[whatwg] Working this summer

Ian Hickson ian at hixie.ch
Thu Dec 16 14:24:37 PST 2004


On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Yan Morin wrote:
>
> I don't want to show the options in two columns, three or multiple 
> columns. I want to have the value in one column, the displayed text 
> inside another column, and more information columns beside that is 
> directly related to the text column.
> 
>  _________________
> | New York     |V|  <-- input  with a table link and a down arrow
> |________________|__________________
> | City          | State | Country | | <--- header of the table
> |---------------+-------+---------|-|
> | Montreal      |  QC   | Canada  |A| <-- top arrow of the scroll
> |>New York     <|  NY   | US      | | <-- selected row
> | Washington    |  DC   | US      |X| <-- cursor scroll
> | San Francisco |  CA   | US      | |
> | Toronto       |  ON   | Canada  | |
> |_________________________________|V| <-- bottom arrow of the scroll
> 
> Only the first column is related to the input box. (like an option text) 
> There could be a hidden column for the value (like an option value).

Interesting idea. I have noted this for future versions of the spec.

Thanks,
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