Comments on: The Versatile Button Control http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2007/12/10/button/ The official blog of the YUI Project. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:46:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: John http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2007/12/10/button/comment-page-1/#comment-581307 John Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:03:29 +0000 http://yuiblog.com/blog/2007/12/10/button/#comment-581307 Wow, thanks Todd. That is just exactly what I want. Thanks for your info about the forum. If I had another question, I will ask it in the forum. Once again, thanks for the solution. :D Wow, thanks Todd. That is just exactly what I want.
Thanks for your info about the forum. If I had another question, I will ask it in the forum.

Once again, thanks for the solution. :D

]]> By: Todd Kloots http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2007/12/10/button/comment-page-1/#comment-581299 Todd Kloots Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:01:37 +0000 http://yuiblog.com/blog/2007/12/10/button/#comment-581299 Hello John- Here is an example of how you can create multiple Calendar Menu Buttons that reuse a single Calendar instance: http://yuiblog.com/sandbox/yui/v270/examples/button/example-03.html Going forward the best place to ask questions about YUI would be in our developer forms: http://yuilibrary.com/forum/ - Todd Hello John-

Here is an example of how you can create multiple Calendar Menu Buttons that reuse a single Calendar instance:

http://yuiblog.com/sandbox/yui/v270/examples/button/example-03.html

Going forward the best place to ask questions about YUI would be in our developer forms:
http://yuilibrary.com/forum/

- Todd

]]> By: John http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2007/12/10/button/comment-page-1/#comment-580932 John Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:57:24 +0000 http://yuiblog.com/blog/2007/12/10/button/#comment-580932 Hello, I'm new in javascript. When I try the Calendar Menu Button, i really love it. If I want to make multiple calendar in one form, should I create the button menu script and the calendar script as many as the calendar that I want? When I click a date then the date will appear in input text that I assign. Can I just parse variable to tell the calendar which input text that I want to fill in? So I just create one calendar script and n-times menu button. If this possible what should I do? Thanks in advance. Hello, I’m new in javascript. When I try the Calendar Menu Button, i really love it.
If I want to make multiple calendar in one form, should I create the button menu script and the calendar script as many as the calendar that I want?
When I click a date then the date will appear in input text that I assign. Can I just parse variable to tell the calendar which input text that I want to fill in? So I just create one calendar script and n-times menu button. If this possible what should I do?
Thanks in advance.

]]> By: johnny http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2007/12/10/button/comment-page-1/#comment-297427 johnny Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:18:08 +0000 http://yuiblog.com/blog/2007/12/10/button/#comment-297427 i'm new to javascript and am having a couple of issues you might be able to help with. i am using a split button offering menu items that i would like to change on the fly. after having made a selection and passing some info to be processed by a web service i would like to modify the menu items on the button. is this possible? thanks in advance. i’m new to javascript and am having a couple of issues you might be able to help with.
i am using a split button offering menu items that i would like to change on the fly.
after having made a selection and passing some info to be processed by a web service i would like to modify the menu items on the button. is this possible?
thanks in advance.

]]> By: reza http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2007/12/10/button/comment-page-1/#comment-262650 reza Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:33:17 +0000 http://yuiblog.com/blog/2007/12/10/button/#comment-262650 Thanks for YUI 2.4.1 Memory problem been fixed! :) -- Reza www.bract.us Thanks for YUI 2.4.1

Memory problem been fixed!

:)
–
Reza
http://www.bract.us

]]> By: Todd Kloots http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2007/12/10/button/comment-page-1/#comment-259249 Todd Kloots Sat, 15 Dec 2007 02:05:59 +0000 http://yuiblog.com/blog/2007/12/10/button/#comment-259249 Reza - I'll look into the memory leak issue. If you are finding Menu leaks a lot, please file a bug via SourceForge if you haven't already. Caridy - Your point about the split vs menu button is valid. I should have gone with a menu button instead of split. Sorry to hear that you didn't find the Slider Button example easy to repurpose. I'll see what I can do to smooth out the rough edges for a future release. - Todd Reza -

I’ll look into the memory leak issue. If you are finding Menu leaks a lot, please file a bug via SourceForge if you haven’t already.

Caridy –

Your point about the split vs menu button is valid. I should have gone with a menu button instead of split. Sorry to hear that you didn’t find the Slider Button example easy to repurpose. I’ll see what I can do to smooth out the rough edges for a future release.

