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

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

--- Benoit Marchant <mar...@ma...> wrote:
> This sounds very good, but Kevin files weren't in
> your mail. Is it  
> possible to access it and have a look at it ?

It seems that the files are too big to go through the
mailing list. I've asked kevin to send it via some
other means as he might have gotten the same message I
got when trying to send it to the group.

--
Raymond Irving

> 
> Thanks
> 
> Benoit
> 
> On Wednesday, May 14, 2003, at 11:53  AM, Raymond
> Irving wrote:
> 
> > Kevin,
> >
> > Nice work! It looks great! I have a few
> suggestions:
> >
> > 1) DynLayer(html,x,y,w,h,color,image) - Some time
> ago
> > DynLayer had so many arguments that it was very
> > difficult to work with. With 2.9 Dan took the
> > initiative to only use the most commonly used
> > arguments. I would suggest that we keep only 6
> > arguments inside the constructor in order to try
> and
> > keep it simple, but since we already have
> background
> > color I think it's only fitting to have background
> > image as part of the constructor. Agree? Can we
> stop
> > at seven?
> >
> > 2) Highlighter(x,y,w,h,color,image) -  the same as
> > above. For Skins() "image" is already part of the
> > dictionary object.
> >
> > 3) Another name for setBorder2 could be
> > setSkinBorder()?
> >
> >
> > Keep up the good work
> >
> >
> > PS. Have to tested the creation speed of say 100
> > layers with skinned borders?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Raymond Irving
> >
> >
> > --- Kevin <ke...@ke...> wrote:
> >> Hello all,
> >>
> >> Raymond, I hope you don't mind me extending you
> >> ideas. I've had a go at presenting my
> >> thoughts on borders which are similar to
> Benoit's.
> >> Please unpack the attached file in the
> >> latest dynapi3x root folder/directory. In
> principle:
> >>
> >> 1) Images in highlighters (just auto repeat
> >> background image).
> >> 2) Have 1 content layer + 4 sides + 4 corners + 1
> >> container.
> >> 3) Moving container moves all (no group manager
> >> needed).
> >> 4) Border2 is DOM2 spec' i.e. border is outside
> >> element width (border won't clip content).
> >> 5) Offer flexibility to have different skin
> widths
> >> (perhaps someone can complete this?)
> >> 6) Let transparent gifs with background colors be
> >> defaulted and configurable (unfinished).
> >>
> >> There is so much more work to do on this I
> thought
> >> I'd stop here and see if it's close!
> >>
> >> Could someone change the example to show how to
> use
> >> preloaded images from cache
> >> rather than strings. Does <layer
> background=img.src
> >> ..> do it for ns4? These updates
> >> have been tested on Linux NS4/Mozilla. Please
> help
> >> and offer the fix if it doesn't work
> >> on your browser.
> >>
> >> -
> >> Kevin.
> >>
> >>
> >>> 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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> >> ATTACHMENT part 2 application/x-zip-compressed
> > name=border-update.zip
> >
> >
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