Mail Demo

Features To Check Out

• The three lists at the top of the screen stay synchronized no matter which one you click on. This is accomplished automatically and without programmer intervention after the listbosxes are configured.
• The listboxes can handle both non-contiguous (Ctrl-click and drag) and contiguous selection sets (Shift-click).
• The thin black lines between the listboxes and below them are "separators" which may be dragged to resize various components. This is also done without programmer intervention after the system is set up; it is implemented using constraints.
• The focused on object (the object with the red box around it when it is selected) can be dragged out of the list. After you have dragged a few pixels away from the focused object, you will see an envelope which can be dragged out into the big area below the listboxes- the "playing field." If you drop it there, you'll see the mail message. (This is the same result that you'll get from double clicking on an item in the list, as well). If you have multiple items selected when you drag, you'll get all those objects in the playing field.
• If you try to drop a message back onto the listboxes, it will "fly home" via an animation.
• You can drag mail messages out of the top set of listboxes and drop them onto the to-do list.
• If you would like a more detailed summary of a mail message which is sitting in the to-do list, point at it with you mouse and then leave the mouse still for a couple of seconds.
• The mail messages out on the playing field may be moved around by clicking and dragging on the area to the right of the three buttons at the top. Double clicking on that same area changes the stacking order of the mail messages.
• If you point at one of the buttons on the mail messages and then leave the mouse still for a couple of seconds, you'll get some explanatory text about what the button does.
• Double-clicking on messages in the todo list restores the messages back out onto the playing field.