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Re: I don't even know how to google for this forgotten term
Subject:Re: I don't even know how to google for this forgotten term From:voxwoman <voxwoman -at- gmail -dot- com> To:Peter Neilson <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net> Date:Tue, 7 Jul 2009 15:17:59 -0400
oh! I used to know this... it's the kind of control that FrameMaker uses for
picking what paragraph tags to use in a generated list... The FrameMaker
help calls each of these lists a "scroll list"
So in your example, you'd have "scroll list 1" and "scroll list 2"
Regards,
Wendy
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Peter Neilson <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>wrote:
> [Removes head, bangs it on floor, replaces it--no improvement.]
>
> So instead I'll ask you fine folks...
>
> What are the correct technical terms for a list with two columns, where
> you can select items from the inactive column and move them over to the
> active one? Or vice-versa.
>
> This issue was covered here in TECHWR-L a year or three ago.
>
> Here's what happens when I choose to make item "B" active...
>
> Before:
> 1 2
> ---
> A -
> B -
> C -
> - D
> E -
>
> After:
> 1 2
> ---
> A -
> - B
> C -
> - D
> E -
>
> (The whole view is generally wider than I showed here, but the
> skinnified version won't get as badly damaged by proportional spacing.)
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