Text with gradient in Android
How would I extend TextView to allow the drawing of text with a gradient effect? ...
user-interface
Recommendation for tool/framework that follows the naked objects pattern?
I am searching for a tool/framework that follows the naked objects pattern and is written in Java. I know about tools like for instance JMatter, Naked Objects and Domain Object Explorer. That's not exactly what I am searching for, though. Open source would be great, but doesn't need to be. My intention is to use that tool/framework for ...
Is there a way to listen for changes in an MySQL database table using Java and JDBC?
I have a number of users which are logged in at a time in my desktop application. They are working on the same table (create, read, update, delete data) so I have to update their views, to reflect changes, every few seconds - currently I am thinking to use a different thread to do that. I am using the MySQL database engine. Is there ...
How to customize the look and feel of the UI controls in WinForms?
I'd like to customize the standard user controls look (buttons, dgv, txtboxs ... etc) and the layout of my forms to a state of art modern interface like any decently built application. How can I do that?. What to look for? any articles, books .. etc that might be of help! ...
Approaches to replace cursor in pure AS3 / Flare project?
Hi there good lookin, I've got a pure AS3 (no Flex) project that uses Flare to display and interact with a data visualization. I just implemented some panning behavior, so you can click and drag the visualization around, and now I'd like to give the user a visual indicator that this is possible, by switching the arrow cursor with a nic...
Cooler ASCII Spinners?
In a console app, an ascii spinner can be used, like the GUI wait cursor, to indicate that work is being done. A common spinner cycles through these 4 characters: '|', '/', '-', '\' What are some other cyclical animation sequences to spice up a console application? ...
Why I sould not develop an opensource runtime UI Autogeneration from domain objects?
I'm using for my projects a rather complete UI auto-generation tool from database entities for windows forms and asp.net I wrote. Now I've built a working prototype UI auto-generation tool from domain objects. Right now it is in early stage of development and by reflection it generates user interface for creating and updating domain obje...
Where can I find a control similar to the Firefox Rich List Box for use in my application?
I'm trying to implement a control similar to Firefox's Rich List Box: However, I can only find the XUL implementation of this control, and I don't want to have to include a XUL processing engine in my application just to get a cool looking listbox. I've been trying to implement one on my own by customizing MFC's CListBox control, but...
Declaring a custom android UI element using XML
How do I declare an Android UI element using XML? ...
Control for Image tagging inside Facebook Application
Is there an FBML / XFBML tag to duplicate the image tagging functionality inside Facebook ? I am developing a Facebook App and I need the users to be able to tag their photos but inside my App. I haven´t seen a control to do this in FB Docs, neither in FBML nor in XFBML. But maybe someone here has more experience than me in this and can...
Web user interface. Add new item and list of items
Hello all I need your opinion on the following question. It's need to implement the administration web interface to add\change\remove\display system users. I need to display all users and controls for user adding/changing. What is the common pattern in web for this situation: create one page or create two separate pages for displaying a...
C#: Windows Forms: Getting keystrokes in a panel/picturebox?
I'm making a level editor for a game using windows forms. The form has several drop down menus, text boxes, etc, where the user can type information. I want to make commands like CTRL + V or CTRL + A available for working within the game world itself, not text manipulation. The game world is represented by a PictureBox contained in a Pa...
Spacer between elements in visual studio
What shall i use to make a spacer between elements in visual studio like that in QT http://www.tuxradar.com/files/qt_menq_spacers.jpg ...
Soft keyboard does not show when Activity starts
I have added android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysVisible" to my Activity in AndroidManifest.xml and here's my layout: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_pa...
IE error on jquery Line 4618
I am trying to save some css information into cookies with the below jquery script. Everything is perfectly fine for Firefox however IE throws an error on jquery Line 4618, whenever i include this file jQuery(document).ready(function() { // cookie period var days = 365; // load positions and z-index from cookies $("div[id*='t...
Should an icon show current state or next state?
When using icon images without text captions, should the icon represent the current state or the next state? For example I have a block of text that I want to minimize / maximize or I want to toggle showing All User Records or just My Records. I'm sure there are compelling arguments for either side and know that consistency is key, but w...
How will web programming change as tablet PC's become more prevalent?
In case you've been living under a rock, you may have noticed that Apple introduced a tablet PC. HP, Microsoft, Google, and others aren't too far behind. A lot of discussion and thought has been put into how a user would interact with traditional applications in a large touch screen environment, but how do you think this will affect the ...
User name form validation message
I have a form validation message for the user name field which says the following Name can only contain alphabets, '.' and ' ' characters OR should it be Name can only contain alphabets, dot and space characters OR should it be Name can only contain alphabets, dot (".") and space (" ") characters Which is preferable from a usabilit...
How do I make a timeline with jScrollHorizontalPane & jQuery?
I'm trying to make a timeline with jScrollHorizontalPane & jQuery. I've come this far: http://bewoog.nl/isabella/dev/history.html. This timeline starts in the past though and I want it to start in the present, so the scrollbar needs to start on the right side (see the timeline on the british council venice biennale website). I can imagi...
Moving the table view and keep the toolbar visible?
Hello, In my view I have a toolbar with a button at the top and a table view underneath, like in the following picture: An you can see there are text fields in the cells of the table view. The problem appears when I want to edit the tet fields which are in the bottom of the table view. As you can imagine the keyboard overlaps the tex...