Here's a low-effort select box I made. The dropdown list scrolls against the grain, so you don't have to move your cursor as far. Based off of our Custom Select Box jQuery plugin. Check it out live here.
Works in Safari, Chrome, and Firefox (latest versions for sure). Haven't perfected it yet for IE. :)
Edit: Does not /yet/ work on Mobile Webkit. It will soon, though.
Edit to the Edit: Keyboard control doesn't work yet earlier... on the list!
@Victor - Thanks? Haha. Well, I was deciding with whether or not the menu should close on mouseout. That may be something I will remove. Just a test, really.
Here's a low-effort select box I made. The dropdown list scrolls against the grain, so you don't have to move your cursor as far. Based off of our Custom Select Box jQuery plugin. Check it out live here.
Works in Safari, Chrome, and Firefox (latest versions for sure). Haven't perfected it yet for IE. :)
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Andy Rossi
Here's a low-effort select box I made. The dropdown list scrolls against the grain, so you don't have to move your cursor as far. Based off of our Custom Select Box jQuery plugin. Check it out live here.
Works in Safari, Chrome, and Firefox (latest versions for sure). Haven't perfected it yet for IE. :)
Edit: Does not /yet/ work on Mobile Webkit. It will soon, though.
Edit to the Edit: Keyboard control doesn't work yet earlier... on the list!
over 1 year ago
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Caleb Royce Lummer
wow. great stuff andy!
over 1 year ago
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Jeremy Loyd
This is awesome.
over 1 year ago
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Andy Rossi
Thanks, guys!
over 1 year ago
I love this. Yes I do.
over 1 year ago
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Ryan Clark
awesome!
over 1 year ago
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Joshua Sortino
This is a great experiment. I'd love to read some usability results on whether or not this shortens the selection time.
over 1 year ago
Love it
over 1 year ago
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Daryl Ginn
Excellent concept.
over 1 year ago
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Avadh B.S. Dwivedi
hey no keyboard navigation (up down keys don't work to select options), making it less accessible :(
over 1 year ago
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Andy Rossi
@Avedh - This is still something I am working on. Keyboard control coming ASAP. I have a list of to-do's. :)
over 1 year ago
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Victor Coulon
Nice work Andy! The concept is terrible!
But, I don't like the fact, that If your mouse leaves the dropdown, you close it.
Anyway, bravo!
over 1 year ago
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Andy Rossi
@Victor - Thanks? Haha. Well, I was deciding with whether or not the menu should close on mouseout. That may be something I will remove. Just a test, really.
over 1 year ago
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Low-Effort Select, Beta 2
by Andy Rossi
Here's a low-effort select box I made. The dropdown list scrolls against the grain, so you don't have to move your cursor as far. Based off of our Custom Select Box jQuery plugin. Check it out live here.
Works in Safari, Chrome, and Firefox (latest versions for sure). Haven't perfected it yet for IE. :)
In Mobile Safari, it brings up native controls.
Keyboard commands work, too!
over 1 year ago