Survey editor now keeps survye objedts in a scrollable panel to keep buttons always in view.

docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
  - fixed #9039: Synopsis not output as a meta field
  - fixed #9939: checkout error with any payment method
  - fixed #10162: Inbox Failing (Eric Kennedy)
+ - Survey editor now keeps survye objedts in a scrollable panel to keep buttons always in view.
 
 7.7.3
  - fixed #10094: double explanation in thread help

www/extras/wobject/Survey/dd.js

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ var Event = YAHOO.util.Event;
 var DDM = YAHOO.util.DragDropMgr;
 
 var currentDest;
+var started = 0;
 
 Survey.DDList = function(id, sGroup, config) {
 
@@ -20,8 +21,9 @@ Survey.DDList = function(id, sGroup, config) {
 };
 
 YAHOO.extend(Survey.DDList, YAHOO.util.DDProxy, {
-
+    
     startDrag: function(x, y) {
+        started +=2;
         this.logger.log(this.id + " startDrag");
 
         // make the proxy look like the source element
@@ -65,8 +67,11 @@ YAHOO.extend(Survey.DDList, YAHOO.util.DDProxy, {
 
     onInvalidDrop: function(e, id) {
         Survey.Data.dragDrop(this.getEl());
+        started += -2;
     },
     onDragDrop: function(e, id) {
+        started--;
+        if(started != 1){return;}
         Survey.Data.dragDrop(this.getEl());
     },
 
@@ -74,7 +79,15 @@ YAHOO.extend(Survey.DDList, YAHOO.util.DDProxy, {
 
         // Keep track of the direction of the drag for use during onDragOver
         var y = Event.getPageY(e);
-
+        var temp = Survey.Data.ddContainer.body;
+        var dy = YAHOO.util.Dom.getY(temp);
+        var scrollOffset = 30;
+        if((y - scrollOffset) < dy){
+            Survey.Data.ddContainer.body.scrollTop -= 20;
+        }
+        else if((y + scrollOffset) > (dy + temp.offsetHeight)){
+            Survey.Data.ddContainer.body.scrollTop += 20;
+        }
         if (y < this.lastY) {
             this.goingUp = true;
         } else if (y > this.lastY) {
@@ -92,12 +105,13 @@ YAHOO.extend(Survey.DDList, YAHOO.util.DDProxy, {
         // We are only concerned with list items, we ignore the dragover
         // notifications for the list.
         if (destEl.nodeName.toLowerCase() == "li") {
-currentDest = destEl;
-YAHOO.log(destEl);
+            currentDest = destEl;
+            YAHOO.log(destEl);
             var orig_p = srcEl.parentNode;
             var p = destEl.parentNode;
 
             if (this.goingUp) {
+                Survey.Data.ddContainer
                 p.insertBefore(srcEl, destEl); // insert above
             } else {
                 p.insertBefore(srcEl, destEl.nextSibling); // insert below

www/extras/wobject/Survey/editsurvey.js

@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ Survey.Data = (function(){
 	var sButton, qButton, aButton;
 
     return {
+        ddContainer:null,
         dragDrop: function(did){
-
             YAHOO.log('In drag drop');
 			var type = did.className.match("section")  ? 'section'
                      : did.className.match("question") ? 'question'
@@ -80,7 +80,23 @@ Survey.Data = (function(){
 			YAHOO.util.Event.purgeElement('sections', true);
 
 			// Now we can re-write its innerHTML without fear of memory leaks
-            document.getElementById('sections').innerHTML = d.ddhtml;
+//            document.getElementById('sections').innerHTML = d.ddhtml;
+
+            if(! Survey.Data.ddContainer){
+                Survey.Data.ddContainer = 
+                    new YAHOO.widget.Panel("sections",  
+                        { width:"440px",
+                          height: "420px", 
+                          draggable:true, 
+                          visible:true
+                
+                        } 
+                    );
+            }
+            Survey.Data.ddContainer.setHeader("Survey Objects...");
+            Survey.Data.ddContainer.setBody(d.ddhtml);
+            Survey.Data.ddContainer.setFooter(document.getElementById("buttons"));
+            Survey.Data.ddContainer.render();//document.body);
 
             //add event handlers for if a tag is clicked
             for (var x in d.ids) {