This one works.
Thank you Donna, I'm glad it works.
Only problem now is that when you choose the pull down, you can't see the full text. I'll look into adding a font option as a config option.
They're still readable I wouldn't worry over that.
No worries, in that case I will focus on being able to change the background and having a different sized version when it's undocked, along the lines of how albinoAZN mentioned. I may see if I can have two styles for undocked, one long and narrow, another more squarish. Does anyone have a preference for how it should appear undocked?
Also I'm not happy with the green button/arrow. I tried to make it similar to the arrow this is the logo for the web site, but I don't think it came off that good. If I remove it then it makes a lot more room for the text box and pull down, but then to me it may not be obvious to the end user that they would then have to press enter for it to activate. Maybe if I just make the arrow smaller, or forget about it all together and replace it with a lil search icon (ala magnify glass or similar).
I did wish to make the pulldown box transparent, but there appears to be a bug with Vista where it always makes the background white (it may be that IE7 ignores transparent backgrounds, to tell the truth I only checked in Firefox last night). I'll do a google tonight and see if there is a work around.
The other options I could add would be more suited to the admins/moderators of the site where I could use it as a notification or monitor for things like pm's, events on the site and so forth. But maybe that should be for another project. I could add features like showing the latest posts refreshed on a 5 min or 10 min basis. But such features may be considered inappropriate and may have wider implications. I'll have a gander at Invision to see what integration features I can provide for IP.Board.
Of course when the DataFeed xml is available I can add that to this or another gadget.
Edited by MetalSkin, 09 July 2007 - 04:58 PM.