Re: [rgui-dev] Form vs. Function

[Tom Sawyer]

been working on the categories. not finished yet, but take a look:

  http://www.rubygui.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?GUtopIa_Meta-Components

of course none of this has yet been implemented in the code base.

-tom

p.s. the notebook and multi-tab are the same things, just different
names. perhaps MultiTab would be a better class name.


On Sun, 2002-09-01 at 12:09, Kero van Gelder wrote:
> > in light of massimilino's idea i have taken an initial stab at the
> > "Classes of Widgetability". forgive the silly overuse of -able :) so,
> > what have i missed? are there otherway to categorize this?
> 
> Showable
> 
>   shows text or figures or whatever
> 
>   Examples
>     Label
>     Canvas
>     ...
>     basically everything but plain Windows (that only provide space)
> 
> 
> Clickable
> 
>   passes an explicit event to some external (non-GUI) code
> 
>   Examples
>     Button
> 
> 
> > Editable
> > 
> >   text entry
> > 
> >   Examples:
> >     Gtk::Entry
> >     Gtk::Text
> > 
> > 
> > Selectable
> > 
> >   select from a list.
> select one from a series...
> 
> >   (note: could have multiple columns)
> >   
> >   Examples:
> >     Gtk::List  (w/ singal selection)
> >     Gtk::Combo (w/ read only)
> >     GUtopIa::RadioBox
> > 
> > 
> > Multi-Selectable
> >   
> >   select a number of possibilites from a list
> >   (note: could have multiple columns)
> >   
> >   Examples:
> >     Gtk::List (w/ multi selection)
> >     GUtopIa::CheckBox
> > 
> > 
> > Editable & Selectable
> 
> That sounds odd, since you mentioned them separately...
> 
> >   can be selected from list and/or edited
> > 
> >   Examples:
> >     Gtk::Combo
> > 
> > 
> > Switchable
> > 
> >   on/off, true/false binary input
> 
> == Rangeable, over [true, false]
> == Selectable, with only two options.
> 
> I'm not saying we don't need another widget/layout, but it could be
> fancy dressing for certain (most?) style sheets.
> 
> >   Examples:
> >     Gtk::Check
> > 
> > 
> > Rangeable
> > 
> >   specific means for inputing a numerical value within a range
> > 
> >   Examples:
> >     Gtk::ScrollBar
>       Slider
>       Entry
> 
> == Selectable, due to the range :)  (I'm kidding, here)
> 
> 
> > Sectionable
> > 
> >   provides seperate areas of layout
> >   
> >   Examples:
> >     Gtk::Window
> >     Gtk::Notebook
>       Multi-Tab environment
> 
> Dunno what the notebook is, but I suppose it has a horizontal or
> vertical separator that the end-user can move. This is lacking in
> older toolkits, I think. Otoh, this is layout mgmt, so we may well
> need a sligtly different abstraction.
> 
> What is the place of the layout manager?
> 
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