Re: [Dynapi-Dev] Discussion on treenode

[Kevin <ke...@ke...>]

Sounds good to me. I don't have much graphics experience so
I can't really comment on making widgets look nice. As I guess
that is putting a skin on them is chrome the same as skin or
much more. Please bear with me on the terminology.

Kevin
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Doug Melvin=20
  To: dyn...@li...=20
  Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 8:01 AM
  Subject: [Dynapi-Dev] Discussion on treenode


  The following is always up for debate.
  I only post it so as to get any feedback..
  I would love to see more than two people take an interest=20
  in such a complext and major component of the DynAPI.

  That said.

  I don't like the name treenode. I honestly don't think htere is ever a =
case where you will use only one node of a tree.

  I move to name the new widget DynTree.
  The DynTree will actually consist of two objects. Both will be =
declared in one file for simplicity.
  The two objects are:
  DynTree
  and
  DynNode

  The DynTree will hold all of the the tree manipulation functionality:
  -opening and closing branches
  -adding and removing nodes, ect.

  The DynNode will be very simple. It will have content.
  This allows the actuall size of a rendered tree to be reduced as a lot =
of code will only be instanciated once per tree. This should allow a =
N-numbered tree to be somewhat slimmer and faster than in the previous =
version.

  Once I have built an outline of what I intend to code I will post said =
outline for further discussion.

  Unless you want to simply give a dinasour like me free-reign? :-)

  The first version will be a 'light' version using only + and - signs =
with no images.
  As always, there will be a future 'skinable' version.

  WE can start a discussion about skinning methedology and standards any =
time now. :-)

  With so few active developers, we may get a standard hammered out in =
short-order, no?