Rails spinoffs - Oct 2007 - How to make a list with columns and a header row sortable through drag-and-drop

New to scriptaculous and just recently got started in web app
programming too.

What I would really like to have is a sortable table using
Sortable.create and tr as tag. I''ve noticed other people on the list
asking for the same thing but no real answers have shown up that I
could find. The page for Sortable.create however, says that due to
some technical limitation it''s not possible to create a sortable from
a table. But a user comment on the page mentioned you could use tbody
and tr. So I tried that and while I was able to sort the rows then, I
did not get a floating row that follows the mouse cursor as the
sortable lists example does.

So I was wondering if there was maybe some workaround. What I want is
a sortable collection of rows that contain an amount of subelements
that I would like to be aligned with a row of header columns. I was
wondering if it might be possible to do it with an unordered list
where each column value would be in a span or something that would
have a class corresponding to the right column? Do you think that
would work? And would it be ok to use span like that?


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Use <li> elements and style them to look like a table. Tables
don''t
play well.

On Oct 1, 4:29 am, Sam <sgron...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> New to scriptaculous and just recently got started in web app
> programming too.
>
> What I would really like to have is a sortable table using
> Sortable.create and tr as tag. I''ve noticed other people on the
list
> asking for the same thing but no real answers have shown up that I
> could find. The page for Sortable.create however, says that due to
> some technical limitation it''s not possible to create a sortable
from
> a table. But a user comment on the page mentioned you could use tbody
> and tr. So I tried that and while I was able to sort the rows then, I
> did not get a floating row that follows the mouse cursor as the
> sortable lists example does.
>
> So I was wondering if there was maybe some workaround. What I want is
> a sortable collection of rows that contain an amount of subelements
> that I would like to be aligned with a row of header columns. I was
> wondering if it might be possible to do it with an unordered list
> where each column value would be in a span or something that would
> have a class corresponding to the right column? Do you think that
> would work? And would it be ok to use span like that?

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If using li elements, is there a ''best way'' to handle columns?

Gareth

On 10/2/07, Diodeus <diodeus-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
>
> Use <li> elements and style them to look like a table. Tables
don''t
> play well.
>
> On Oct 1, 4:29 am, Sam
<sgron...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > New to scriptaculous and just recently got started in web app
> > programming too.
> >
> > What I would really like to have is a sortable table using
> > Sortable.create and tr as tag. I''ve noticed other people on
the list
> > asking for the same thing but no real answers have shown up that I
> > could find. The page for Sortable.create however, says that due to
> > some technical limitation it''s not possible to create a
sortable from
> > a table. But a user comment on the page mentioned you could use tbody
> > and tr. So I tried that and while I was able to sort the rows then, I
> > did not get a floating row that follows the mouse cursor as the
> > sortable lists example does.
> >
> > So I was wondering if there was maybe some workaround. What I want is
> > a sortable collection of rows that contain an amount of subelements
> > that I would like to be aligned with a row of header columns. I was
> > wondering if it might be possible to do it with an unordered list
> > where each column value would be in a span or something that would
> > have a class corresponding to the right column? Do you think that
> > would work? And would it be ok to use span like that?
>
>
> >
>
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Put the columns in DIVs, float:left with fixed width inside the <li>

On Oct 1, 3:55 pm, "Gareth Evans"
<agr...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> If using li elements, is there a ''best way'' to handle
columns?
>
> Gareth
>
> On 10/2/07, Diodeus <diod...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
>
>
> > Use <li> elements and style them to look like a table. Tables
don''t
> > play well.
>
> > On Oct 1, 4:29 am, Sam
<sgron...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > > New to scriptaculous and just recently got started in web app
> > > programming too.
>
> > > What I would really like to have is a sortable table using
> > > Sortable.create and tr as tag. I''ve noticed other people
on the list
> > > asking for the same thing but no real answers have shown up that
I
> > > could find. The page for Sortable.create however, says that due
to
> > > some technical limitation it''s not possible to create a
sortable from
> > > a table. But a user comment on the page mentioned you could use
tbody
> > > and tr. So I tried that and while I was able to sort the rows
then, I
> > > did not get a floating row that follows the mouse cursor as the
> > > sortable lists example does.
>
> > > So I was wondering if there was maybe some workaround. What I
want is
> > > a sortable collection of rows that contain an amount of
subelements
> > > that I would like to be aligned with a row of header columns. I
was
> > > wondering if it might be possible to do it with an unordered list
> > > where each column value would be in a span or something that
would
> > > have a class corresponding to the right column? Do you think that
> > > would work? And would it be ok to use span like that?

