Moving Day & UI Component Ideas

Well, this week is moving week but since I work every day up to the day I have to get the heck out of this apartment, I need to move as much as I can today. I slept on a mattress on the floor last night, and right now I'm typing on the surface of my desk which I've laid flat on the floor so nothing is on the carpet. To my right is a can of coke and a bowl of alphagetti since it's pretty much all I had left in the cupboard.

I can't wait to finally move into the new apartment this week. Not only do I have a nicer bedroom, I'll also have a huge window in my living room where my desk will be with a full view of the northern side of the city. It may not be that beautiful of a city but it's a better view than my current view of a parking lot and the back of a Staples store.

I haven't done any work at all on Torque stuff in the last couple weeks since I've been busy blowing away my training exams for work, but on my breaks and lunches I've been working a bit on some stuff and prototyping some layout ideas. Thanks to everybody who contributed ideas in my last .plan and if you have any other ideas, please keep them coming.

Skinned Button
This is basically a standard button with the 3 different states. Unlike a bitmap button though, this one prints the text on the button as well as scales without stretching the entire image (skinned caps and center spans like my progress bar). It otherwise works the same as a standard command button in almost any IDE, where putting an & before a letter applies that accelerator for it (useful in localization, I suppose)

Multi-State Toggle Button
Thanks to Phil for this idea, it's basically just a bitmap button that accepts a DML list. Left-clicks increment to the next state, while right clicks decrement states.

Skinned Drop Down List
Why the hell not?

This .plan has been completely typed using Dvorak keyboard layout in less than 2 minutes. All Hail Dvorak.

Uh oh, I sat down in lotus position and now I can't get up.