30 Essential Controls

By Theresa Neil

As Bill mentioned in an earlier post, we don’t want to limit this blog to just the principles and patterns found in the book. For that you can check out our Explore the Book section.

This is the second article in a three part series on patterns and principles for RIA design.

      Standard Screen Patterns: 12 patterns w/100 examples
      Essential Controls: 30 controls for RIA design and development
      Components for Commonly Requested Features: 15 patterns and examples

Every designer has a set of controls they rely on to communicate an effective UI. This is my library of essential controls.

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Unfortunately, no single RIA framework offers all 30 of these. So I included a checklist of which frameworks provide each control. If you have an addition or correction, please e-mail me, and I will post an updated framework/control matrix.

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The frameworks reviewed include: Flex, Laszlo, Silverlight and 12 Ajax frameworks and toolkits: ExtJS, Dojo, YUI, Google Web Toolkit, Prototype/script.aculo.us, JQuery, MooTools, MochaUI, SproutCore, LivePipeUI,IT Mill, Backbase.

01. Auto Suggest

auto_recomend

Google’s Auto-Complete

Supported by: Flex, Laszlo, ExtJs, Dojo, YUI, Google Web Toolkit, Prototype/script.aculo.us, JQuery, MooTools, MochaUI, IT Mill, Backbase, Silverlight.

02. Carousel (variation as Coverflow)

carousel_ex

Carousel Prototype carousel widget

Supported by: YUI, Prototype/script.aculo.us, JQuery, ITMill, Backbase, iCarousel

coverflow_ex1

Coverflow MediaEvent Service’s Slideflow

Supported by: Flex, Prototype/script.aculo.us, JQuery, MooTools, RadControls for Silverlight

03. Charts & Graphs

graphchart_wesabe

Charts Advanced charting features like hover details, drill down, rolling windows, toggle views…

Supported by: Flex, Laszlo, Dojo, YUI, Google Web Toolkit, Prototype/script.aculo.us, JQuery (SWF/Chart), MooTools, MochaUI, Backbase, SilverLight, AnyChart, Dundas, JPowered, JFreeChart, OpenFlashCharts, Flot, Plotr, PlotKit, WebFX, AjaxMcGraph, Measure Map.

04. Collapsible Panels (accordion, disclosure triangles, slide drawer)

collapsible_accordion

Accordion Mutually exclusive collapsible panels showing status

disclosure_arrows_mint

Disclosure arrows Mint.com uses disclosure arrows for summarizing and displaying accounts

collapsible_sliding_fluxiom

Sliding panel Fluxiom uses a sliding panel instead of a dialog to show the selected photo’s details

Supported by: Flex, Laszlo, ExtJs (called panels), Dojo, Google Web Toolkit (disclosure panel), Prototype/script.aculo.us (accordion), JQuery, MooTools (accordion), MochaUI (split pane), SproutCore (split pane), IT Mill, Backbase (accordion), RadControls for Silverlight (PanelBar and Sliding Panel).

05. Combobox (select multiple, alternate list box UI, editable)

combobox_multiselect_livepipe1

Select multiple LivePipe UI’s control takes less space and is easier to scan than an ocean of checkboxes

combobox_multiselect_ex1

Alternate listbox UI Best alternative for multi select in small spaces, clearly displays all selections, and provides an easy way to edit

Supported by: Alternate Listbox UI, LivePipeUI

combobox_editable1

Editable combobox Editable combobox allows for lookup and/or text entry

Supported by: Flex, Laszlo, ExtJs, Prototype/script.aculo.us, JQuery, MooTools (MUI.ComboBox), IT Mill, Backbase, RadControls for Silverlight.

06. Date Picker/Calendar (select range, date/time combination)

datepicker_jquery

Advanced calendar Select a range, discontinuous dates, or exclude a certain day

date_time_picker_ex3

Date/time picker Select a date and time in a single control

Supported by: Flex, Laszlo, ExtJS, Dojo, YUI, JQuery, Scal built on Prototype, MooTools, MochUI, IT Mill, Backbase, Silverlight, dhtmlxCalendar, keyboard accessible calendar, more examples on Woork

07. Dialogs (modal, light weight, lightbox)

dialog_modal1

Modal dialog Mint offers a modal for adding an account

dialog_modeless

Modeless dialog Google Maps provides a modeless dialog for getting directions

dialog_lightbox_jquery

Lightbox JQuery provides a lightbox plugin, a modal dialog that blacks out the parent screen

Supported by: Flex(modal), Laszlo (modal and modeless), ExtJs (modal), Dojo (modal and lightbox), YUI( listed under Containers: Modal and Overlay), Prototype/script.aculo.us, JQuery (modal, modeless, lightbox) , SproutCore (has a really nice example of each under ‘panes’), MooTools, MochaUI, LivePipe UI, IT Mill, Backbase (modal and modeless window), Silverlight (modal and lightbox).

