Alex, You have my attention, I don't really understand what you're suggesting. How would a gradient overlay to the selection-list UITableView aid the user in scrolling to a particular date or making a selection? Could you elaborate??
Rick Aurbach On Apr 17, 2013, at 8:50 AM, Alex Zavatone <[email protected]> wrote: > What about a UITableView with a gradient overlay that is shaded at the top > and bottom? > > On Apr 17, 2013, at 12:35 AM, Rick Aurbach wrote: > >> In my iPad app, I have a number of tableviews in various places which act as >> selection lists. The user can scroll the list and select the item with a >> tap, of course. But since some of the lists can be lengthy, I also include >> navigation aids. In all but one of the lists, the items are alphabetized and >> the navigation aid is a UISearchBar (I could equally well have used a table >> index, but I've chosen a UISearchBar instead. I use "scroll to closest text >> match" logic and it works very well -- the user can usually scroll the list >> and make the desired selection by typing only one or two characters In most >> cases.) >> >> However, for one of the lists, the table items are items which are sorted by >> date. The obvious navigation aid in this case is a UIDatePicker, but due to >> limited screen real estate, I'd rather not use it (since is is so big and >> can't be easily resized). So I am looking for alternatives. >> >> One alternative is to put the UIDatePicker (or perhaps another date picker >> such as SRMonthPicker or OCCalendar or ??) in a popover. (Presumably, the >> popover would be triggered by tapping a button or tapping in a UISearchBar.) >> This is do-able but what I really want is something that is not a popover. >> Ideally, I'd like something that is permanently part of the view but is only >> 44 pixels high (like a UISearchBar). Yet it should be easy for users to >> select at least a year and a month (causing the tableview to scroll the >> appropriate date range on screen for easy selection). >> >> I would be interested to hear from anyone who has encountered a similar >> situation and has implemented a solution which they find satisfactory. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Rick Aurbach >> Aurbach & Associates, Inc. >> _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
