FLUID-451: Reorderer: Mouse pointer icon does not change appropriately

Description

On the unstyled sortable to do list, and the scheduler list ( http://build.fluidproject.org/sakai-imagegallery-tool/sample-code/reorderer/concrete/scheduler/scheduler.html ), the mouse cursor changes to text insertion point style which is inappropriate for the movement task - it imputes editing affordances, not drag and drop affordances. Recommendation: use the same four-pointed arrow as appears with tetheh styled sortable list test page.

Environments

Win XP, IE7

Comments

• Anastasia Cheetham commented 2008-04-07T11:30:30.000-0400

  Note that this style change doesn't happen on Firefox.

  It should be reasonably easy to specify the cursor as part of the styling (except for the unstyled to-do list, which is an example of an unstyled list 🙂

• Anastasia Cheetham commented 2008-04-07T11:38:34.000-0400

  The unstyled sortable to do list has been removed from the list of test files in the protocol, since it is inappropriate for use in testing.

  The issue is still relevant to the scheduler.

• Justin Obara commented 2008-04-07T14:41:27.000-0400

  The cursor styling, for drag & drop, is not consistent across the various test sites.

  Cursor style: pointing finger (IE7 WinXp, FF2 Mac OS 10.5, FF2 WinXP)

  http://build.fluidproject.org/sakai-imagegallery-tool/fluid-components/html/Lightbox.html
  http://build.fluidproject.org/sakai-imagegallery-tool/sample-code/reorderer/concrete/generic-lightbox/generic-lightbox.html
  http://build.fluidproject.org/sakai-imagegallery-tool/sample-code/reorderer/concrete/uportal-unordered-list-tabs/uportal-sortable-tabs-mockup.html

  Cursor style: four arrows (IE7 WinXp, FF2 WinXp), Open Hand (FF2 Mac OS 10.5)

  http://build.fluidproject.org/sakai-imagegallery-tool/sample-code/reorderer/concrete/todo-list/sortable-styled-todo-list.html
  http://build.fluidproject.org/sakai-imagegallery-tool/sample-code/reorderer/concrete/unordered-list-tabs/unordered-list-tabs.html#
  http://build.fluidproject.org/sakai-imagegallery-tool/sample-code/reorderer/concrete/uportal3-newskin/new_theme_sample_html.htm

  Cursor style: No cursor change to indicate drag capability

  http://build.fluidproject.org/sakai-imagegallery-tool/sample-code/reorderer/concrete/scheduler/scheduler.html
  http://build.fluidproject.org/sakai-imagegallery-tool/sample-code/reorderer/abstract/portal/portlets.html
  http://build.fluidproject.org/sakai-imagegallery-tool/sample-code/reorderer/concrete/scheduler/RSFStyleScheduler.html

• Herb Wideman commented 2008-04-07T15:01:57.000-0400

  Re Justin's comment: the cursor does in fact change to indicate drag capability at
  http://build.fluidproject.org/sakai-imagegallery-tool/sample-code/reorderer/concrete/scheduler/scheduler.html
  but just not to the type suitable for indicating its functional affordances... it chages to a text insertion point from an arrow.

  Also true at:
  http://build.fluidproject.org/sakai-imagegallery-tool/sample-code/reorderer/abstract/portal/portlets.html

• Anastasia Cheetham commented 2008-04-21T12:43:34.000-0400

  This is a styling issue that arose in test files that were not well styled, and which are now being removed from the distribution.