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Thats what I thought, it works except when you want the width to be
automatically allocated like a normal table would - and then you have to do
calculations on the server side (or client if you prefer) to provide a width
%/px based on the width of the table and the number of columns (lets say for
this example you dont actually know exactly how many columns, every entity
(company/contact/employee etc) has different numbers displayed.

I''m not trying to pick holes in the model, far from it, just trying to
hint
at tables being useful for, well, tabular data.

What''s the technical reason they can''t be sorted anyway?

Gareth



On 10/2/07, Diodeus <diodeus-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
>
> Put the columns in DIVs, float:left with fixed width inside the <li>
>
> On Oct 1, 3:55 pm, "Gareth Evans"
<agr...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > If using li elements, is there a ''best way'' to
handle columns?
> >
> > Gareth
> >
> > On 10/2/07, Diodeus
<diod...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > Use <li> elements and style them to look like a table.
Tables don''t
> > > play well.
> >
> > > On Oct 1, 4:29 am, Sam
<sgron...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > > > New to scriptaculous and just recently got started in web
app
> > > > programming too.
> >
> > > > What I would really like to have is a sortable table using
> > > > Sortable.create and tr as tag. I''ve noticed other
people on the list
> > > > asking for the same thing but no real answers have shown up
that I
> > > > could find. The page for Sortable.create however, says that
due to
> > > > some technical limitation it''s not possible to
create a sortable
> from
> > > > a table. But a user comment on the page mentioned you could
use
> tbody
> > > > and tr. So I tried that and while I was able to sort the
rows then,
> I
> > > > did not get a floating row that follows the mouse cursor as
the
> > > > sortable lists example does.
> >
> > > > So I was wondering if there was maybe some workaround. What
I want
> is
> > > > a sortable collection of rows that contain an amount of
subelements
> > > > that I would like to be aligned with a row of header
columns. I was
> > > > wondering if it might be possible to do it with an unordered
list
> > > > where each column value would be in a span or something that
would
> > > > have a class corresponding to the right column? Do you think
that
> > > > would work? And would it be ok to use span like that?
>
>
> >
>
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why do table rows not play well with sortable?
not that i love tables, but when it comes to tabular data, why
shouldnt you use tables...

On 1 Okt., 22:17, "Gareth Evans"
<agr...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Thats what I thought, it works except when you want the width to be
> automatically allocated like a normal table would - and then you have to do
> calculations on the server side (or client if you prefer) to provide a
width
> %/px based on the width of the table and the number of columns (lets say
for
> this example you dont actually know exactly how many columns, every entity
> (company/contact/employee etc) has different numbers displayed.
>
> I''m not trying to pick holes in the model, far from it, just
trying to hint
> at tables being useful for, well, tabular data.
>
> What''s the technical reason they can''t be sorted anyway?
>
> Gareth
>
> On 10/2/07, Diodeus <diod...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
>
>
> > Put the columns in DIVs, float:left with fixed width inside the
<li>
>
> > On Oct 1, 3:55 pm, "Gareth Evans"
<agr...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > > If using li elements, is there a ''best way'' to
handle columns?
>
> > > Gareth
>
> > > On 10/2/07, Diodeus
<diod...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > > > Use <li> elements and style them to look like a table.
Tables don''t
> > > > play well.
>
> > > > On Oct 1, 4:29 am, Sam
<sgron...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > > > > New to scriptaculous and just recently got started in
web app
> > > > > programming too.
>
> > > > > What I would really like to have is a sortable table
using
> > > > > Sortable.create and tr as tag. I''ve noticed
other people on the list
> > > > > asking for the same thing but no real answers have
shown up that I
> > > > > could find. The page for Sortable.create however, says
that due to
> > > > > some technical limitation it''s not possible to
create a sortable
> > from
> > > > > a table. But a user comment on the page mentioned you
could use
> > tbody
> > > > > and tr. So I tried that and while I was able to sort
the rows then,
> > I
> > > > > did not get a floating row that follows the mouse
cursor as the
> > > > > sortable lists example does.
>
> > > > > So I was wondering if there was maybe some workaround.
What I want
> > is
> > > > > a sortable collection of rows that contain an amount of
subelements
> > > > > that I would like to be aligned with a row of header
columns. I was
> > > > > wondering if it might be possible to do it with an
unordered list
> > > > > where each column value would be in a span or something
that would
> > > > > have a class corresponding to the right column? Do you
think that
> > > > > would work? And would it be ok to use span like that?

