Chosen: A javascript plug-in that makes long select boxes user-friendly.
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Chosen: A javascript plug-in that makes long select boxes user-friendly.
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Re: Chosen: A javascript plug-in that makes long select boxes user-friendly.
#2This is fantastic. ComboBox is what's missing in HTML. This is a keeper.
Re: Chosen: A javascript plug-in that makes long select boxes user-friendly.
#3Best plug-in of the year, so far.
Apart from what it says, I do not see problems in IE7 or IE8 (there is some style issues in IE9, though). Also, it is nearly working in IE6. I think I'll try to diddle around with some z-index and CSS stuff to get it working. Can't be much more than that.
Re: Chosen: A javascript plug-in that makes long select boxes user-friendly.
#4Excellent. Makes you wonder why browser vendors never improved on the usability of such controls themselves.
Re: Chosen: A javascript plug-in that makes long select boxes user-friendly.
#5Apparently Chosen takes the placeholder text from the select element's 'title' attribute; does it also support the official HTML5 syntax[1] for placeholder attributes in select elements?
How about integration with jQueryUI's theming system?
[1]: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/...
Re: Chosen: A javascript plug-in that makes long select boxes user-friendly.
#6Excellent. Makes you wonder why browser vendors never improved on the usability of such controls themselves.
Some do. Maemo's MicroB browser shows this when you click on a select menu: http://i.imgur.com/rP6Mz.png - one of the few places interacting with a website is actually easier and faster on a mobile than on a desktop browser. I think Nokia's Symbian devices do this too.
Re: Chosen: A javascript plug-in that makes long select boxes user-friendly.
#7Best plug-in of the year, so far. Apart from what it says, I do not see problems in IE7 or IE8 (there is some style issues in IE9, though). Also, it is nearly working in IE6. I think I'll try to diddle around with some z-index and CSS stuff to get it working. Can't be much more than that.
What's the nature of the nonworkingness on the dodgy browsers? Does it fail catastrophically or degrade satisfactorily?
If you manage to fix it for other browsers I hope you push your fixes upstream.
Re: Chosen: A javascript plug-in that makes long select boxes user-friendly.
#8This is fantastic. ComboBox is what's missing in HTML. This is a keeper.
HTML5 has the datalist element, which provides suggestions for an input box and is similar to a combo box. The best info I can find on it is: http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/an-html5-style-google-sug...
This is currently only supported by Firefox Opera. A JavaScript polyfill to get this working in other browsers would be great.
Re: Chosen: A javascript plug-in that makes long select boxes user-friendly.
#9Does anyone know if it's compatible with formalize.me?
Does it work well on android/iphone?
Re: Chosen: A javascript plug-in that makes long select boxes user-friendly.
#10Best plug-in of the year, so far. Apart from what it says, I do not see problems in IE7 or IE8 (there is some style issues in IE9, though). Also, it is nearly working in IE6. I think I'll try to diddle around with some z-index and CSS stuff to get it working. Can't be much more than that.
What's the nature of the nonworkingness on the dodgy browsers? Does it fail catastrophically or degrade satisfactorily? If you manage to fix it for other browsers I hope you push your fixes upstream.
It looks to me as if there is a z-index problem and the position is not upheld correctly in IE6. In IE9 there is a difference in the linear gradient color. No catastrophes there, imho.