Comments on: How to mimic the action buttons from java views (close but not perfect)

By: April Ames

April Ames — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:54:42 +0000

Help, please. I’m in my first web design class and there is little to no help from the Prof. I am trying to make some graphic buttons I found on a web site appear as if they have been clicked. I used the z-index to stack the images on a background which I made. The only info I received from my teacher was use Java. Kind of scary since I’m just learning XHTML.

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By: Martin Vereecken

Martin Vereecken — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:03:38 +0000

Hi Patrick,
You’re right about the height, I used fixed size pixel height, that is different from the original one. I guess the only time this makes a difference, is when people start to change their fontsizes. In other cases it looks exactly like the Lotus template.
Thanks for the link! It’s both interesting for those who want a fresher looking Discussion Template, and for an example new actionbar.

Regards,
Martin

By: Patrick Kwinten

Patrick Kwinten — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:32:33 +0000

Hej, I notice some differences in height with the original image that is used for the background (37 px compared with 30px).

Maybe I am wrong or I have different properties for the view. For example bar height I have 4,75 Exs in stead of fixed 30 px.

I took the properties from this example db:

http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/insidelotusblog.nsf/dx/new-discussion-template-posted

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By: Martin Vereecken

Martin Vereecken — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:35:36 +0000

I’m glad it was useful, Patrick

By: Patrick Kwinten

Patrick Kwinten — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:11:40 +0000

Ths is great! I am at the moment occupied with setting up a new standard template for our company based upon the Lotus Notes 8, Sametime, Symphony and Expeditor design guidelines and an example database (I can not remember 123 a reference) but the mouseover effect was completely forgotten in the example. Thanks!

By: Martin Vereecken

Martin Vereecken — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:05:46 +0000

Yep, this works. I didn’t think there were still things I could teach you :-).

By: Nathan T. Freeman

Nathan T. Freeman — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:00:23 +0000

Action buttons respect multi-part images for hover effects? NICE! I didn’t think that worked anywhere except in images embedded in forms.