I saw you respond to another about this back in 2009 but slightly different.
I am trying to use the Target/Show Hide Action to toggle with buttons, but they are not graphics that are appearing, they are tables of html text…
I can do this, but I need the first one to be visible on page load and then be gone when they mouse to the other tabs.
I cannot make a copy of this table as described by some, etc, because I am adding things to this first visible table during the entire month.
You had mentioned something in 2009 about “prototype” being able to have first visible then dissappear or something I think.
so in short.
the table that is visible on page load will be the current one for the month. This one is visible always on page load. The older months can be toggled if the parent wants to see older info.
Yea -it works but someone a while ago was also curious on how to have the first item visible on page load, then when you click another tab, that first one goes away (not covered by 2nd item due to size issue).
The method I saw mentioned back then included making a copy of the first image and having it there, but mine are tables that change so I did not want to do that.
Walt mentioned something about an update to a Prototype that would allow the first item to be visible but then disappear on 2nd click or something…
My argument would that you would have the most recent month(s) visible at all times and only show/hide the older stuff.
And if you made those tables inline then there would be no overlap.
I think what I was talking about was rewriting the show/hide effect on that page, not using the Action, and just writing some JavaScript long-hand to make the effect you wanted. The easiest way to do this that I can think of before I’ve finished my first cup of coffee would be to use ScriptyFader to manipulate the tables. Use the ScriptyFader Thumbnail as your “button” to change from one table to another, and as a bonus, because of the way that SF works internally, the tables could be scattered around the page anywhere you find it easy to work on them (in the Freeway design view) but when you publish, all of those elements are totally removed from the page and saved as separate files on your server.
Walter
On Jan 12, 2014, at 10:25 AM, Hoffkids wrote:
Walt mentioned something about an update to a Prototype that would allow the first item to be visible but then disappear on 2nd click or something…
The first table will always be the item that you have attached ScriptyFader to. All the others get ScriptyFader Pane applied to them, and you sort those by changing their stacking order in the page hierarchy.
Walter
On Jan 12, 2014, at 2:00 PM, Hoffkids wrote:
Walt,
it is looking good so far and real cool and easy to use…
ONE question,
how do I decide which “table” appears on the page load in, and will that be simple to change each month?
Ok, Walt, I managed to do this but have a question.
Right now it is the month of January and I have a table for January.
The table called jan is the item that has the Scripty Fader action applied to it.
All other tables have the Scripty Fader Option with a target of Jan which is how they show up in the place that January is.
My question is what will I have to do next Month to get the new table (feb) to be in the place of the current one Jan?
If I apply the scripty action to Feb and remove the action from Jan and apply the SF Option, then everything will appear where Feb is which is near the bottom of my screen.
What I would do is make the names less specific. How many months are you planning to keep on screen at once?
Have a #thisMonth element, which is an empty HTML box (DIV) with the ScriptyFader applied to it. Each month, paste your new table inside that DIV as an inline element. That way you’ll be able to move it out of there, and into another HTML box with ScriptyFader Pane applied to it, which you can then sort into position amongst its peers. By keeping the containers agnostic of their content, you won’t have to worry about changing Action settings at all.
Walter
On Jan 12, 2014, at 4:35 PM, Hoffkids wrote:
Ok, Walt, I managed to do this but have a question.
Right now it is the month of January and I have a table for January.
The table called jan is the item that has the Scripty Fader action applied to it.
All other tables have the Scripty Fader Option with a target of Jan which is how they show up in the place that January is.
My question is what will I have to do next Month to get the new table (feb) to be in the place of the current one Jan?
If I apply the scripty action to Feb and remove the action from Jan and apply the SF Option, then everything will appear where Feb is which is near the bottom of my screen.