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

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

Benoit I have sent you a copy to your own e-mail if that is ok.

Kevin.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Benoit Marchant" <mar...@ma...>
To: "Raymond Irving" <xw...@ya...>
Cc: "DynAPI-Dev" <dyn...@li...>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 8:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Dev] BorderManager & Highlighter UPDATED - (files attached)


> This sounds very good, but Kevin files weren't in your mail. Is it  
> possible to access it and have a look at it ?
> 
> 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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