[Xapian-discuss] For more UI functionality: OmegaScript, C++ or other?

Olly Betts olly at survex.com
Mon May 9 23:22:52 BST 2011


> James Aylett <james-xapian at tartarus.org>:
> > I'd recommend using SELECT MULTIPLE and then if you don't 
> > like the layout, use Javascript to turn it into something 
> > else. Select is the appropriate form element here.

Semantic markup is generally a good idea, but if Javascript is required
to re-style it how you want it (rather than just CSS), I'm not convinced
it's the right approach in a case like this, especially if the site
doesn't already require Javascript to work.

Cheers,
    Olly



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