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I don't even know how to google for this forgotten term
Subject:I don't even know how to google for this forgotten term From:Peter Neilson <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:52:18 -0400
[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
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A -
B -
C -
- D
E -
After:
1 2
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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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