Re: [Dynapi-Dev] BorderManager & Highlighter Completed - (files attached)

[Raymond I. <xw...@ya...>]

Please see below:

--- Benoit Marchant <mar...@ma...> wrote:
> It's working well ! A few comments:
> 
> I'm currently using a "frame" widget to show drag
> overs layers. As it's  
> only for drag, and not multiple selection, it makes
> more sense from a  
> programatic and efficiency point of view to have
> only one frame object  
> that's eventually resized to match the layer the
> drag is on.  I'm both  
> using a rectangular frame with just colors, and
> another version where  
> I'm using images for rounded corners and shadows
> using pngs. Using the  
> current border layers would bloat the page in that
> scenario. however,  
> if you were to allows multiple selection and drag
> them together, than  
> that's exacrtly what's needed. But you shouldn't
> have to pay the price  
> for the first case.
> 
> This doesn't allow to use images for borders such 
> as rounded corners,  
> borders with shadows, or any image. And because
> rounded corners have  
> some transparency, you just can't add a corner
> layer. The logic for the  
> size of the borders has to be slightly different.
> Plus because of  
> shadows, the size of the left and right repeating
> border  is usually  
> different.
> 
> I have such a widget in dynapi2. It can be set to be
> within the frames  
> of the layer you put it on, or around it. But it's a
> layer you  
> associate to it, it's not inside which brings the
> flexibility of doing  
> both, and it does offers border color and border
> imaged. Sincerely it  
> need to be seriously re-worked, but it proved pretty
> usefull for me.  
> I've been using it for drag overs.
> 
> Another good example would be the 6 knobs around
> objects in a layout  
> program. Being able to show a selection that way
> would be very handy  
> with the drag resize code I've done.
> 
> My second is, currently, if a layer with borders is
> resized, will the  
> border be ? 

Yes. Once we use setAnchor() it will automatically
resize the borders.

> I didn't see code for that.
> 
> So. Shall we consider enhancing the setBorder to
> take care of these  
> special cases ?
> Or shall we change that api (or add to it) to
> eventually provide a  
> layer as an argument. So it would be possible to
> provide a layer that  
> eventually one can make it looks the way he wants.
> And in that case,  
> the setBorder would take care of placing the layer
> and resize it.
> 
> Feedback ?


Are you working on skinable widgets?

--
Raymond Irving
 
> Benoit
> 
> 
> On Thursday, May 8, 2003, at 04:57  AM, Raymond
> Irving wrote:
> 
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > I've completed the BorderManager and Highligther
> > classes as promised
> >
> > You can see a live demo here:
> >
> > http://www24.brinkster.com/dyntools/next/examples/
> 
> > dynapi.gui.bordermanager.html
> >
> > http://www24.brinkster.com/dyntools/next/examples/
> 
> > dynapi.gui.highlighter.html
> >
> > http://www24.brinkster.com/dyntools/next/examples/
> 
> > dynapi.gui.focusmanager.html
> >
> > Note: The setBorder() function now requires the
> > BorderManager Class
> >
> >
> > Any comments? Can I go ahead and upload these
> changes
> > to CVS?
> >
> >
> > PS. Files are attached
> >
> > --
> > Raymond Irving
> >
> >
> >
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