08. Docking

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Dockable menu Campaign Manager by eyeblaster offers a pinned/unpinned menu for navigating between campaigns

Supported by: Flex, Laszlo, ExtJs, Dojo, YUI, Google Web Toolkit, Prototype/script.aculo.us, JQuery, MooTools, MochaUI, LivePipe UI, Backbase, Silverlight.

09. Drag & Drop Manager

drag_drop_extjsdrag_drop_extjs_drop

Drag and drop ExtJS photo organizer demo

Supported by: Flex, Laszlo, ExtJs, Dojo, YUI, Google Web Toolkit, Prototype/script.aculo.us, JQuery, MooTools, MochaUI, LivePipe UI, Backbase, Silverlight.

10. Dynamic Filter

dynamic_filter_flex

Dynamic table filtering Flex offers a filter feature that dynamically filters the results while the user types, demo

dynamic_filter_rico Dynamic column filtering Dynamic filtering can be implemented at the column level providing advanced filtering capabilities Supported by: Flex, Laszlo, ExtJs, Dojo, YUI, JQuery, IT Mill, Backbase, Silverlight, Open Rico

11. Feedback/ Status

ria_frameworks

Feedback Gmail status message

Supported by: Flex, Laszlo, ExtJs, Dojo, YUI, Google Web Toolkit, Prototype/script.aculo.us, JQuery, MooTools, MochaUI, LivePipe UI, IT Mill, Backbase, Silverlight

12. Fisheye/ Spotlight

fisheye_alpslab

Fisheye Apslab Fish-eye Lense

Apply this concept to a dense chart or map for a truly useful feature.

Supported by: Flex, ExtJs (spotlight), Dojo , Prototype/script.aculo.us, JQuery, MooTools, MochaUI, Silverlight

13. Gauges (and other visual progress or status indicators)

gauge_citibank ria_frameworks

Gauge Thermometer gauge in RadControls for Silverlight

Gauges provide a concise visual summary in heads-up-display or other goal directed designs

Supported by: Flex (various plug-ins and Flex Charting), ExtJs (combined with GWT), Dojo, Google Web Toolkit, Prototype/script.aculo.us, JQuery (SWF/Gauge), MooTools, MochaUI, Silverlight, AnyChart, Dundas

14. Help Tip/ Quick Tip

help_tip1

Quick Tip Picnik engages new users with some helpful advice

More than just a tooltip, these are fully formatted messages typically presented in a modeless dialog.

Supported by: Flex, Laszlo, ExtJs, Dojo, YUI (use overlay container), Google Web Toolkit (use popup panel), Prototype/script.aculo.us, JQuery, MooTools, MochaUI, LivePipe UI (use window control), IT Mill, Backbase, Silverlight

15. Hot Keys

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Hot keys Balsamiq Mockups has hot keys for frequent actions

Supported by: Flex, Laszlo, Mochui, LivePipe UI, IT Mill, Backbase, Silverlight

16. Hover Action

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Hover action Instead of cluttering the screen with redundant actions, Basecamp reveals the edit and delete actions onHover

Supported by: Flex, Laszlo, ExtJs, YUI, JQuery, MooTools, MochaUI, Backbase, Silverlight, good post by Bill on hover actions and missed moments

17. Hover Detail

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Hover detail Netflix hover details

Supported by: Flex, Laszlo, ExtJs, Dojo, YUI (overlay), Prototype/script.aculo.us, JQuery, MooTools (smart hover box), IT Mill, Silverlight

18. Inline Edit

inline_edit_flickr

Inline edit Instead of showing form fields in pages that are usually read (not edited), Flickr provides inline editing

Supported by: Flex (only in the grid), Laszlo (only in the grid), ExtJs, Dojo, YUI, Prototype/script.aculo.us, JQuery, MooTools, MochaUI, IT Mill, Backbase (only in the grid), Silverlight (only in the grid)

