Ajax Design Patterns

14.1. Slider Continuous, Lever, Multiple, Range, Slider Figure 14-1. Slider 14.1.1. Goal Story Stuart is rating his lecturer online. Each answer lies somewhere between "Strongly Disagree" and "Strongly Agree." Unlike ...

14.2. Progress Indicator Activity, Feedback, Hourglass, Meter, Progress, Waiting Figure 14-4. Progress Indicator 14.2.1. Goal Story Reta has made a sale and is typing in the details. She completes the credit card details and p...

14.3. Drilldown Drilldown, Menu, Progressive Figure 14-6. Drilldown 14.3.1. Goal Story Pam is booking a trip on the corporate travel planner. She sees a form with the usual fields and clicks on location. Suddenly, a list of ci...

14.4. Data Grid Database, Query, Report, Summary, Table Figure 14-11. Data Grid 14.4.1. Goal Story Reta is doing a little data mining on this season's sales figures. She's scrolling through a table showing a row for every transac...

14.5. Rich Text Editor Editor, Formatting, Fonts, Rich, Text, Textarea, Toolbar, Write, WordProcessor, WYSIWYG Figure 14-14. Rich Text Editor 14.5.1. Goal Story Pam is working on a presentation for the steering committee; style will c...

14.6. Suggestion Auto-Complete, Fill, Intelligent, Populate, Predict, Suggest, Wizard Figure 14-18. Suggestion 14.6.1. Goal Story Doc is typing out an electronic prescription. He intends to prescribe "Vancomycin 65 mg," but as soon as...

14.7. Live Search Feedback, Immediate, Live, Real-Time, Search Figure 14-21. Live Search 14.7.1. Goal Story Browsing a trade magazine, Reta has just spotted the "Curiously Costly" line of shoes and declared them a "must-have" for...

14.8. Live Command-Line Assistive, CLI, Command-Line, Grammar, Supportive Figure 14-25. Live Command-Line 14.8.1. Goal Story Frank is using an advanced query tool to run a report on current output. He begins entering an SQL-li...

14.9. Live Form Dynamic, Live, Real-Time, Validation Figure 14-27. Live Form 14.9.1. Goal Story Tracy is using a Live Form to apply for a new online brokerage account. Upon declaring her place of residence, some additional regulation-...