- Todd

]]> By: Caridy Patiño http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2007/12/10/button/comment-page-1/#comment-259102 Caridy Patiño Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:59:17 +0000 http://yuiblog.com/blog/2007/12/10/button/#comment-259102 Todd - I think Jeff is referring to the fact that in your examples you're using an split button instead of a menu button, so when you click over the button area, nothing happen. Do you have a reason for use split button instead of menu button? or is just to point us the benefits of combining the YUI slider with the overlay for YUI buttons? Another important issue here is that you are making examples that are really difficult to use in a real environment, and very difficult to modifying for newbies (Just try to modify the scale for YUI Button with Slider and you will see how many things you need to readjust to get it done), and unfortunately this is the main reason of the DOJO's failure for newbies ;-), don't do the same. My recommendation in this case is to create extensible examples (maybe singletons that adopt Form's elements in an unobtrusive way). I wrote an example for make my point... http://www.bubbling-library.com/sandbox/buttons/unobtrusive-slider-button.html - Caridy Todd -

I think Jeff is referring to the fact that in your examples you’re using an split button instead of a menu button, so when you click over the button area, nothing happen. Do you have a reason for use split button instead of menu button? or is just to point us the benefits of combining the YUI slider with the overlay for YUI buttons?

Another important issue here is that you are making examples that are really difficult to use in a real environment, and very difficult to modifying for newbies (Just try to modify the scale for YUI Button with Slider and you will see how many things you need to readjust to get it done), and unfortunately this is the main reason of the DOJO’s failure for newbies ;-), don’t do the same. My recommendation in this case is to create extensible examples (maybe singletons that adopt Form’s elements in an unobtrusive way).

I wrote an example for make my point…
http://www.bubbling-library.com/sandbox/buttons/unobtrusive-slider-button.html

- Caridy

]]> By: Reza http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2007/12/10/button/comment-page-1/#comment-258562 Reza Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:04:37 +0000 http://yuiblog.com/blog/2007/12/10/button/#comment-258562 I was playing with YUI 2.4.0 and noticed a memory leak problem! I was using menu with three Overlay in my page. I noticed that the browser is getting slower and slower when I refresh pages. I checked the (private) memory been used by process explorer for IE6, IE7 and FF. E.g. If you try applicationmenubar_source.html, you will see every refresh is consuming about 5mb. Any thoughts? I was playing with YUI 2.4.0 and noticed a memory leak problem!
I was using menu with three Overlay in my page.
I noticed that the browser is getting slower and slower when I refresh pages.

I checked the (private) memory been used by process explorer for IE6, IE7 and FF.

E.g. If you try applicationmenubar_source.html, you will see every refresh is consuming about 5mb.

Any thoughts?

]]> By: Jeff http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2007/12/10/button/comment-page-1/#comment-258353 Jeff Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:49:18 +0000 http://yuiblog.com/blog/2007/12/10/button/#comment-258353 Hi, Todd. I think it worked for me as designed, and very cleanly. Clicking on the small arrow portion of the button allowed me to select a new date using the calendar widget. Clicking on the other 80% of the button doesn't do anything, though. So, to me, there are two disadvantages to this function. One, you're displaying something that looks clickable, but isn't. Two, you take away the user's ability to simply enter a value if he or she prefers to do so. Given that, I was wondering what advantages this might have over the menu button implementation. When might you want to use this? Jeff Hi, Todd.

I think it worked for me as designed, and very cleanly. Clicking on the small arrow portion of the button allowed me to select a new date using the calendar widget.

Clicking on the other 80% of the button doesn’t do anything, though. So, to me, there are two disadvantages to this function. One, you’re displaying something that looks clickable, but isn’t. Two, you take away the user’s ability to simply enter a value if he or she prefers to do so. Given that, I was wondering what advantages this might have over the menu button implementation. When might you want to use this?

Jeff

]]> By: Todd Kloots http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2007/12/10/button/comment-page-1/#comment-258308 Todd Kloots Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:42:24 +0000 http://yuiblog.com/blog/2007/12/10/button/#comment-258308 Jeff - Not sure what you are talking about here: "Creating a button that doesn't do anything when you click it seems wrong to me." Did you mean that one of the examples didn't work for you? Please clarify. Regarding your split button question: compactness wouldn't be the only reason for using split button. I was just pointing that out as one of the benefits. - Todd Jeff -

Not sure what you are talking about here: “Creating a button that doesn’t do anything when you click it seems wrong to me.” Did you mean that one of the examples didn’t work for you? Please clarify.

Regarding your split button question: compactness wouldn’t be the only reason for using split button. I was just pointing that out as one of the benefits.

- Todd

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