19. Progress Indicator/ Loading

loading_picnik

Progress indicator Picnik loading indicator

Supported by: Flex, Laszlo, ExtJs, Dojo, YUI, Google Web Toolkit, Prototype/script.aculo.us, JQuery, MooTools, MochaUI, LivePipe UI, IT Mill, Backbase, Silverlight

20. Rating

rating_graffletopia

Star rating Graffletopia offers one-click star ratings for shared stencils

Supported by: ExtJs extension, Dojo widget, Starbox for Prototype/script.aculo.us, JQuery, MooTools , MochaUI

21. Record Locator/ Paginator

record_locator_lls

Record locator Like the control in PDF Viewer, the record locator lets you navigate through records in a dataset or skip to a specific record by name

paginator_yahoo

Paginator Typically used for paging through tables, screens, or other result sets

Supported by: Flex, Laszlo, ExtJs, Dojo, YUI, Google Web Toolkit, Prototype/script.aculo.us, JQuery, MooTools, MochaUI, LivePipe UI, Backbase, Silverlight

22. Slider

slider_innography

Slider Innography provides sliders in their quick filter for refining results displayed on a chart

Supported by: Flex, Laszlo, ExtJs, Dojo, Prototype/script.aculo.us, JQuery, MooTools, MochaUI, IT Mill, Backbase, RadControls for Silverlight

23. Scoped Search

scoped_search_vimeo

Scoped search Like iTunes, allows for the optional selection of a category before entering free form search text, example from Vimeo’s help page

Supported by: custom css and js code, example at Janko at warp speed, RadControls for Silverlight

24. Sparklines

sparklines_retailmenot_goodcouponsparklines_google_analytics

Sparklines Great way to show the “shape” or trend of data is a small space, examples from RetailMeNot.com and Google Analytics. Created by Edward Tufte.

Supported by: Nuby on Rails, Any Chart, JQuery plugin, Flex , and two more ones for Flex at Microcharts and Birdeye, Google API, Visifire for Silverlight

25. Table/ Data Grid ( scrolling, editable, grouped)

table_scrolling_extjs1

Scrolling table Endless scrolling, no paging, just like a desktop app, example from ExtJS

table_cell_editing_blist1

Editable table Blist offers inline cell editing in their products. Best practice, highlight the selected row, and only display an editor in the selected cell. Don’t forget to accomodate keyboard navigation.

table_grouping1

Tree table Grouping by row, displays as a tree table, example from ExtJS

Supported by: Flex, Laszlo, ExtJs, Dojo, YUI, Backbase, Silverlight

26. Toolbar

toolbar_sugarsynctoolbar_flickr1

Toolbar Provide actions in proximity to the object, examples from SugarSync and Flickr

Supported by: Flex, Laszlo, ExtJs, Dojo, YUI, Google Web Toolkit, Prototype/script.aculo.us, JQuery, MooTools, MochaUI, Backbase, RadControls for Silverlight

27. Vertical Browser

vertical_browser_apple

Vertical browser Apple’s vertical browser for exploring Dashboard widgets

Supported by: custom code of multiple list boxes

28. View Toggle (buttons, button bar)

view_toggle2

Toggle buttons Separate buttons for switching between graph and grid views Campaign Manager by eyeblaster

view_toggle_paypal

Toggle button bar Single button bar for capturing binary choices

Supported by: Flex, Laszlo, Dojo, YUI, JQuery, MooTools, MochaUI, Backbase, Silverlight

29. WYSIWYG Editor/ Rich Text Editor

wysiwyg_wordpress

Rich text editor WordPress offers a a WYSIWYG editor for blogging

Supported by: Flex, Laszlo, Dojo, YUI, Google Web Toolkit, JQuery, MooTools, MochaUI, IT Mill, Backbase, Silverlight

30. Zoom

zoom_jqzoom

Zoom Zoom in on a certain spot, example from jQZoom

Supported by: Flex, Laszlo, ExtJs (spotlight), Prototype/script.aculo.us (zOOm), JQuery, MooTools (Joomla), MochaUI, Silverlight (silverZoom)

Bonus- Desktop Style Container

desktop_container_otherinbox

Desktop style app OtherInbox built with SproutCore

A desktop style container isn’t actually a control, but frequently required when developing enterprise software and productivity web applications. Many of the frameworks that offer this feature include built in windows management, split panels, and fluid layout.

Supported by: Flex, Laszlo, ExtJs, YUI, JQuery, MochaUI, Backbase, SproutCore, Silverlight

Send me any corrections and/or additions, and I will upload an updated control/framework matrix.

