[Cxxgui-devel] Some to-dos

[David T. <Da...@fi...>]

Hello

Here is a short to-do list:

1. Win32: windows should be created at the smallest possible size.  They
should automatically resize when recalculate_layout is called (probably
because a widget was added) iff they are not already large enough for
their contents.

2. Some "trivial" widgets:
  a) gui::frame (a visible border with an optional title)
  b) gui::checkbox (just like a button, except the signal should
indicate its state)
  c) gui::divider (user-draggable horizontal or vertical divider)

3. Some "intermediate" widgets, requiring a little thought
  a) gui::tabset (tab control - no need for an iterator interface to
this one)
  b) gui::radiobutton and gui::radiogroup (I think these should behave
much like they do in HTML, i.e. buttons should have values, and the
group signals the current value).

4. Some "difficult" widgets, requiring a lot of thought
  a) gui::list (I'm working on it)
  b) gui::menu
  c) gui::selection (MVC or static?)

5. Lots of documentation to be written, although I'd like to stabilize
the APIs before investing a lot of time in that.

6. Decide between owner-document and free widget models.

7. Some things that I think belong in distinct libraries, mostly because
they're subject to featuritis:
  a) A drawing surface (2d, 3d?)
  b) A multi-line text editor
  c) bitmap buttons

8. Getting it to build on different platforms.

9, Adding new backends, although I think between Win32 and GTK, we've
got 99% of the desktops out there covered.  I would like to see things
like PalmOS backends, though.  In fact, I have a Tungsten, so I may just
write one myself :-).

Any and all input is appreciated.

Regards
David Turner