Re: additional HTML+ FORM types

Pei Y. Wei ([email protected])
Sat, 9 Oct 93 22:03:14 -0700


[email protected] (Kevin Altis) wrote:
> How about sliders (vertical, horizontal, knobs)?

Yes, please. In the re-incarnated-but-not-yet-release ViolaWWW,
there's an <INPUT type="percent"> which maps to a horizontal slider.
Perhaps we should add min and max constraints for number inputs.

> Selection lists?

Not sure we have the same thing in mind, but I've got an <OPTIONS>
tag (gonna change that name before release...) that is mapped to a
pull-down menu. In the following example, the menu GUI is initially
labeled ``San Francisco'':

<OPTIONS name="cities">
<OPTI value="berlin">Berlin</OPTI>
<OPTI value="cairo">Cairo</OPTI>
<OPTI value="sf" checked>San Francisco</OPTI>
</OPTIONS>

Here's the DTD for it:

<!ATTLIST OPTIONS
name CDATA #IMPLIED
type CDATA #IMPLIED
size CDATA #IMPLIED
disabled (disabled) #IMPLIED
envvar CDATA #IMPLIED>
<!ATTLIST OPTI
value CDATA #IMPLIED
checked (checked) #IMPLIED
disabled (disabled) #IMPLIED>

Also, just for the fun of it, there's a signature thingy (type="doodle"),
which draws and collects mouse positions when the mouse is dragged on it.
Has "clear" button for the doddle pad. Perhaps this is useful enough to
be part of the HTMLplus standard.

-Pei