[TAP5-1805] Selectable Tree component look and feel is lacking in user affordances

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 5.3, 5.4
• Fix Version/s: 5.4
• Component/s: tapestry-core
• Labels: tree
• Assignee: Howard Lewis Ship
• Reporter: Howard Lewis Ship
• Created: 23/Dec/11 21:23
• Updated: 29/Jun/13 16:56
• Resolved: 29/Jun/13 16:56

Description

A tree being used to gather selections does not provide visible affordances that selections are possible; the current approach is to show selected nodes in bold. Outside of the change in the mouse-over cursor, there's no indication that nodes may be selected.

A proper affordance would meet user expectations: a checkbox that is either checked or unchecked. This can be "simulated" using CSS background images and margins, or the client-side JavaScript could create actual checkbox elements.