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What is the best Struts2 compliant LGPL Javascript UI components library out there?
We currently have an application built with Struts 1.2. We are currently migrating it to Struts2 and are looking for a nice LGPL library of UI web components that will still exists within the next couple of years : The cream of the cream would have been ExtJS, but the GPL license (and its subtl...
Is there a way to force open a new browser window from MOzilla to IE by Onclick function?
Iam getting new window pop up by using window.open(), but need When i click button in Mozilla browser, a new pop window should open in Internet Explorer, Is it possible......
How do you add GUI to this java program?
I know only basic stuff in java. And I need to create a GUI for this type of program. It shows your credit card info. It has some other classes and makes use of the rmiregistry. This works fine in console but I need to show it in a GUI. The first thing that promps here is to enter your name (java...
How to make a general form in Flex to deal with Entity CRUD?
I would like to create a general form so that it can deal with creation/read/update of an entity. When creating an entity, it may only contain a subset of all fields; when updating the entity, it may contain a different subset of fields; and when reading the entity, none of the fields are editabl...
Developing functionality or visual aspects of an interface - which to develop first?
I am currently refining my design process for developing websites, scripts, and web-based applications. My background is heavily weighted towards developing websites with minor javascript/php/flash websites and will likely remain my sole focus. I typically work alone so I try to keep focused on...
VB.net simple threaded GUI based program. Where to put the thread
I have written a small GUI based vb.net program that speaks to embedded devices via the com port. The GUI code contains a class which all communication to the embedded device is handled through (com port device, communication protocol, parsing info, holding device related info after each read).Th...
What are UI Patterns?
What is the difference between User Interaction Design Patterns and User Interface Design Patterns. I have heard that one is the subset of the other, but how do thy correlate? What is the correct term for ui patterns e.g., from http://uipatternfactory.com/?
What is the best way to layout/design a long complex web form to collect user input
I need to design a web form which landlords can use to add rental listings. There are 8 mandatory text boxes and 2 optional text boxes, 11 drop-down lists, 12 checkboxes and one large text area. Any suggestions about how to arrange them in a way that is clean, and uncluttered? My concern is, if t...
How to make a continuous TrackBar in c#?
How can I make a continuous trackbar in c# using VS2005? Right now, I have a trackbar but it's only letting me select the values that are ticks. How can I make the trackbar continuous? Thanks.
Why isn't there a Windows.Forms like program for C++ (is there?)
I don't think there is any program like VS Windows.Forms for C++. Now I know that "Windows.Forms" are in themselves a C# "thing", but it eludes me why no one has put together a similar graphical construction interface for C++ Windows GUIs. Am I just not aware of it/them? Should I try to make one...
Star Rating widget for jQuery UI
I was introduced to the Star Rating widget for jQuery UI. I was originally using this one. Is there any difference between using the two? Well trying to use the jquery UI one, I can't get the input buttons to show up as stars. I have these js and css files included: <script src="jquery-1.3....
jquery datepicker 2 - how to pass in a list of event dates
i see there is a new version of the jquery datepicker http://www.kelvinluck.com/assets/jquery/datePicker/v2/demo/ i dont see anywhere, that you can pass in a list of dates to have then highlighted (i am building a calendar tracking tool). so i might want to show holidays in blue or a certain l...
How can I stop window rendering and later resume?
I'd like to prevent my window from being updated until I finish receiving data from the server and render it. Can I hook on the WM_PAINT event, or better still call some Win32API method to prevent the window from being updated and unfreeze it later? More info: In the context of an MMC snapin wri...
GUI for Standard ML?
I started learning Standard ML recently out of curiosity. So what I know is that is has an efficient compiler (MLton) which allows us to freely use abstractions without worrying about performance. It would be perfect if I could do some GUI programming with Standard ML, too. Is there anything lik...
trying to determine best user interface for layouts - winform button that shows dropdown
I am adding layout management to my winforms GUI which really just means that you can "Save" the current column settings with a "Key" so for example you can have "View 1" or "View 2". anyway, i dont have much real estate on the screen but i am trying to figure out the best way to: Allow you t...