Thanks to Joonas Lehtinen of IT Mill, Ryan Johnson of LivePipe, and Peter Svensson who is a Dojo expert, and Darren James, co-author of Ajax in Action.

Update* Cody Lindley at jQuery provided a comprehensive list with links to code for jQuery support for all 30 controls.

121 Comments

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  2. Bert Lamb » links for 2009-01-29 Said,

    January 29, 2009 @ 1:03 am

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    January 29, 2009 @ 2:36 am

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  4. GeekyCoder Said,

    January 29, 2009 @ 5:52 am

    That is very nicely summarized !
    thx…

  5. DotNetShoutout Said,

    January 29, 2009 @ 10:44 am

    30 Essential Controls…

    Thank you for submitting this cool story – Trackback from DotNetShoutout…

  6. Dylan Said,

    January 29, 2009 @ 10:48 am

    Excellent article and resource, thanks for putting this together!

    For what it is worth, Dojo either has support or third-party demos for Coverflow, ComboBox HotKeys, HoverAction, ScopedSearch, Sparkline, VerticalBorwser, and Desktop style containers.

    Let me know if you would like links to examples of these features.

  7. Matt Wilson Said,

    January 29, 2009 @ 11:11 am

    Beautiful list of controls.

  8. billwscott Said,

    January 29, 2009 @ 4:56 pm

    @Dylan. Yes, feel free to post the links as that would be definitely helpful.

  9. Theresa Said,

    January 30, 2009 @ 7:32 am

    These guys took the list of 30 controls and pulled in examples of each from the JQuery framework. It would be a great resource if each framework/toolkit did the same :o )

    http://coliss.com/articles/build-websites/operation/design/ui-essential-controls-for-ria.html

  10. Dew Drop - January 30, 2009 | Alvin Ashcraft's Morning Dew Said,

    January 30, 2009 @ 8:46 am

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  11. Chris Griffith Said,

    January 30, 2009 @ 11:15 am

    The Carousel control is available to Flex via Yahoo!’s Astra Components (http://developer.yahoo.com/flash/astra-flash/carousel/) . Although a Flash Component, it can be integrated into a Flex based application with little issue.

  12. Alex Calara Said,

    January 30, 2009 @ 11:50 am

    jQuery does indeed support Alternate listbox UI, there’s a plugin:

    http://code.google.com/p/jquery-asmselect/

  13. Timothy Said,

    January 30, 2009 @ 12:14 pm

    Awesome list! Love that all the different JS frameworks are covered.

  14. Brandon Granger Said,

    January 30, 2009 @ 7:08 pm

    Awesome article.

  15. Lachlan Said,

    January 30, 2009 @ 7:13 pm

    Quite interesting. Though it may be more helpful if you combined all of your findings into a table, for each navigation.

  16. links for 2009-01-30 « Mandarine Said,

    January 30, 2009 @ 8:06 pm

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  17. Bill Scott Said,

    January 30, 2009 @ 10:25 pm

    @Lachlan,

    Absolutely. If I am not mistaken, Theresa is working on that in an upcoming article.

  18. Balaji Said,

    January 30, 2009 @ 11:26 pm

    A very nice collection Theresa,

    May I know from where you got to know that Flex supports ZoomTo (Zoom in on a certain spot) option ?
    Could you please share me that links ?

    Thank you.
    Regards
    Balaji

  19. Dhaval shah Said,

    January 31, 2009 @ 7:15 am

    Great !!

    Thanks a Lot for sharing this!!

  20. links for 2009-01-31 | Visualrinse | Design and Development by Chad Udell Said,

    January 31, 2009 @ 3:04 pm

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  22. Janko Said,

    February 2, 2009 @ 2:49 am

    Great list, thanks for including my tutorial

  23. Bohdan Said,

    February 4, 2009 @ 1:25 am

    Well, I wouldn’t say the support of some particular control is an important part of the UI framework. What is more important for me is the support for creating new ones and extending existing ones, and especially combining them together in a natural painless manner. And this is hardly supported by many of the frameworks.

    What I find even more “fascinating” that already for years there is no innovation in UI development. All of the controls are old an heary, except probably some “cool” animation added, scratched by all the frameworks from old and heary OS’es. I barely see any research/improvement towards the effectiveness, usability and user friendliness, which is a shame of course…

  24. Ajaxian » Designing Web Interfaces with Bill Scott and Theresa Neil Said,

    February 4, 2009 @ 3:05 am

    [...] are some really interesting posts on the site, such as 30 Essential Controls. Theresa has been pinging the major frameworks and will be posting a matrix of coverage by the [...]

