Auto-expanding textareas/input fields and DnD

[Stephanie Hall (TT)]

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Hi,

 

I know it is possible to do this with Chiba, but does Orbeon support auto-expanding textareas and input fields?  I know it can be done via Javascript, but if there was something built in that did it automatically, it would be great.

 

Also, is there an ETC for the Drag n’ Drop functionality (using xxforms:dnd="true")? 

 

Thanks,

Stephanie

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[Alessandro Vernet-2]

Stephanie,

On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 7:50 AM, Stephanie Hall (TT)
<[hidden email]> wrote:
> I know it is possible to do this with Chiba, but does Orbeon support
> auto-expanding textareas and input fields?  I know it can be done via
> Javascript, but if there was something built in that did it automatically,
> it would be great.

It works slightly differently than what you describe, but you can add
appearance="xxforms:autosize" on a <xforms:textarea>, and the textarea
will automatically expand vertically as you type more text into it.

> Also, is there an ETC for the Drag n’ Drop functionality (using
> xxforms:dnd="true")?

We are not working actively on this feature, so no ETC at this point.
But there is already quite a bit of work that went into this, and we
not necessarily that far from having something that can used, at least
in some simple cases. I think we'll need someone to help us with this
if we want to make some real progress in the short term, either by
sponsoring our work (through a development support plan), or by
contributing code. If you feel like digging into the code, let us
know, and we'll try to help.

Alex
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[Stephanie Hall (TT)]

Hi Alex,

Is there a way to make the textarea expand horizontally, rather than vertically?

Thanks,
Stephanie

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From: Alessandro Vernet [mailto:[hidden email]]
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Subject: [ops-users] Re: Auto-expanding textareas/input fields and DnD

Stephanie,

On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 7:50 AM, Stephanie Hall (TT) <[hidden email]> wrote:
> I know it is possible to do this with Chiba, but does Orbeon support
> auto-expanding textareas and input fields?  I know it can be done via
> Javascript, but if there was something built in that did it
> automatically, it would be great.

It works slightly differently than what you describe, but you can add appearance="xxforms:autosize" on a <xforms:textarea>, and the textarea will automatically expand vertically as you type more text into it.

> Also, is there an ETC for the Drag n' Drop functionality (using
> xxforms:dnd="true")?

We are not working actively on this feature, so no ETC at this point.
But there is already quite a bit of work that went into this, and we not necessarily that far from having something that can used, at least in some simple cases. I think we'll need someone to help us with this if we want to make some real progress in the short term, either by sponsoring our work (through a development support plan), or by contributing code. If you feel like digging into the code, let us know, and we'll try to help.

Alex
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[Alessandro Vernet-2]

Stephanie,

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Stephanie Hall (TT)
<[hidden email]> wrote:
> Is there a way to make the textarea expand horizontally, rather than vertically?

Not out-of-the-box. This could be implemented though (typically in an
XBL component).

Alex
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[Stephanie Hall (TT)]

Do you think you could please give me an example of how I would do this
with an XBL component in separate deployment?  Otherwise I will just try
to do it via Javascript.

Thanks,
Stephanie

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and DnD

Stephanie,

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Stephanie Hall (TT)
<[hidden email]> wrote:
> Is there a way to make the textarea expand horizontally, rather than
vertically?

Not out-of-the-box. This could be implemented though (typically in an
XBL component).

Alex
--
Orbeon Forms - Web forms, open-source, for the Enterprise Orbeon's Blog:
http://www.orbeon.com/blog/ My Twitter: http://twitter.com/avernet


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[Alessandro Vernet-2]

Stephanie,

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 8:05 AM, Stephanie Hall (TT)
<[hidden email]> wrote:
> Do you think you could please give me an example of how I would do this
> with an XBL component in separate deployment?  Otherwise I will just try
> to do it via Javascript.

You can read about XBL here:

http://wiki.orbeon.com/forms/doc/developer-guide/xbl-components-guide

And the existing components can be a good source of inspiration. There are in:

http://github.com/orbeon/orbeon-forms/tree/master/src/resources-packaged/xbl/orbeon/

And of course, let us know if you have any question!

Alex
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