Post #55,929
10/10/02 6:44:26 AM
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Possible alternate solution
Mark off each level of indentation with a different symbol. Except rotate the symbols you use so that the visual offset keeps working to any depth. Cheers, Ben "Career politicians are inherently untrustworthy; if it spends its life buzzing around the outhouse, it\ufffds probably a fly."
- [link|http://www.nationalinterest.org/issues/58/Mead.html|Walter Mead]
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Post #55,951
10/10/02 8:40:22 AM
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I'm almost afraid to say this
But this is one thing I think IWE's new forum software got right. Legal-style paragraph numbering, eg:
1
1.1
1.2
1.2.1
1.2.2
1.2.2.1
1.3
etc.
They have to do it because they don't indent responses, but it would help in the long thread situation mentioned above.
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Post #55,954
10/10/02 9:05:22 AM
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NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! RUNAWAY! RUN-A-WAY!!!
But he's right...
greg - Grand-Master Artist in IT,
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Hold Thumbprint to Screen for 5 seconds, we'll take the imprint, or
Just continue to type on your keyboard, and we'll just sample your DNA.
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Post #56,123
10/11/02 12:21:38 AM
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What you almost need is a JS solution.
So that when you put the mouse over a link, something changes next to the parent message. I was thinking changing the LRPD/spacer graphic to something, such as a LBPD or and LGPD.
Wade.
"Ah. One of the difficult questions."
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Post #55,967
10/10/02 10:49:43 AM
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Another alternate solution...
... to be noticed at the bottom of this page...
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #55,978
10/10/02 11:45:15 AM
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That helps, but ...
Let's say I've got the following:
1
1.1
2
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.3.1
2.3.2
2.3.3
2.4
2.4.1
2.4.1.1
2.4.1.2
2.4.1.2.1
2.4.2
2.5
2.5.1
2.5.1.1
2.5.1.1.1
2.5.1.1.1.1
2.5.2
If I've clicked on 2.4, I can now see that. But if I want to know what 2.5.2 is a followup to, I still have to set the cursor on it and scroll the page down to see what it lines up with.
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Post #55,979
10/10/02 11:48:48 AM
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Oh, don't worry...
I plan on adding alternate numbering/indentation schemes as well. This works as a stopgap, though, I think.
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #56,427
10/12/02 10:03:50 PM
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The problem with this:
We get a lot of threads that would look like this: \r\n \r\n1.\r\n 1.1\r\n 1.1.1\r\n 1.1.1.1\r\n 1.1.1.1.1\r\n 1.1.1.1.1.1\r\n 1.1.1.1.1.1.1\r\n 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1\r\n 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1\r\n 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1\r\n \r\n \r\netc.\r\n \r\n(And yes, I started looking into this one tonight...)\r\n Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #56,454
10/13/02 7:13:23 AM
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How about:
A numbering scheme like this?\r\n \r\n1.a\r\n 2.a\r\n 3.a\r\n 4.a\r\n 2.b\r\n 2.c\r\n 3.a\r\n 3.b\r\n 4.a\r\n \r\n Sure, there are 2 3.a's out there. But it is easy to figure out which 2.? a 3.a is actually associated with. \r\n\r\nCheers, \r\nBen "Career politicians are inherently untrustworthy; if it spends its life buzzing around the outhouse, it\ufffds probably a fly."
\r\n- [link|http://www.nationalinterest.org/issues/58/Mead.html|Walter Mead]
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