Clear DateField in Flex 3
there's no way to clear a date after it has been inserted! I had to add an ugly button near it to clear it programmatically... Do you have a nicer solution?
Is it better to store telephone numbers in some canonical format or "as entered"?
Storing a telehone number in some kind of canonical format has several advantages from a programmers point of view, but it might confuse the user, if suddenly his entered numbers look a lot different. What's the way to go?
What makes a good options/settings dialog box?
I was browsing the Worst UI You’ve Ever Used question, when I realized that many of them involved the options dialog of some application. This is obviously an area where a developer could get "lost" easily, since there are often a large number of options available which can be hard to organize. (...
I need a UI-Editor for my custom Direct-x UI
I have developed a custom DirectX UI library equipped with everything from buttons to a gridview. I need a screen-layout editor of some sort. It just takes too long to do it by hand, whether through a config file or hard-coding. I could spend a month or two developing a DirectX editing utilit...
My own tableheader?
I want to make a table header: The steps I have taken Made a user control Placed a TableLayoutPanel on it(this is basically a grid layout?) Added and removed the number of columns/rows I wanted Placed a label in each cell For each label set its dock to fill and borderstyle to fixedsingle How...
What is the cleverest UI feature you have seen in a website?
What is the cleverest UI feature you have seen in a website? Something that: Made the user experience more intuitive Added significantly to the usefulness of the app. Added to the 'wow factor' of the application or... anything else you consider important ;) Could be also something standard, ...
Populating a subform with different displays as a GUI in Access 2007
This is my first time building a UI in Access (using Access 2007), and I'm wondering what is the Right Way (TM) of going about this. Essentially, I have several different queries that I'd like to display as pivot charts, pivot tables, tables, and reports. Eventually I'm also going to have to b...
Selenium Test Commandline
How do i post the results to a URL via the "selenium-server.jar" java -jar selenium-server.jar -htmlSuite "*firefox" "https://www.myserver.com/rc/" "/selenium/Tests/TestSuite2.html" "http://myserver.com/readSeleniumResults" chrome://src/content/TestRunner.html?auto=true&multiWindow=true&...
jquery-ui-tabs. passing a querystring
How could I pass a query string (?id=avalue) with each of the below links associated to the below tabs. I am attempting to open external content within the tabs (that it's working fine) but I have failed to pass a parameter with the urls. The value for the parameter would be the same for each li...
object doesn't support this action in IE6 with jQuery
For some reason the following line of javascript is giving me an error object doesn't support this action in IE6: item = ui.item.get(0); Any ideas? I'm completely lost.
How to create an image map using Java Swing?
I need to make an image map using Swing that displays a background image, and then when the mouse hovers over (or clicks) specific hotspots, I need to pop up a 'zoomed-in' image and have it display. I was thinking of extending JPanel to include an image reference and have that drawn thru the pai...
Windows Mobile: Is there any library to build attractive interfaces?
I'm looking for libraries to build attractive interfaces. Someone told me about Fluid (http://fluid.codeplex.com/) but it's very difficult to use. Anyone knows others? My project is for Compact Framework 2.0 SP2, C#, and it's going to use in Windows Mobile 5.0 and above. Thank you!
How to make C++ code draw on Java components
We are designing physics app, and we would like to have it written in Java, and also we want to use root (root is writen in C++). Root has some nice graphical features -- it is able to draw very nice 3D charts, and I'm thinking whether it's possible to embedd those charts in Java app. Is there ...
Can I stop applications from grabbing focus in OS X?
Applications stealing focus is on of my biggest UI pet peeves. There's rarely a good reason for an application that I'm not using to interrupt what I'm doing. Is there a way to disable focus-grabbing globally in OS X?
Changing multiple .fig files in Matlab systematically
I want to browse a directory where many Matlab GUI's (.fig files and their related .m files) are stored and change them systematically. For each, I want to search for a certain popup menu and, if it exists, delete some specific options. I usually use get() and set() or similar functions to fiddl...