[Phpmyadmin-devel] New navigation frame resize handler

[Rouslan Placella]

On Mon, 2011-08-01 at 09:26 +0300, Tyron Madlener wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 2:34 AM, Rouslan Placella <rouslan at placella.com> wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I rewrote the navigation frame resize handler and I'm looking for some
> > feedback and opinions. The new handler keeps navigation frame width
> > synchronised and there is an option to collapse the frame. I made a
> > video [1] that showcases the functionality and there are a few words
> > about it in my blog [2] and of course, it can be seen ion action on my
> > demo site [3].
> >
> 
> I would still find it nice to have just one collapse/expand button in
> the middle, but therefore bigger. Though we might need to check that
> the expand button doesn't overlap other content too much.

I put the collapse buttons at the top and bottom of the screen exactly
for that reason: keeping them out of the way. Let's see what others
think about this.

> Also having it animated, even if it is a bit laggy, gives a more
> fluent experience instead of having it flash in and out, imho.

The animation for the frame collapse is _too_ laggy IMO. Most of the
time there is too much content in the main frame for a smooth
transition. So I animated the buttons instead :D

> And lastly, frame resize still doesn't work in Chrome.

Apparently it's a well known bug. Frame resize is only possible on
chrome if the frameborder attribute is set to 1. Of course, setting
frameborder to 1 makes the navigation look ugly in a every other
browser. I guess that we could conditionally set frameborder to 1 for
chrome only...

> > Rouslan
> >
> > [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-MFX3i3tQ0
> > [2]: http://roccivic.blogspot.com/2011/07/report-for-week-10.html
> > [3]: http://demo.phpmyadmin.net/gsoc-rouslan/