[FX.php List] drag+drop using AJAX

[Dale Bengston]

Actually, my partner did the list ordering one. I'll see if I can get  
her to show me what she did.

Dale

On May 22, 2007, at 6:34 PM, biscuit technologies wrote:

> Thanks for the tip Dale, can you explain to me how you are getting the
> new sort order back into Filemaker?
>
> For instance, I have a group of people that need to be split up into
> three groups - what I want to do is present them as three unordered
> lists and be able to move them across columns and then send the new
> order back to Filemaker as an edit for the found set.
>
> 1-A
> 2-A
> 3-B
> 4-C
> 5-C
>
> becomes:
> 1-C
> 2-A
> 3-C
> 4-A
> 5-C
> (or whatever)
>
> I'm not too experienced with all this, so maybe you can help me out a
> little with the logic?
>
> Thanks,
> David
>
> On 5/19/07, Dale Bengston <dbengston at preservationstudio.com> wrote:
>> You can use the built-in functions in Scriptaculous to do drag/drop.
>> That's what I use. My partner and I have used it to add products to
>> an order, as well as letting admin users change sort order on lists.
>> Pretty cool stuff.
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> On May 19, 2007, at 4:06 PM, biscuit technologies wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> > I'm new to the list but I've been through the archives and as  
>> far as I
>> > can tell this hasn't been covered - excuse me if I'm mistaken.
>> >
>> > I'm trying to come up with a method of using AJAX to display a list
>> > (<ul><li>) of items that can be sorted via drag+drop across UL's  
>> and
>> > then have the data posted back to Filemaker.
>> >
>> > I've got it sort of working using the demo file for FX and a simple
>> > database based on the SAJAX demo posted at
>> > http://www.cyberdummy.co.uk/test/dd.php
>> >
>> > But I've hit against my limited PHP knowledge trying to do more  
>> than
>> > one filtered find in a single page in order to render the multiple
>> > lists and I haven't figured out how to send the data back to  
>> Filemaker
>> > yet either.
>> >
>> > I am hoping someone on the list can help me out and if possible I'd
>> > like to have the whole method be available to the group at least in
>> > proof of concept form.
>> >
>> > I'd be happy to post what I've got so far if anyone is  
>> interested, you
>> > can see where I've gotten it so far at http:// 
>> brioche.cheesed.com/FX/
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> > - David
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