About

Echo3 Extras is a collection of general-purpose Echo3 components. These components do not require any libraries except for Echo3 to operate (i.e., components such as file transfer and charting were not including in this library as they would add dependencies to it). Contributions to this library are welcomed, but components will be reviewed/approved beforehand.

At the present time this library should be considered API-unstable, i.e., breaking changes may be made to subsequent versions of the API.

This library also serves to provide an example of how to create your own AJAX/HTML/JavaScript-rendering Echo3 components.

Echo3 Extras Homepage

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Demo Application

A demo application is available here:

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Included Components

Echo3 Extras provides the following components:

AccordionPane

A pane / pane container component which contains multiple panes in vertically arranged tabs that slide up and down to reveal a single child at a time. (Currently under heavy development).

BorderPane

A pane / pane container component which draw a graphical FillImageBorder around a region.

CalendarField

(Not yet available.) A calendar selection component, currently under heavy development but somewhat functional.

ColorSelect

A hue/saturation/value-based color selection widget, similar to that provided by Photoshop or The Gimp (GTK library). Fully functional.

Group

PullDownMenu

A pulldown/pop-up menu component capable of rendering multiple levels of menu. Currently very unstable and not suitable for use.

RichTextArea

TabPane

A pane which renders its children in individually selectable tabs. Semi-stable at the moment.

TransitionPane

(Not yet available.)

Tree

License

Echo3 Extras is licensed under the Mozilla Public License (MPL). Optionally, the user can license the software under the GNU Lesser/Library General Public License (LGPL) or the GNU General Public License (GPL).

Source Code Repository

Echo3 Extras is available at the following Subversion repository: svn://svn.nextapp.com/echo3extras

Check out the 'trunk' for the latest development version at the following SVN URI: svn://svn.nextapp.com/echo3extras/trunk