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

Marc Jauvin marc at r4l.com
Wed Sep 15 11:32:12 PDT 2004


Eric Rostetter <eric.rostetter at physics.utexas.edu> wrote:

> 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, what do you suggest? The way I understand it, you would want something
like:

   style="cursor: default"

where the cursor would not change to a "hand" when going over the label, but
would still allow the label to be clickable and toggle the menu expansion?



--
Marc


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