  25. RCarter Said,

    February 4, 2009 @ 3:41 am

    Great list!
    Why not considering ZK?

  26. Aaron Peters Said,

    February 4, 2009 @ 5:00 am

    Very nice, thanks a lot.

    (adding to Delicious)

  27. Ajax Girl » Blog Archive » Designing Web Interfaces with Bill Scott and Theresa Neil Said,

    February 4, 2009 @ 5:27 am

    [...] are some really interesting posts on the site, such as 30 Essential Controls. Theresa has been pinging the major frameworks and will be posting a matrix of coverage by the [...]

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  29. Designing Web Interfaces | The OSM Blog Said,

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  30. Vinicius Said,

    February 4, 2009 @ 8:09 am

    Congratulations. Great job!
    Thanks a lot for your research!

  31. Theresa Neil Said,

    February 4, 2009 @ 9:25 am

    ZK looks like a great framework. I had never heard of it. Check out their demo. http://zkoss.org/

  32. Theresa Neil Said,

    February 4, 2009 @ 9:31 am

    All I can find is the Pan/Zoom option:
    http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/samples/fig_panzoom/

    You can double click on the spot you wish to zoom in on, or use the zoom slider.

  33. slabounty Said,

    February 4, 2009 @ 9:42 am

    Once again, well done. This is a great list, thanks for putting it together.

  34. jason olmsted Said,

    February 4, 2009 @ 10:10 am

    Correction for
    07. Dialogs (modal, light weight, lightbox)

    Flex offers modal and modeless dialog boxes. From the Flex docs, http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/, for the PopUpManager class, addPopUp() method:

    public static function addPopUp(window:IFlexDisplayObject, parent:DisplayObject, modal:Boolean = false, childList:String = null):void

    Modeless is actually the default behavior.

  35. Nick Said,

    February 4, 2009 @ 12:01 pm

    Great article, thanks for compiling this!

    BTW, some of the hyperlinks are not valid URLs, including the links on items #16, #17 (the URI is mangled a bit)

  36. BarelyBlogging » Blog Archive » links for 2009-02-04 Said,

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  37. Mark Said,

    February 4, 2009 @ 5:55 pm

    You missed my favorite framework: ZK :-(

  38. Brian Said,

    February 4, 2009 @ 7:11 pm

    Great list! I would like to add a couple things tho, you missed one of my favorite grids, FlexiGrid (jQuery plugin). You also listed wordPress as using a WYSIWYG editor, it uses TinyMCE which is not part of any jscript library.

  39. Viaweb Blog » 30 Essential Controls Said,

    February 5, 2009 @ 1:49 am

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  40. N GowriSankar Said,

    February 5, 2009 @ 2:10 am

    Handy reference, no doubt !!! Thanks a ton for sharing..

  41. Rakesh Said,

    February 5, 2009 @ 1:16 pm

    Great article! really helpful.

  42. Sean Nieuwoudt Said,

    February 6, 2009 @ 12:06 am

    Extjs is the toughest thing I’ve ever had a to learn.

    I WILL NEVER use it out of my own free will again.

    Thanks for the post though.

  43. Antonio Said,

    February 6, 2009 @ 12:44 am

    Very nice,
    ottimo post.

    Ciao Italia

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  45. Jared Jurkiewicz Said,

    February 6, 2009 @ 7:56 am

    Good article, but it has some comparison errors in it. When looking over it, I noticed that it failed to indicate Dojo has support for some of those features:

    ComboBox has been supported in dojo since 0.4. It currently has several varients of this sort of widget. See:

    http://archive.dojotoolkit.org/nightly/dojotoolkit/dijit/tests/form/_autoComplete.html?testWidget=dijit.form.ComboBox
    http://archive.dojotoolkit.org/nightly/dojotoolkit/dijit/tests/form/_autoComplete.html?testWidget=dijit.form.FilteringSelect
    http://archive.dojotoolkit.org/nightly/dojotoolkit/dijit/tests/form/test_MultiSelect.html

    Also, Carousel … Dojo has one as well, its just called ThumbnailPicker:
    http://archive.dojotoolkit.org/nightly/dojotoolkit/dojox/image/tests/test_ThumbnailPicker.html

    Sparklines. Dojo has this too in charting. It has been there since 1.1.
    http://archive.dojotoolkit.org/nightly/dojotoolkit/dojox/charting/tests/test_sparklines.html

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  47. Theresa Neil Said,

    February 6, 2009 @ 7:19 pm

    Hi, Thanks for letting us know. I’ll make sure to correct it in the control/framework matrix we’ll post in the next couple of weeks.

