Reliable script to handle selection/drag-and-drop in a list field?

[Geoff Canyon]

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0By_mW8YYOZpATnFfeExKNkt1VXc

This version updates the history of the selection after a drag so the
problem you saw should be corrected. Feel free to update the instructions,
etc. and repost on your site. Let me know if you think of anything else it
needs.


On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:

> It's great Geoff!   The one minor issue I noticed is, after a drag/drop
> action, the field doesn't appear to be put back into a state of being able
> to drag a new line.  Doing so seems to enable one or multiple line
> selections, but no drag.  I have to click a second time to start a drag
> action.  But otherwise seems to work as expected.
>
> No "take down" necessary.  If anything, I would ask if I could add a copy
> to my site, so folks have more places to find it.
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
>
>
>
>
> On 7/21/13 11:45 AM, "Geoff Canyon" <gcanyon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Thanks Kaus for pointing it out, and particularly Scott who wrote the
> >thing
> >in the first place. When I think back on all I went through with Navigator
> >trying to make the built-in drag-drop messages work (badly) it's
> >frustrating that this works so well without using the drag-drop messages
> >at
> >all :-/
> >
> >That said, this only does one line at a time, so I needed to dig in. I
> >spent some time yesterday and now:
> >
> >1. The code is all in a behavior button. Set a list field's behavior to
> >the
> >button, you're done.
> >2. The behavior sends an optional dragLines message to the field with what
> >lines were dragged where, making it easy to add functionality in the field
> >when the user does something.
> >3. It handles multiple lines, and discontiguous lines. Discontiguous lines
> >are shown being dragged together, i.e. the screen shot does not include
> >the
> >lines between them that aren't being dragged. If there are more lines
> >being
> >dragged than will fit in an image of the field, the extras are replaced
> >with an elipsis "..."
> >4. I removed the removal code. It would be simple to add it back.
> >5. There is about 40% less code, which (I think) will scale to extremely
> >large lists and selections better. I tried it with 10,000 lines and
> >selections of 1,000s and it worked fine on my machine.
> >
> >I have not tested it extensively. It could be horribly broken in some way
> >I
> >didn't notice. I put a huge disclaimer on it saying that it isn't the
> >original and put a copy here:
> >https://docs.google.com/file/d/0By_mW8YYOZpAWHpJQ1R4dlhZYTQ
> >
> >Scott, feel free to grab it and do whatever with it, ignore it, or ask me
> >to take it down.
> >
> >Anyone who uses it and finds bugs, please let me know here.
> >
> >gc
> >
> >
> >On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 11:45 AM, Scott Rossi
> ><scott at tactilemedia.com>wrote:
> >
> >> You can load the stack directly in LC:
> >> go URL "http://www.tactilemedia.com/site_files/downloads/getinline.rev"
> >>
> >>
> >> But this manages single lines only -- you'd have make to make
> >>adjustments
> >> to handle multiple lines, which will be challenging with a discontiguous
> >> selection.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Scott Rossi
> >> Creative Director
> >> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 7/18/13 9:39 AM, "Klaus major-k" <klaus at major-k.de> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Hi Geoff,
> >> >
> >> >Am 18.07.2013 um 18:23 schrieb Geoff Canyon <gcanyon at gmail.com>:
> >> >
> >> >> I did some quick research, and this looks to be as much of a pain as
> >>I
> >> >> remember -- or am I missing something? All I want is to place a
> >> >>scrolling
> >> >> list field on a card, enable the multipleLines and
> >>nonContiguousHilites
> >> >>of
> >> >> it, and then enable the (non-existent) supportDragAndDrop property.
> >> >
> >> >take a look at Scott Rossi's solution to this:
> >> ><http://www.tactilemedia.com/site_files/downloads/getinline.rev.zip>
> >> >
> >> >Not sure if this works with multilines, but should get you started :-)
> >> >
> >> >> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 1:51 PM, Geoff Canyon <gcanyon at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> Does anyone have code to share that allows discontiguous selection
> >>and
> >> >>> drag and drop within a list field? i.e. if I have a list field with:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> 1
> >> >>> 2
> >> >>> 3
> >> >>> 4
> >> >>> 5
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I can click 3 to select it, shift-click 5 to select 3 to 5,
> >> >>>command-click
> >> >>> 4 so that 3 and 5 are selected, and then click and drag 3 (with 5
> >> >>>along for
> >> >>> the ride) above 2 and end up with:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> 1
> >> >>> 3
> >> >>> 5
> >> >>> 2
> >> >>> 4
> >> >
> >> >Best
> >> >
> >> >Klaus
> >> >
> >> >--
> >> >Klaus Major
> >> >http://www.major-k.de
> >> >klaus at major-k.de
> >> >
> >> >
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