitous
>> on
>> webpages. For an example of what I mean:
>> 
>> http://jqueryui.com/demos/sortable/
>> 
>> As for a context menu, you be okay with just a tool-tip. People generally
>> try and right-click a lot for things they expect to be there. Otherwise,
>> again, go with something common to show that actions are available. For
>> example, and disclosure triangle on the far right of a UI widget is
>> typically clickable and will bring up a menu. Left-click will bring up your
>> context menu, and r-click anywhere will bring it up as well.
>> 
>> Jeff M.
>> 
>> On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Pete <pete at mollysrevenge.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Wondering if anyone has any thoughts on a couple of user interface
>>> questions.
>>> 
>>> I'm providing a popup contextual menu when the user right-clicks on a
>>> datagrid.  I'm also providing the ability to re-order rows in a datagrid
>> by
>>> dragging and dropping them.  The common thread between these two
>> functions
>>> is that there is no on-screen indication that they exist.  Popup menus
>> are
>>> invisible until they are invoked and drag and drop is equally invisible
>>> until someone initiates it.
>>> 
>>> Are there any common methods for indicating to users that features like
>>> this
>>> are available to them?
>>> 
>>> Pete
>>> Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com>
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