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Tables need to be manipulated at a DOM node level, whereas <LI> can
easily be rearranged in the HTML.

See:
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Traversing_an_HTML_table_with_JavaScript_and_DOM_Interfaces

Not that I''m against tables, it''s just I don''t think
the drag/drop
script was written to manipulate tables.

On Oct 2, 4:10 am, Markus Hammer
<yaya...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> why do table rows not play well with sortable?
> not that i love tables, but when it comes to tabular data, why
> shouldnt you use tables...
>
> On 1 Okt., 22:17, "Gareth Evans"
<agr...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > Thats what I thought, it works except when you want the width to be
> > automatically allocated like a normal table would - and then you have
to do
> > calculations on the server side (or client if you prefer) to provide a
width
> > %/px based on the width of the table and the number of columns (lets
say for
> > this example you dont actually know exactly how many columns, every
entity
> > (company/contact/employee etc) has different numbers displayed.
>
> > I''m not trying to pick holes in the model, far from it, just
trying to hint
> > at tables being useful for, well, tabular data.
>
> > What''s the technical reason they can''t be sorted
anyway?
>
> > Gareth
>
> > On 10/2/07, Diodeus
<diod...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > > Put the columns in DIVs, float:left with fixed width inside the
<li>
>
> > > On Oct 1, 3:55 pm, "Gareth Evans"
<agr...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > > > If using li elements, is there a ''best
way'' to handle columns?
>
> > > > Gareth
>
> > > > On 10/2/07, Diodeus
<diod...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > > > > Use <li> elements and style them to look like a
table. Tables don''t
> > > > > play well.
>
> > > > > On Oct 1, 4:29 am, Sam
<sgron...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > > > > > New to scriptaculous and just recently got started
in web app
> > > > > > programming too.
>
> > > > > > What I would really like to have is a sortable
table using
> > > > > > Sortable.create and tr as tag. I''ve
noticed other people on the list
> > > > > > asking for the same thing but no real answers have
shown up that I
> > > > > > could find. The page for Sortable.create however,
says that due to
> > > > > > some technical limitation it''s not
possible to create a sortable
> > > from
> > > > > > a table. But a user comment on the page mentioned
you could use
> > > tbody
> > > > > > and tr. So I tried that and while I was able to
sort the rows then,
> > > I
> > > > > > did not get a floating row that follows the mouse
cursor as the
> > > > > > sortable lists example does.
>
> > > > > > So I was wondering if there was maybe some
workaround. What I want
> > > is
> > > > > > a sortable collection of rows that contain an
amount of subelements
> > > > > > that I would like to be aligned with a row of
header columns. I was
> > > > > > wondering if it might be possible to do it with an
unordered list
> > > > > > where each column value would be in a span or
something that would
> > > > > > have a class corresponding to the right column? Do
you think that
> > > > > > would work? And would it be ok to use span like
that?

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So, now I kind of got it working by having the following structure:
<ul id="list">
  <li>
    <div class="row">
      <div class="col_a"><div class="col_b"> and
so on...
Sortable.create(''list'', {tag:''li''})

But I couldn''t figure out a good way to get the columns to line up
when i added a separate div with the column names above the list. So
then I tried placing it inside the list the same way as the other
rows. Then the list started looking the way I wanted it, but now the
column name is also draggable... How would you recommend I solve this?
At first I thought maybe Sortable.create would have relied on the
id="listname_listname1" attributes. But I don''t have such an
attribute
defined for the column name list item and it''s still movable.

