[Cosmo-dev] Buttons, buttons

Mikeal Rogers mikeal at osafoundation.org
Wed Feb 14 14:05:04 PST 2007


The thing I like the most about this, is that I don't get the blank  
graphic spaces every time I mouseover and the graphic changes like we  
do with all the dojo widgets.

Very nice.

-Mikeal

On Feb 14, 2007, at 1:41 PM, Matthew Eernisse wrote:

> I'd like to propose we ditch the table-based, multi-graphic buttons  
> we currently use in favor of something simpler and more standards- 
> based -- a styled 'button' form-input.
>
> The prototype I've worked up uses just a single background graphic  
> with some CSS positioning magic to do the rollover/default states,  
> and CSS border-color changes to do the button-down state:
>
> http://www.fleegix.org/demo/buttons.html
>
> (The prototype also shows roughly what the new dialog box will look  
> like with the drop-shadow added.) You can see both active and  
> dimmed-out buttons.
>
> This is a huge win for us in terms of connection costs, and I think  
> the result is still really pretty. Mimi seemed to agree. It also  
> will give us substantially simpler code, and get us at least a step  
> in the right direction toward accessibility.
>
> Anyone have any objections to this switch?
>
>
> Matthew
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