LIST-VIEW 0.0.44 is out
25-Jul-2006 06:51 Filed in: LIST-VIEW
Sorry for skipping the announcements of a few
versions, but many smaller changes are under way, and
it's a bit tiring to just report on them when the
History does that so well.
Instead of repeating that here, I will comment
on some hidden obscured code in
LIST-VIEW. Perhaps you have noticed
that LIST-VIEW has gained some weight over the
past couple of months...
There's a bit of work done already for drag'n'drop columns, but there is still a large amount of stuff left for doing this fast enough. Speed is essential and I want this feature to be done so you can see clearly what's happening when you try to drag a column away from its original position. Therefore I'm modelling the feature on how MacOSX does it.
This involved making images of each column and moving them around, instead of redrawing the entire list when moving the mouse. It'll be interesting to see how this works on slower machines and how much memory it requires.
Even though there is keyboard support, it's only properly supported in SINGLE-ROW mode. This is because I'm implementing a Cursor mode, which will allow you to use a cell cursor, similar to what is used in a spreadsheet to navigate the list view regardless of which selection mode is used. When this is done, you will have a very large amount of freedom in what can be done with the keyboard.
That's about it for now.
Drag'n'drop columns
There's a bit of work done already for drag'n'drop columns, but there is still a large amount of stuff left for doing this fast enough. Speed is essential and I want this feature to be done so you can see clearly what's happening when you try to drag a column away from its original position. Therefore I'm modelling the feature on how MacOSX does it.
This involved making images of each column and moving them around, instead of redrawing the entire list when moving the mouse. It'll be interesting to see how this works on slower machines and how much memory it requires.
It still looks crappy, but it'll get there.
Completed Keyboard Support
Even though there is keyboard support, it's only properly supported in SINGLE-ROW mode. This is because I'm implementing a Cursor mode, which will allow you to use a cell cursor, similar to what is used in a spreadsheet to navigate the list view regardless of which selection mode is used. When this is done, you will have a very large amount of freedom in what can be done with the keyboard.
That's about it for now.
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