[Xerte-dev] Re: Testing of 1.8/2.18 (buttons)

[Julian Tenney]

Can you measure text in a given size / font in javascript? So given a string, you can work out how many pixels is needed? Flash had getTextExtent which was useful for making sure everything sizes nicely.

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From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley
Sent: 02 April 2012 13:22
To: For Xerte technical developers
Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Testing of 1.8/2.18 (buttons)

it's not much harder, but I am happy to go with which ever option.

I would agree in different languages the buttons change length - but
the buttons are squeezed in pretty tightly - so you might have to have
some buttons with smaller text?

On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Tom Reijnders <reijnders at tor.nl> wrote:
> Come on...., this is such a standard technique....
>
> Op 2-4-2012 13:45, Pat Lockley schreef:
>
>> sections will make the HTML a load harder because you'll be setting
>> three backgrounds?
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Julian Tenney
>> <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Four states for each button?
>>>
>>> Normal
>>> Click
>>> Off
>>> Disabled
>>>
>>> I'll do the sections approach if that's OK
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Tom Reijnders
>>> Sent: 02 April 2012 12:38
>>> To: For Xerte technical developers
>>> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Testing of 1.8/2.18 (buttons)
>>>
>>> Or a left side, middle (that can be stretched) and right side...
>>>
>>> There are a few other places as well, like the login button...
>>>
>>> Op 2-4-2012 13:33, Julian Tenney schreef:
>>>>
>>>> These being the buttons for the top row of the workspace?
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>>> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley
>>>> Sent: 02 April 2012 12:31
>>>> To: For Xerte technical developers
>>>> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Testing of 1.8/2.18 (buttons)
>>>>
>>>> The same size as they are now really
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Julian Tenney
>>>> <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>    wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can Nottingham provide blank buttons?
>>>>>
>>>>> You need one, or several sizes?
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>>>> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley
>>>>> Sent: 02 April 2012 12:11
>>>>> To: For Xerte technical developers
>>>>> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Testing of 1.8/2.18 (buttons)
>>>>>
>>>>> Change the file then for that one :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Also should they be prefixed INDEX_ ? seems a good policy
>>>>>
>>>>> The label is a resource, but they'd need to be some JS work to handle
>>>>> "disabling" the button
>>>>>
>>>>> Can Nottingham provide blank buttons?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Tom Reijnders<reijnders at tor.nl>
>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We/I can create blank buttons.... than, the label is just another
>>>>>> resource
>>>>>> in one of the inc files. Correct?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ehmm... I would say, yes, dow whatever is the simplest, but, ehmm,
>>>>>> you're
>>>>>> still the expert on that!  I am happy to help!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Generating a translation of the inc files workes very smoothly!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We have a Dutch XOT up and running because of that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Only the index.inc (rootlevel) caused some issues, because it breaks
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> pattern. The defines for the LOGIN_AREA, USERNAME, etc uses single
>>>>>> quotes in
>>>>>> stead of double quotes.... That breaks my parser!!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tom
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Op 2-4-2012 12:33, Pat Lockley schreef:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> we don't have "blank" buttons though - with those we could do it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Drupal and WordPress use CSS to make the button - I am happy to go
>>>>>>> with whatever is simple
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Tom Reijnders<reijnders at tor.nl>
>>>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> yes, we could just use links of course, but it is doable (I've seen
>>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>>> working on joomla through css tricks on a HTML link)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Op 2-4-2012 12:16, Pat Lockley schreef:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> No work has happened in index.php to allow for language detection
>>>>>>>>> yet.
>>>>>>>>> Does the flash load when the preview / play fails? Fiddler showing
>>>>>>>>> anything?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I would get rid of the buttons and just use links now (for the sake
>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>> simplicity).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Pat
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Tom Reijnders<reijnders at tor.nl>
>>>>>>>>>   wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> We (Inge and I) finished the first round of the Dutch translation.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> - I installed a fresh xot from svn trunk
>>>>>>>>>> - I copied an existing xot database (1.7) as the basis
>>>>>>>>>> - I copied all the USER_FILES and the templates and
>>>>>>>>>> parent_templates of
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> live xot
>>>>>>>>>> - I 'upgraded' all the parent_templates by copying the models,
>>>>>>>>>> thumbs
>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>> generated xwd;s from the page based xwd's
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I have not been able to do very much with it just yet, but I
>>>>>>>>>> already
>>>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>>> few observations:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 1. The language selection has to be sorted out
>>>>>>>>>> 2. We should use one mechanism for the language parameter, ether
>>>>>>>>>> 'en',
>>>>>>>>>> 'nl',
>>>>>>>>>>   etc or 'en-gb', 'nl-nl' etc.
>>>>>>>>>> 3. The first tests show, that you can edit existing (upgraded)
>>>>>>>>>> LO's
>>>>>>>>>> 4. I can't preview or run them, the browser blocks (The first page
>>>>>>>>>> loads,
>>>>>>>>>> but after that I can't do anything)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> If anyone wants to have a peek, I'll give you the URL and the
>>>>>>>>>> login
>>>>>>>>>> credentials by PM.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Tom
>>>>>>>>>>
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