On Oct 2, 4:07 pm, Diodeus
<diod...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Tables need to be manipulated at a DOM node level, whereas <LI> can
> easily be rearranged in the HTML.
>
>
See:http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Traversing_an_HTML_table_with_Ja...
>
> Not that I''m against tables, it''s just I don''t
think the drag/drop
> script was written to manipulate tables.
>
> On Oct 2, 4:10 am, Markus Hammer
<yaya...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > why do table rows not play well with sortable?
> > not that i love tables, but when it comes to tabular data, why
> > shouldnt you use tables...
>
> > On 1 Okt., 22:17, "Gareth Evans"
<agr...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > > Thats what I thought, it works except when you want the width to
be
> > > automatically allocated like a normal table would - and then you
have to do
> > > calculations on the server side (or client if you prefer) to
provide a width
> > > %/px based on the width of the table and the number of columns
(lets say for
> > > this example you dont actually know exactly how many columns,
every entity
> > > (company/contact/employee etc) has different numbers displayed.
>
> > > I''m not trying to pick holes in the model, far from it,
just trying to hint
> > > at tables being useful for, well, tabular data.
>
> > > What''s the technical reason they can''t be
sorted anyway?
>
> > > Gareth
>
> > > On 10/2/07, Diodeus
<diod...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > > > Put the columns in DIVs, float:left with fixed width inside
the <li>
>
> > > > On Oct 1, 3:55 pm, "Gareth Evans"
<agr...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > > > > If using li elements, is there a ''best
way'' to handle columns?
>
> > > > > Gareth
>
> > > > > On 10/2/07, Diodeus
<diod...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > > > > > Use <li> elements and style them to look
like a table. Tables don''t
> > > > > > play well.
>
> > > > > > On Oct 1, 4:29 am, Sam
<sgron...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > > > > > > New to scriptaculous and just recently got
started in web app
> > > > > > > programming too.
>
> > > > > > > What I would really like to have is a
sortable table using
> > > > > > > Sortable.create and tr as tag. I''ve
noticed other people on the list
> > > > > > > asking for the same thing but no real answers
have shown up that I
> > > > > > > could find. The page for Sortable.create
however, says that due to
> > > > > > > some technical limitation it''s not
possible to create a sortable
> > > > from
> > > > > > > a table. But a user comment on the page
mentioned you could use
> > > > tbody
> > > > > > > and tr. So I tried that and while I was able
to sort the rows then,
> > > > I
> > > > > > > did not get a floating row that follows the
mouse cursor as the
> > > > > > > sortable lists example does.
>
> > > > > > > So I was wondering if there was maybe some
workaround. What I want
> > > > is
> > > > > > > a sortable collection of rows that contain an
amount of subelements
> > > > > > > that I would like to be aligned with a row of
header columns. I was
> > > > > > > wondering if it might be possible to do it
with an unordered list
> > > > > > > where each column value would be in a span or
something that would
> > > > > > > have a class corresponding to the right
column? Do you think that
> > > > > > > would work? And would it be ok to use span
like that?

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On Oct 2, 2007, at 12:49 PM, Sam wrote:
>
> So, now I kind of got it working by having the following structure:
> <ul id="list">
>   <li>
>     <div class="row">
>       <div class="col_a"><div
class="col_b"> and so on...
> Sortable.create(''list'', {tag:''li''})
>
> But I couldn''t figure out a good way to get the columns to line up
> when i added a separate div with the column names above the list. So
> then I tried placing it inside the list the same way as the other
> rows. Then the list started looking the way I wanted it, but now the
> column name is also draggable... How would you recommend I solve this?
> At first I thought maybe Sortable.create would have relied on the
> id="listname_listname1" attributes. But I don''t have
such an attribute
> defined for the column name list item and it''s still movable.
>
Maybe a whole other UL above the sortable UL to act as your faux TH,  
or something like that?

