Re: [Jmol-users] Jmol | Context Menu for JSmol

[Robert H. <ha...@st...>]

On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 12:56 AM, Michael Evans <ev...@il...>wrote:

> Getting quite close. Buttons (menu items), checkboxes, radio buttons, and
> button groups are all working with proper event handling (FYI, event
> handling requires jQuery >1.7, which JSmol appears to be using, but just a
> heads up for those who might wish to "downgrade" jQuery for some reason.
> Hope this is OK).
>

JSmol is using an adapted (by me) version of jQuery that includes
synchronous binary file transfer. Users are strongly discouraged from
"downgrading"


>
> Figuring out when exactly to bind handlers to click and change events was
> a little tricky, but I think I've got it down. It happens in the
> PopupMenu.addItem and SubMenu.addItem functions, after the HTML of the item
> has been added to the page's DOM. I think this is a little different from
> the way addItemListener and addActionListener work in Java...but the same
> effect is achieved.
>
> Some questions that remain:
>
> - What's an ImageIcon? Could I get an example in the current context menu
> for Jmol (Java)? Same question for AbstractButton and JComponent. If my
> poor memory of Java serves me right, JComponent is a very "low-level" class
> in Swing. Once those three are implemented, all the objects you listed will
> have JS equivalents, Bob.
>

The ModelKit menu places an image in each of the three main menu items.
It's just an <img> tag in this case.



> - Still not seeing how to wire my setup to the
> org.awtjs2d.Platform.getMenuPopup function. I dig into Platform.js and all
> I see is a line of code that sets the function to null...*Nevermind, I
> have an old version of JSmol on my server :-D* Still don't really see how
> to actually call that function and use what it returns, though. Can't find
> it in the Jmol object or in the applet's instance object.
>
>
I'll do that today.

Presuming the link below is the latest....

Bob



> Cheers, Mike
>
>
> On Friday, December 21, 2012, Bob Hanson wrote:
>
>> What's the latest?  I'd like to test this some tomorrow.
>>
>> Sent from my stupid iPhone
>>
>> On Dec 19, 2012, at 5:56 PM, Michael Evans <ev...@il...> wrote:
>>
>> Guess I was feeling lazy when I wrote menuRemoveItem...it's an easy fix.
>> The array.splice(indexToStart, numberOfElements) function is perfect for
>> it. Now fixed; see the new method below.
>>
>> menuRemoveItem: function(menu, index) {
>> if(index >= 0 && index < menu.items.length)
>>  menu.items.splice(index, 1);
>> }
>>
>> I see what you mean about the action listener, Bob. Shouldn't be too
>> tough to make that happen. Thanks for the debugCode tip; should be easier
>> to get a handle on that now as well. Finally, feel free to copy over any or
>> all of my code to the "official" JSmol code (probably don't have to tell
>> you that... :D).
>>
>> Cheers, Mike
>>
>> ---
>> Michael Evans
>> Organic Chemistry Graduate Student, Moore Group
>> University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Robert Hanson <ha...@st...>wrote:
>>
>> Wow, this is great! Almost there, I think.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Michael Evans <ev...@il...>wrote:
>>
>> Bob et al.,
>> Progress has been made on a popup menu for JSmol. I've implemented
>> PopupMenu, MenuItem, CheckboxMenuItem, and RadioButtonMenuItem, among other
>> things. Check it out:
>>
>> http://www.metallacycle.com/play/netmol/tests/popupMenu/jmolPopupMenu.js
>>
>>
>> OK! You are way ahead of me!
>>
>>
>>
>> The demo is still functional as well:
>>
>> http://www.metallacycle.com/play/netmol/tests/popupMenu/popupMenu.html
>>
>> Two things I'm struggling with:
>> 1) What's the difference between a ButtonGroup and a set of
>> RadioButtonMenuItems?
>>
>>
>> I think it's the same. I think really in JavaScript it's just a set of
>> radio buttons with the same name. Be sure to use
>>
>> applet._id
>>
>> as a prefix to every name or id so that multiple applets on a page do not
>> have the same name or id for anything.
>>
>>
>>
>> 2) Event handling in general. For example, a checkbox menu item doesn't
>> "know" its parent, so when it's clicked, it can't run commands on its
>> parent applet without bubbling an event up to its parent jmol object
>>
>>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial
> Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support
> Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services
> Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers
> http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d
> _______________________________________________
> Jmol-users mailing list
> Jmo...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
>
>


-- 
Robert M. Hanson
Larson-Anderson Professor of Chemistry
Chair, Chemistry Department
St. Olaf College
Northfield, MN
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr


If nature does not answer first what we want,
it is better to take what answer we get.

-- Josiah Willard Gibbs, Lecture XXX, Monday, February 5, 1900