  48. Goni Said,

    February 6, 2009 @ 9:13 pm

    能给我发一份么
    cuiyan1986713@163.com
    谢谢~~:)

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  50. Emir Said,

    February 7, 2009 @ 1:19 pm

    How about some links to those controls ?

  51. cssrain Said,

    February 9, 2009 @ 2:13 am

    woo,very nice.

  52. Oluwasogo Said,

    February 9, 2009 @ 3:39 am

    Jquery is obviously the king……. Hail the king….lol

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  54. Kevin Said,

    February 11, 2009 @ 10:58 am

    Here is a spreadsheet comparison of the different controls.

    http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pBfVAoH8Id5gUtOJARpxmfA

  55. Josh Said,

    February 11, 2009 @ 6:37 pm

    YUI does support sliders:

    http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/slider/

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    February 18, 2009 @ 3:50 am

    Thanks, this article was really helpful developing the interface for my website.

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  62. Webbdesigner Said,

    February 28, 2009 @ 9:04 am

    Thank you for this thorough summary of web application controls, especially the checklist for framework support became a must-have!

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  66. OtherWebGuy Said,

    March 23, 2009 @ 4:27 am

    For 02. Carousel, there is a very nice script called SlideItMoo that implements a carousel-style image list using MooTools. I realize that MooTools is already listed under the “Coverflow” portion of that entry, but it should probably be listed under the “Carousel” portion, as well. Here’s a link. I am currently working on implementing this on my own site.
    http://www.php-help.ro/mootools-12-javascript-examples/slideitmoo-v11-image-slider/

    Thanks for the great list. It would be nice to find links to tutorials or scripts that actually implement these controls, but I suppose that’s a post for another day. Thank you.

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  69. Bhishma Said,

    April 25, 2009 @ 3:51 am

    “02. Carousel (variation as Coverflow)” is supported by Java FX:

    http://www.javafx.com/samples/Carousel/index.html
    http://www.javafx.com/samples/DisplayShelf/index.html

    Thx.

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  83. Larry Kyrala Said,

    June 29, 2009 @ 9:09 am

    I made a visualization of your list comparing the various frameworks. Feel free to improve the data. http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/visualizations/comparison-of-the-number-of-essentia (this was intentionally truncated by manyeyes, sorry)

  84. Bill Scott Said,

    June 29, 2009 @ 10:20 pm

    Larry. That’s cool! Thanks for sharing.

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  90. Anparasu Said,

    October 27, 2009 @ 3:17 am

    Thanks for the list

  91. Damien Boucquey Said,

    December 1, 2009 @ 8:36 am

    I just used IT Mill (Vaadin) framework.

    It has suppoprt for Data Grid and has a Paginating Control in the incubator

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  103. drilho Said,

    March 6, 2010 @ 1:39 pm

    Great knowledge shared. Thank you so much Theresa!!!

  104. rixx Said,

    March 7, 2010 @ 4:52 am

    Yup, I think ZK should be included here.

  105. keisera Said,

    March 7, 2010 @ 4:54 am

    Yeah, I agree. I used zk for a couple of months and it went well.
    visit http://zkoss.org/ Enjoy :)

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  109. homunq Said,

    April 27, 2010 @ 10:02 am

    You’ve left qooxdoo out of your list of frameworks. At a quick glance, it supports at least: carousel, collapsable panels, editable combobox, date picker, dialogs, dragndrop, status, gauges, quick tip, progress indicator, slider, table, WYSIWIG, and desktop-style container. Probably it supports more, but I can’t vouch for all of them.

  110. Rock Music Said,

    June 3, 2010 @ 2:17 am

    What a great list that you have.
    Thanks

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  118. Costas Said,

    November 6, 2010 @ 5:54 am

    I am not in any way connected with the creators of the ZK framework other than being so impressed… Till now i have evaluated many frameworks and i have never seen something like this. You must see and play with it to believe it. The ability to encapsulate all required code inside a ZUL (a page) is so great making their community so active. Difficult problems are solved in no time just by posting a simple snippet. OK. I will say no more but you should have mention this great framework.
    Thanks.

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