Comments on: inputEx — a YUI-based Forms Utility http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2008/05/08/inputex/ 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: Building Your Own Widget Library with YUI » Yahoo! User Interface Blog http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2008/05/08/inputex/comment-page-1/#comment-404322 Building Your Own Widget Library with YUI » Yahoo! User Interface Blog Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:09:59 +0000 http://yuiblog.com/blog/2008/05/08/inputex/#comment-404322 [...] with the help of two Erics. One is Eric Abouaf, whose inputEx library of controls, featured in the YUI blog, was the reason to write this article. I realized there was no documentation to guide library [...] [...] with the help of two Erics. One is Eric Abouaf, whose inputEx library of controls, featured in the YUI blog, was the reason to write this article. I realized there was no documentation to guide library [...]

]]> By: In the Wild for May 30 » Yahoo! User Interface Blog http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2008/05/08/inputex/comment-page-1/#comment-385743 In the Wild for May 30 » Yahoo! User Interface Blog Fri, 30 May 2008 17:33:21 +0000 http://yuiblog.com/blog/2008/05/08/inputex/#comment-385743 [...] Matt Snider (F2E lead at Mint) continues his long-term process of blogging about the work he’s doing building on top of YUI with "Dom.activate to Focus on Form Elements." Matt writes: "Each browser supports focus in a slightly different way and until recently most did not support the ’select’ Function on an Input Element. In addition, you should never attempt to focus on a hidden or non-displayed Element, nor should you focus on an Input Element of type ‘hidden’. Because of all this trickiness, it is rather handy to have one method that manages all this for you." Looking for more explorations of forms management with YUI? Check out InputEx. [...] [...] Matt Snider (F2E lead at Mint) continues his long-term process of blogging about the work he’s doing building on top of YUI with "Dom.activate to Focus on Form Elements." Matt writes: "Each browser supports focus in a slightly different way and until recently most did not support the ’select’ Function on an Input Element. In addition, you should never attempt to focus on a hidden or non-displayed Element, nor should you focus on an Input Element of type ‘hidden’. Because of all this trickiness, it is rather handy to have one method that manages all this for you." Looking for more explorations of forms management with YUI? Check out InputEx. [...]

]]> By: rycerz1411 http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2008/05/08/inputex/comment-page-1/#comment-373396 rycerz1411 Thu, 15 May 2008 16:21:13 +0000 http://yuiblog.com/blog/2008/05/08/inputex/#comment-373396 Very nice, might consider it for my next project Very nice, might consider it for my next project

]]> By: Eric Abouaf http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2008/05/08/inputex/comment-page-1/#comment-371785 Eric Abouaf Tue, 13 May 2008 07:37:14 +0000 http://yuiblog.com/blog/2008/05/08/inputex/#comment-371785 Many thanks for your kind encouragements ! @Michal, @Eric I think we all agree that a forms collection would be very helpful to the YUI community. Being part of YUI would be even better ! I tried to make it as YUI-like as possible (<a href="http://groups.google.com/group/inputex/browse_thread/thread/c9ee26ae1877c0f" rel="nofollow"> and the road is still long</a>), so that the community could contribute to it. (and it started with very good advices from the YUI team!) @Lance Progressive enhancement will definitely be added sooner or later. It isn't there yet because of inputEx origins: it was built for a javascript-intensive web application. Many thanks for your kind encouragements !

@Michal, @Eric

I think we all agree that a forms collection would be very helpful to the YUI community. Being part of YUI would be even better !

I tried to make it as YUI-like as possible (
and the road is still long), so that the community could contribute to it. (and it started with very good advices from the YUI team!)

@Lance

Progressive enhancement will definitely be added sooner or later.
It isn’t there yet because of inputEx origins: it was built for a javascript-intensive web application.

]]> By: Eric Miraglia http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2008/05/08/inputex/comment-page-1/#comment-371699 Eric Miraglia Tue, 13 May 2008 03:49:13 +0000 http://yuiblog.com/blog/2008/05/08/inputex/#comment-371699 @Lance -- I agree with you (and I suspect Eric does as well). I know Satyam and Dav have already weighed in with input and support, and Eric has a link for people who want to contribute. I'm hopeful that as Eric evolves this he or one of his contributors will add progressive enhancement as a feature. -Eric @Lance — I agree with you (and I suspect Eric does as well). I know Satyam and Dav have already weighed in with input and support, and Eric has a link for people who want to contribute. I’m hopeful that as Eric evolves this he or one of his contributors will add progressive enhancement as a feature. -Eric

]]> By: Lance Fisher http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2008/05/08/inputex/comment-page-1/#comment-371393 Lance Fisher Mon, 12 May 2008 16:59:40 +0000 http://yuiblog.com/blog/2008/05/08/inputex/#comment-371393 This looks really nice. However, one thing that looks like it is missing is a markup-based solution. I would like the forms to exist and work if JavaScript is turned off. From what I can tell, all of these fields are created in js and not the markup. One thing I like about YUI is that I can create things like the tab panel from either js or markup. This looks really nice. However, one thing that looks like it is missing is a markup-based solution. I would like the forms to exist and work if JavaScript is turned off. From what I can tell, all of these fields are created in js and not the markup. One thing I like about YUI is that I can create things like the tab panel from either js or markup.

]]> By: Eric Miraglia http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2008/05/08/inputex/comment-page-1/#comment-369617 Eric Miraglia Fri, 09 May 2008 17:06:04 +0000 http://yuiblog.com/blog/2008/05/08/inputex/#comment-369617 @Michal, A comprehensive forms collection will be a part of YUI down the road, but we'll always be interested on YUIBlog in looking at and linking to what others are doing on top of the base library. Eric's work here is of particular interest in that it helps to address a current cap in YUI's coverage. Regards, Eric @Michal,

A comprehensive forms collection will be a part of YUI down the road, but we’ll always be interested on YUIBlog in looking at and linking to what others are doing on top of the base library. Eric’s work here is of particular interest in that it helps to address a current cap in YUI’s coverage.

Regards,
Eric

]]> By: Michal Frackowiak http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2008/05/08/inputex/comment-page-1/#comment-369536 Michal Frackowiak Fri, 09 May 2008 12:51:06 +0000 http://yuiblog.com/blog/2008/05/08/inputex/#comment-369536 Good start! IMHO however form elements should be included in the YUI itself - it is so crucial to any serious web application. It would be nice to know IF and WHEN this could happen. A month ago we have started implementing our own form handling too, because we needed this badly. Good luck with the project, Michal Frackowiak Good start!

IMHO however form elements should be included in the YUI itself – it is so crucial to any serious web application. It would be nice to know IF and WHEN this could happen.

A month ago we have started implementing our own form handling too, because we needed this badly.

Good luck with the project,

Michal Frackowiak

]]> By: Antoine http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2008/05/08/inputex/comment-page-1/#comment-369435 Antoine Fri, 09 May 2008 08:43:57 +0000 http://yuiblog.com/blog/2008/05/08/inputex/#comment-369435 Great work ! Great work !

]]> By: Brandon http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2008/05/08/inputex/comment-page-1/#comment-369256 Brandon Fri, 09 May 2008 02:09:13 +0000 http://yuiblog.com/blog/2008/05/08/inputex/#comment-369256 AWESOME!!! AWESOME!!!

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