Minimal Comps: Now with ScrollBars!
Sunday 14 March 2010 - Filed under Components
Yes, I finally got off my butt and made a minimal scroll bar. And a scrolling TextArea to boot. It’s in the version 0.101 SWC / source, or just update SVN.
The new components are VScrollBar, HScrollBar and TextArea.
These should all be considered beta at best until I get some real world feedback. They work pretty well for me so far but it wouldn’t shock me if a few bugs are found. Actually, HScrollBar has not been tested at all, and I’m just realizing now it’s probably very broken. So hold off on using that one. 
These make possible lists and scroll panes, which I’ll probably be working on next.
2010-03-14 » keith
14 March 2010 @ 4:29 pm
OK, if you are checking out the source via SVN, the HScrollbar should be pretty good to go now. The SWC and zipped source of that component will still be unusable. Going to make a few other fixes on other submitted issues before I update those.
15 March 2010 @ 7:53 am
Why aren’t the Minimal Comps slider components track bars clickable?
http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=480#comment-2385
15 March 2010 @ 9:37 am
Read the docs.
http://www.minimalcomps.com/documentation/com/bit101/components/Slider.html#backClick
15 March 2010 @ 11:48 am
Woo fancy!
I was basing my comment on the samples in the Components section of MinimalComps.com. I don’t like sites that target a tiny little button rather than that big ole juicy “background” area that’s just waiting to be clicked. Any chance I could convince you to set backClick to true by default (if it isn’t already)? Besides, it’ll help keep that Jakob Nielsen guy quiet. 
15 March 2010 @ 11:57 am
I’ve been thinking about that. Probably will.
15 March 2010 @ 10:29 pm
This is a great addition! My one suggestion is that you make the content autoscroll when the user holds down on the up or down button. To me, that’s expected scrollbar behavior.
16 March 2010 @ 7:41 am
backClick is now true by default. Checked in. Will be in next SWC.