Feb 15, 2010, 5:05 PM
[CLOSED] [1.0] Date Picker enhancement
first want to say I have read the following post:
http://forums.ext.net/showthread.php...th+year+picker
Where I disagree is that i see a growing demand to not have the two ugly combo boxes. Specially when it doesn't fit the clients existing form layouts for people that have been doing things on paper for years. They want one field with something like "Aug 08" in it.
You could say that the enhancement could be to show just a two column list of months side by side for the given year at the top. if you click on the year you can type one in or choose from the combo box. In this scenario there isn't a demand to look at a long list of years. they may only want to enter a month year for the past year current year or next year. They will rarely go back to "1929" lets say. So a simple prev next image next to this list to move up or down year is desirable.
Another enhancement would be to show multiple months of the calendar either stacked vertically or horizontal with a prev next image on either side to move the group of calendars to the next set.
http://forums.ext.net/showthread.php...th+year+picker
Where I disagree is that i see a growing demand to not have the two ugly combo boxes. Specially when it doesn't fit the clients existing form layouts for people that have been doing things on paper for years. They want one field with something like "Aug 08" in it.
You could say that the enhancement could be to show just a two column list of months side by side for the given year at the top. if you click on the year you can type one in or choose from the combo box. In this scenario there isn't a demand to look at a long list of years. they may only want to enter a month year for the past year current year or next year. They will rarely go back to "1929" lets say. So a simple prev next image next to this list to move up or down year is desirable.
Another enhancement would be to show multiple months of the calendar either stacked vertically or horizontal with a prev next image on either side to move the group of calendars to the next set.