Walter

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Try this:

<style>
.row {
	width:282px;
}
.colA {
	float:left;
	width:80px;
	background-color:#a0a0a0
}
.colB {
	float:left;
	width:100px;
	background-color:#b0b0b0
}
.colC {
	float:left;
	width:100px;
	background-color:#c0c0c0
}
.colEnd {
	clear:both
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<ul id=''list'' type=''none''>
	<li class=''row''>
		<div class=''colA''>A1</div>
		<div class=''colB''>B1</div>
		<div class=''colC''>C1</div>
		<div class=''colEnd''></div>
	</li>
	<li class=''row''>
		<div class=''colA''>A2</div>
		<div class=''colB''>B2</div>
		<div class=''colC''>C2</div>
		<div class=''colEnd''></div>
	</li>
</ul>
<script language=javascript>
Sortable.create("list")
</script>


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I seemed to get the result I wanted by basically ditching the ul & li-
approach completely and just using divs with divs. I hope there are no
unforeseen issues that could be caused by that? Anyway, I was
wondering about the id for the tag elements that is used in the
Sortable Lists Demo. Since the id for the first list is firstlist and
the id for item n is firstlist_firstlistn I thought there was a
connection between these. But my sortable list works just fine without
any ids for the elements. Is it just for when you might want to get
and do something with the new ordering of the list?

On Oct 2, 9:52 pm, Diodeus
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wrote:
> Try this:
>
> <style>
> .row {
>         width:282px;}
>
> .colA {
>         float:left;
>         width:80px;
>         background-color:#a0a0a0}
>
> .colB {
>         float:left;
>         width:100px;
>         background-color:#b0b0b0}
>
> .colC {
>         float:left;
>         width:100px;
>         background-color:#c0c0c0}
>
> .colEnd {
>         clear:both}
>
> </style>
> </head>
> <body>
> <ul id=''list'' type=''none''>
>         <li class=''row''>
>                 <div class=''colA''>A1</div>
>                 <div class=''colB''>B1</div>
>                 <div class=''colC''>C1</div>
>                 <div class=''colEnd''></div>
>         </li>
>         <li class=''row''>
>                 <div class=''colA''>A2</div>
>                 <div class=''colB''>B2</div>
>                 <div class=''colC''>C2</div>
>                 <div class=''colEnd''></div>
>         </li>
> </ul>
> <script language=javascript>
> Sortable.create("list")
> </script>

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Yes. If you follow the convention, then sortable.serialize will give  
you a nice neat array of the item ids. Note that the first part  
before the underscore doesn''t matter, it just needs to be page- 
unique. There''s no particular magic in using the name of the element,  
this part just gets thrown away when calculating the order array.

Walter

On Oct 3, 2007, at 2:12 AM, Sam wrote:
> But my sortable list works just fine without
> any ids for the elements. Is it just for when you might want to get
> and do something with the new ordering of the list?

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This doesn''t have drag and drop rows but it has a bunch of really
awesome table behaviors and its built on top of prototype

http://www.millstream.com.au/view/code/tablekit/



On Oct 3, 7:57 am, Walter Lee Davis
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wrote:
> Yes. If you follow the convention, then sortable.serialize will give
> you a nice neat array of the item ids. Note that the first part
> before the underscore doesn''t matter, it just needs to be page-
> unique. There''s no particular magic in using the name of the
element,
> this part just gets thrown away when calculating the order array.
>
> Walter
>
> On Oct 3, 2007, at 2:12 AM, Sam wrote:
>
> > But my sortable list works just fine without
> > any ids for the elements. Is it just for when you might want to get
> > and do something with the new ordering of the list?

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I just took a quick peek at TableKit - good job!

On Oct 3, 12:08 pm, Matt Foster
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> This doesn''t have drag and drop rows but it has a bunch of really
> awesome table behaviors and its built on top of prototype
>
> http://www.millstream.com.au/view/code/tablekit/
>
> On Oct 3, 7:57 am, Walter Lee Davis
<wa...-HQgmohHLjDZWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > Yes. If you follow the convention, then sortable.serialize will give
> > you a nice neat array of the item ids. Note that the first part
> > before the underscore doesn''t matter, it just needs to be
page-
> > unique. There''s no particular magic in using the name of the
element,
> > this part just gets thrown away when calculating the order array.
>
> > Walter
>
> > On Oct 3, 2007, at 2:12 AM, Sam wrote:
>
> > > But my sortable list works just fine without
> > > any ids for the elements. Is it just for when you might want to
get
> > > and do something with the new ordering of the list?

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