[jQuery] Re: Implementing a Knob Control

2009-01-27 Thread legofish
thanks riyono On Jan 26, 9:51 pm, Andronicus Riyono wrote: > On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 8:10 AM, Ricardo Tomasi wrote: > > > > > I have to disagree. Precise circular motion is very hard with a mouse, > > specially because most computers have cursor acceleration enabled - > > it's impossible to draw

[jQuery] Re: Implementing a Knob Control

2009-01-26 Thread Andronicus Riyono
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 8:10 AM, Ricardo Tomasi wrote: > > I have to disagree. Precise circular motion is very hard with a mouse, > specially because most computers have cursor acceleration enabled - > it's impossible to draw a round shape. The up/down interaction method > is much easier to contro

[jQuery] Re: Implementing a Knob Control

2009-01-26 Thread Ricardo Tomasi
lt a lot > > > better. > > > > JK > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On > > > > Behalf Of Eric Garside > > > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 11:41 AM > > >

[jQuery] Re: Implementing a Knob Control

2009-01-26 Thread Ricardo Tomasi
oving that > > > with a mouse was counter-intuitive. > > > > Dragging a straight slider (horizontal or vertical) just felt a lot > > > better. > > > > JK > > > > -----Original Message- > > > From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:

[jQuery] Re: Implementing a Knob Control

2009-01-26 Thread legofish
a straight slider (horizontal or vertical) just felt a lot better. > > > JK > > > -Original Message- > > From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On > > > Behalf Of Eric Garside > > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 11:41 AM >

[jQuery] Re: Implementing a Knob Control

2009-01-26 Thread Eric Garside
t slider (horizontal or vertical) just felt a lot better. > > > JK > > > -Original Message- > > From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On > > > Behalf Of Eric Garside > > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 11:41 AM > &

[jQuery] Re: Implementing a Knob Control

2009-01-26 Thread Ricardo Tomasi
Monday, January 26, 2009 11:41 AM > To: jQuery (English) > Subject: [jQuery] Re: Implementing a Knob Control > > Canvas is probably  the most elegant way to go, especially given the > type of knobs you want. My suggestion is to find a decent resolution > image of the knob you want, t

[jQuery] Re: Implementing a Knob Control

2009-01-26 Thread legofish
ic Garside > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 11:41 AM > To: jQuery (English) > Subject: [jQuery] Re: Implementing a Knob Control > > Canvas is probably  the most elegant way to go, especially given the > type of knobs you want. My suggestion is to find a decent resolution > im

[jQuery] Re: Implementing a Knob Control

2009-01-26 Thread Jeffrey Kretz
ry-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Garside Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 11:41 AM To: jQuery (English) Subject: [jQuery] Re: Implementing a Knob Control Canvas is probably the most elegant way to go, especially given the type of knobs you want. My suggestion is to

[jQuery] Re: Implementing a Knob Control

2009-01-26 Thread Jay Abdal
To add canvas support to IE you can use the following script (slower, but works): http://code.google.com/p/explorercanvas/ On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Eric Garside wrote: > > Canvas is probably the most elegant way to go, especially given the > type of knobs you want. My suggestion is to

[jQuery] Re: Implementing a Knob Control

2009-01-26 Thread Eric Garside
Canvas is probably the most elegant way to go, especially given the type of knobs you want. My suggestion is to find a decent resolution image of the knob you want, then use jquery and canvas to move the knob, and just keep track of the position. Be aware though, the mouse isn't really well desig

[jQuery] Re: Implementing a Knob Control

2009-01-26 Thread legofish
by the way by "this approach" I meant the second example on that page. On Jan 26, 1:54 pm, legofish wrote: > James, yes I mean a rotary control. > Eric, here's a real-world example of what I'm trying to implement: > > http://www.niji.or.jp/home/k-nisi/sa-9900-h.jpg > > I'm looking for control kn

[jQuery] Re: Implementing a Knob Control

2009-01-26 Thread legofish
James, yes I mean a rotary control. Eric, here's a real-world example of what I'm trying to implement: http://www.niji.or.jp/home/k-nisi/sa-9900-h.jpg I'm looking for control knobs such as those found on a stereo; both continuous ones such as a volume knob, and "n-step" knobs such as the "funct

[jQuery] Re: Implementing a Knob Control

2009-01-26 Thread Eric Garside
Legofish, I've got a couple ideas which might get the job done, but they all depend on what "style" of knob you want. Take a look around a google image search, and see if you can find a good representation of the type of knob you want. Then we can go from there. :) On Jan 26, 10:03 am, "James Hu

[jQuery] Re: Implementing a Knob Control

2009-01-26 Thread James Hughes
Do you mean a gague control? IE some sort of rotary control vs a slider? From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com on behalf of legofish Sent: Mon 26/01/2009 14:49 To: jQuery (English) Subject: [jQuery] Implementing a Knob Control Hi, I need to implement a knob con