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| How should we name controls that allow text to be entered by the user? |
| Input (reminiscent of InputBox) for single-line and "Edit" for multi-line |
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25% |
[ 2 ] |
| "Edit" for single-line controls and "EditArea" for multi-line |
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12% |
[ 1 ] |
| "Edit" for both types (with an option letter to set multi-line) |
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37% |
[ 3 ] |
| "Input" for both types |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
| Other |
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25% |
[ 2 ] |
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| Total Votes : 8 |
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Chris
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 Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 1:30 pm Post subject: Poll 2 of 2: Help us decide on GUI naming: Input vs. Edit |
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Another poll  |
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Beastmaster
Joined: 15 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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EditSingle
EditMulti
or
Edit, S
Edit, M
does this make sense  |
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jack
Joined: 04 Sep 2004
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Location: UK
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| Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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how about UserInput?
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beardboy
Joined: 02 Mar 2004
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Location: SLC, Utah
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| Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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I didn't mind edit and editarea, but I like the idea better of having both named edit with an optional parameter.
thanks,
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Chris
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| Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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A little too long to easily remember, I think.
Hard to have commas inside a parameter without escaping them, and the alternative (EditS/EditM) is not a very readable.
| Quote: | | how about UserInput? |
Seems too verbose?
| Quote: | | I like the idea better of having both named edit with an optional parameter |
Maybe I can have it auto-detect the type of edit via the height specified: if that height in pixels equates to more than 1.5 lines for the currently selected font, it would be a multi-line edit by default. This might lead to ambiguity problems, but I'll certainly look into it.
All your comments and votes are definitely appreciated (more are of course welcome). |
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Beastmaster
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| Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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Huh , ...
| Quote: | | Hard to have commas inside a parameter |
this ...
meant that 
| Quote: | | "Edit" for both types (with an option letter to set multi-line) |
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Chris
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| Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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| I get it now. Thanks. |
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