APL Wiki
SeeSaw Macro
SeeSaw is a MoinMoin macro written by Jim Wight.
Overview
In case that a particular topic is very complex, you might have to provide quite a large amount of information. On the Web, chances are that a user will stop reading any information at all if she gets flooded with too many pieces of information.
A common technique to deal with this problem is to provide only essential information but to allow the user to "show" more information usually represented by a short description.
That's what the MoinMoin macro SeeSaw is designed to do.
Applications
There are three main applications for this purpose:
- (Show (and later may be hide) a string of characters within a particular paragraph.
- Switch between to different version of a paragraph, for example a "UNIX" and a "Windows" version.
- Reveal a (potentially large amount of) text after a click on a kind of short description or header
The first application works "Inline", the other two on a "Section".
These three applications are demonstrated underneath.
Inline Usage
This line contains some »» text. Click on the link to show it.
Section Usage
Reveal Text
Show the details
Toggle Text
Dyalog Section
(Show APLX section)
Some details related to Dyalog APL.
This is shown initially. It is hidden and the "APLX" section is displayed when "Show APLX section" is clicked.