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what is "native splitter" why do I even want it?

by nsonha 2y ago

izietto 2y ago
Open any application and you'll see native splitters and their related use cases
- recursive 2y ago
  Oh this? This isn't a splitter, this is a dialog box.
blooalien 2y ago
It places related content or features of a program alongside or above one another in the same program window so you get all of what you need all right there on the one window. The separate spaces are often resizable, too, so you can fit the content that's important to you however you as the end-user want it. Thus why as another commenter here (izzieto) notes, it's used in almost any application you can think of.
IshKebab 2y ago
A splitter is the widget that shows two (or more) panes with a divider that you can drag. Commonly used for side bar navigation, see this example: https://codepen.io/Zodiase/pen/qmjyKL https://codepen.io/Zodiase/pen/qmjyKL A native splitter is one that is drawn by the browser itself, or even the OS. The only way to get that on the web is with iframes. Otherwise you have to resort to Javascript and manually handling mouse move events as in the example above. Why do you want that? Same reasons we have `<input>` instead of having every website reimplement text boxes, sliders, checkboxes, etc. with canvas and mouse events. Sorry I couldn't find an example of an actual iframes website because obviously nobody uses iframes any more.
- breckenedge 2y ago
  I believe you mean <frameset>/<frame> rather than <iframe>s, though you used to be able to do frames inside iframes. I’m surprised mobile Safari supports them. Example: https://www.quackit.com/html/templates/frames/frames_example_5.html https://www.quackit.com/html/templates/frames/frames_example...
  - IshKebab 2y ago
    Ah yes you're right! Similar to iframes anyway. Your example has `noresize` set, but I found one that doesn't: https://www.yourhtmlsource.com/examples/frameset1.html https://www.yourhtmlsource.com/examples/frameset1.html
    - istjohn 2y ago
      It's not resizeable on mobile.
      - IshKebab 2y ago
        Yeah I mean, it was obsolete before the first iPhone so that's not surprising.
  - yboris 2y ago
    Wild! Every browser seems to support <frame> yet it's deprecated: https://caniuse.com/?search=frame https://caniuse.com/?search=frame

what is "native splitter" why do I even want it?

by nsonha 2y ago

what is "native splitter" why do I even want it?

izietto 2y ago

Open any application and you'll see native splitters and their related use cases

recursive 2y ago
Oh this? This isn't a splitter, this is a dialog box.

blooalien 2y ago

It places related content or features of a program alongside or above one another in the same program window so you get all of what you need all right there on the one window. The separate spaces are often resizable, too, so you can fit the content that's important to you however you as the end-user want it. Thus why as another commenter here (izzieto) notes, it's used in almost any application you can think of.

IshKebab 2y ago

A splitter is the widget that shows two (or more) panes with a divider that you can drag. Commonly used for side bar navigation, see this example: https://codepen.io/Zodiase/pen/qmjyKL https://codepen.io/Zodiase/pen/qmjyKL A native splitter is one that is drawn by the browser itself, or even the OS. The only way to get that on the web is with iframes. Otherwise you have to resort to Javascript and manually handling mouse move events as in the example above. Why do you want that? Same reasons we have `<input>` instead of having every website reimplement text boxes, sliders, checkboxes, etc. with canvas and mouse events. Sorry I couldn't find an example of an actual iframes website because obviously nobody uses iframes any more.

breckenedge 2y ago
I believe you mean <frameset>/<frame> rather than <iframe>s, though you used to be able to do frames inside iframes. I’m surprised mobile Safari supports them. Example: https://www.quackit.com/html/templates/frames/frames_example_5.html https://www.quackit.com/html/templates/frames/frames_example...
- IshKebab 2y ago
  Ah yes you're right! Similar to iframes anyway. Your example has `noresize` set, but I found one that doesn't: https://www.yourhtmlsource.com/examples/frameset1.html https://www.yourhtmlsource.com/examples/frameset1.html
  - istjohn 2y ago
    It's not resizeable on mobile.
    - IshKebab 2y ago
      Yeah I mean, it was obsolete before the first iPhone so that's not surprising.
- yboris 2y ago
  Wild! Every browser seems to support <frame> yet it's deprecated: https://caniuse.com/?search=frame https://caniuse.com/?search=frame