I posted this feature request in another forum, but this is a better place for it:

It'd be nice to have a system of manually placing filtering controls, such as Paging, Records Per Page, and Alphabetic Filter controls. That way we can control where in the ListItem/Header & Footer the controls could go. A similar functionality is already present for the Paging control, but only when using AJAX:

<div id=lxP[*ModuleID]></div>




I would envision the functionality like so:

<div class="alphabetFilterStyle">[ALPHABETIC, FILTER]</div>

or

<Table class="recordsTable">
<tr>
<td>
[RECORDS]
</td>
</tr>
</table>

Which would then render the physical control (if enabled in the General options). This would give developers (and more importantly, picky/whiny designers) a lot more flexibility in the placement, display, and repetition of the various built-in controls.

Just my $0.02!
-Brian

Brian - you are right on track! Actually, we already have this capability slated for the 2.0 version. 2.0 essentially makes everything templatable, so - you can create your own template for pagers, filters, and plug them in anywhere you require.

Wow - A Fast answer, and exactly what I wanted to hear!

Not to put you on the spot, but is there any approximate release date for 2.0?

//too impatient
-Brian

We don't have an exact date yet. The timeline has full scale development occuring in early 2007. There are a number of projects slated for development during that time period that have pushed our need for the latest version, so it is a *must have* from our standpoint. There are a few projects which we need to focus attention on before we push hard on the 2.0 version. The most important of which is Dotnetnuke:Map, as well as a slew of samples and videos which we are currently putting together to make ListX easier for people - and give a full library of functionality from the start.