Re: j2s-development] About binding DIV elements as SWT's Multiple Monitors

[Zhou R. <jo...@sj...>]

I am thinking about the way like Window XP's extending desktop into 
another monitor. That is to say, there are two or more DIVs (monitors). 
SWT applications can be run inside different DIVs (monitors). Maybe each 
SWT shell can be maximized inside its DIV (monitor). Or one SWT shell 
running inside one of DIV element (monitor) can be dragged into another 
DIV and them maximize it to that DIV (monitor).

The way you are talking about is cloning SWT shell like projecting of 
the current monitor to the wall, which it's too complicate and not 
useful in browsers.

And we are not trying to implement joining multiple monitors into a big 
screen.


Soheil Hassas Yeganeh wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I think multiple monitor support is not  as easy as you mentioned
> here. If we clone the shell and add it under 2 DIVs, we do not have 2
> monitors! we just have another instance of the application executed.
> The other problem here is the behavior of the multiple monitor. If a
> button is pressed the effect should be applied on both DIVs, and many
> other synchronization problems.
>
> So, I'm not sure wether multiple monitor is as easy as using divs as monitors.
>
> Regards,
> Soheil
>
> On 8/7/06, Zhou Renjian <jo...@sj...> wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I know native SWT 3.1 is not supporting multiple monitors. But SWT 3.2
>> or future version may support multiple monitors.
>>
>> In HTML DOM mode, <DIV> elements can be considered as blocks with
>> position and size. If we treat DIV element as a monitor in browser. We
>> can have multiple monitors for SWT!
>>
>> If we are not in the purpose of multiple monitors, we can also have our
>> SWT application embeded inside a DIV block of normal HTML page. Please
>> visit http://j2s.sourceforge.net/, the ControlExample is running inside
>> a DIV monitors. I think that is cool.
>>
>> Currently, we choose document.body as the primary monitor when running
>> as "Java2Script Application" in browser. But maybe Java2Script SWT
>> applications running as DIV block embed applications should be right way.
>>
>> What is your opinions about how "Java2Script SWT Application" will be
>> run as? Standalone? Embed? Workbench (JavaScript version of  RCP)?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Zhou Renjian
>>
>> Attachment
>> ===================
>> By the way, there are some codes in the SVN repository
>> Display.java:
>> protected static void registerElementAsMonitor(Element el);
>> something like:
>>     if (el == document.body) {
>>         monitor.clientWidth = document.body.clientWidth;
>>         monitor.clientHeight = document.body.clientHeight;
>>         monitor.x = 0;
>>         monitor.y = 0;
>>         monitor.width = window.screen.availWidth;
>>         monitor.height = window.screen.availHeight;
>>     } else {
>>         Point pt = OS.getElementPositionInShell(el, document.body);
>>         el.style.position = "absolute";
>>         monitor.x = pt.x;
>>         monitor.y = pt.y;
>>         monitor.width = monitor.clientWidth = OS.getContainerWidth(el);
>>         monitor.height = monitor.clientHeight = OS.getContainerHeight(el);
>>     }
>>
>>
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