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

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

"Raymond Irving" <xw...@ya...> 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?

Ok stop at 7 but 10 is a nice number ;-) and we can have
the full set with anchor, visible and z-index? 
 
> 2) Highlighter(x,y,w,h,color,image) -  the same as
> above. For Skins() "image" is already part of the
> dictionary object.

I nearly added anchor to the constructor but stopped
Though I dropped x,y from Skin as it uses anchors.
 
> 3) Another name for setBorder2 could be
> setSkinBorder()?

Fine. One thing I was going to add was a borderBasic.
i.e. Just 2 layers container and content. So container is
set to border color and content is center anchored.

-
Kevin.


> 
> 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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