I've seen this GUI component for many years, even on the old Apple's.
What's it called???
It looks like this:
Listbox 1: Listbox 2:
---------- ----------
item1 item2
item3 << item5
item4 >> item9
item6
Ok Cancel
Crude picture, huh!
Basically it's two lists.
Listbox 1 is populated by selecting items in Listbox 2, then clicking "<<".
Or by selecting item(s) in Listbox 2, then clicking ">>".
When Listbox 1 contains what you want, you hit "Ok" and the operation
executes with whatever is in Listbox 1..
An example is Microsoft Outlook's "To:, Cc:, Bcc:" chooser, that adds names
from an address book to the "To:" field of a mail message.
What's this thing called????
Thanks,
Bill Pieterouiski
Software Engineer
Maranti Networks, Inc.
Andrew Thompson - 12 Nov 2004 20:19 GMT
> What's this thing called????
A 'Custom Component', generally. ;-)

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Steve W. Jackson - 12 Nov 2004 20:21 GMT
>:I've seen this GUI component for many years, even on the old Apple's.
>:What's it called???
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>:Software Engineer
>:Maranti Networks, Inc.
I'm not aware that it has any particular name, but I know for sure that
it's not specifically a Java Swing component. We had to create our own
for use in our application by putting two JList components there along
with appropriate buttons, labels, etc.
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Thomas Kellerer - 12 Nov 2004 20:54 GMT
BSP wrote on 12.11.2004 02:53:
> I've seen this GUI component for many years, even on the old Apple's.
> What's it called???
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> Ok Cancel
I usually call it a shufflebox.
Thomas
dar7yl - 12 Nov 2004 21:31 GMT
This is usually called the "Add and Remove Design Pattern", which is also a
"Composite Pattern"
JDJ had an article on this in the august issue (www.sys.com/jdj vol.9
issue:8)
regards,
Dar7yl.
> I've seen this GUI component for many years, even on the old Apple's.
> What's it called???
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> Software Engineer
> Maranti Networks, Inc.
dar7yl - 12 Nov 2004 21:51 GMT
My dyslexia is showing.
see www.sys-con.com/jdj
> This is usually called the "Add and Remove Design Pattern", which is also
> a "Composite Pattern"
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>> Software Engineer
>> Maranti Networks, Inc.
Bill Pieterouiski - 22 Nov 2004 21:43 GMT
Okay guys (and gals?), you answered my question. It does appear to be
called a "Dual List Box". Shufflebox and "add-remove design pattern" worked
too. :-)
It's odd that there aren't more examples of it. I remember first seeing on
a Macintosh in 1990!
Thanks All,
Bill Pieterouiski
> I've seen this GUI component for many years, even on the old Apple's.
> What's it called???
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> Software Engineer
> Maranti Networks, Inc.