[dev] [patch] horde/templates/javascript/tree.js

Eric Rostetter eric.rostetter at physics.utexas.edu
Wed Sep 15 11:20:44 PDT 2004


Quoting Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck at horde.org>:

> Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:
> 
> > No, I don't really like it. And I miss completely why we need two ways to
> > expand a node.
> 
> Ease of use. The + is something of a small target, and labels don't have any
> other purpose; it *is* overloading the meaning, but users expect it to be
> clickable. Jenn (my wife) is usually a pretty good barometer of these
> things, I
> find, and when we did the Horde_Tree based menu, the first thing she asked
> for
> was to make labels clickable for expand/collapse again.
> 
> I agree it needs to be treated differently from if there will actually be an
> action. But I do think we should find a way to make them expandable through
> clicking.
> 
> -chuck

I agree with Chuck, especially on the small target point, but also on the
rest.  But I don't want to see the names *look* like a link (underline, etc),
just act like a dynamic menu does (expand when you click on it).

-- 
Eric Rostetter
The Department of Physics
The University of Texas at Austin
 
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