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Re: [Pythoncard-users] Passing an event up to the superclass

[Steve F. <sf...@ih...>]

Great, thanks for the tip. That's interesting. Before I discovered
singleItemExpandingSizerLayout() (say that five times fast), I was using
on_size() to adjust the size of StaticBox1 when the window size changed,
but the redraws weren't coming through. Until, that is, I added
event.skip(). So it seems like for proper handling of most general
events (IOW, events not aimed at specific components), calling
event.skip() at the end of the function is a good idea, no?

Steve

On Thu, 2006-07-06 at 00:59 +0100, Alex Tweedly wrote:
> Steve Freitas wrote:
> 
> >Hi,
> >
> >For debugging let's say I put a method "on_size(self, event)" in my
> >class, and it prints some stuff. Well, I noticed when playing with
> >model.Background.singleItemExpandingSizerLayout(), if I provide an
> >on_size(), then the resizing doesn't happen. So I tried...
> >
> >class Test(model.Background):
> >    def on_initialize(self, event):
> >        self.singleItemExpandingSizerLayout()
> >        
> >    def on_size(self, event):
> >        print self.size, self.c.StaticBox1.size
> >        super(Test, self).on_size(self, event) # This didn't work
> >	model.Background.on_size(self, event) # Nor this
> >  
> >
> 
> >So when I want to respond to an event but then toss the event back up
> >afterward for normal handling, how do I do that?
> >
> >  
> >
>     def on_size(self, event):
>         print self.size, self.c.StaticBox1.size
>         event.skip()
> 
> Actually, event.Skip() also seems to work - not 100% sure which is "correct" :-)
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> 

Re: [Pythoncard-users] Passing an event up to the superclass

[Alex T. <al...@tw...>]

Steve Freitas wrote:

>Hi,
>
>For debugging let's say I put a method "on_size(self, event)" in my
>class, and it prints some stuff. Well, I noticed when playing with
>model.Background.singleItemExpandingSizerLayout(), if I provide an
>on_size(), then the resizing doesn't happen. So I tried...
>
>class Test(model.Background):
>    def on_initialize(self, event):
>        self.singleItemExpandingSizerLayout()
>        
>    def on_size(self, event):
>        print self.size, self.c.StaticBox1.size
>        super(Test, self).on_size(self, event) # This didn't work
>	model.Background.on_size(self, event) # Nor this
>  
>

>So when I want to respond to an event but then toss the event back up
>afterward for normal handling, how do I do that?
>
>  
>
    def on_size(self, event):
        print self.size, self.c.StaticBox1.size
        event.skip()

Actually, event.Skip() also seems to work - not 100% sure which is "correct" :-)



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[Pythoncard-users] Passing an event up to the superclass

[Steve F. <sf...@ih...>]

Hi,

For debugging let's say I put a method "on_size(self, event)" in my
class, and it prints some stuff. Well, I noticed when playing with
model.Background.singleItemExpandingSizerLayout(), if I provide an
on_size(), then the resizing doesn't happen. So I tried...

class Test(model.Background):
    def on_initialize(self, event):
        self.singleItemExpandingSizerLayout()
        
    def on_size(self, event):
        print self.size, self.c.StaticBox1.size
        super(Test, self).on_size(self, event) # This didn't work
	model.Background.on_size(self, event) # Nor this

The exception for either approach is this:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/PythonCard/model.py", line 884,
in _dispatch
    handler(background, aWxEvent)
  File "test.py", line 16, in on_size
    super(Test, self).on_size(self, event)
AttributeError: 'super' object has no attribute 'on_size'

And I guess that's because the superclass handles events by means other
than prefab methods?

So when I want to respond to an event but then toss the event back up
afterward for normal handling, how do I do that?

Thanks!

Steve

Re: [Pythoncard-users] Overriding event delivery

[Steve F. <sf...@ih...>]

On Tue, 2006-07-04 at 12:43 -0500, Brad Allen wrote:
> I have encountered one problem with this approach, though.
> If the user closes the window while the cursor is still in one
> of the fields, that field never fires on_closeField.  Using
> on_loseFocus never occurred to me; I'll try it and see if
> that eliminates the problem.

Thanks for the tips. on_loseFocus does get called when the window
closes, at least for me under Linux.

Steve

Re: [Pythoncard-users] Overriding event delivery

[Kevin A. <al...@se...>]

On Jul 4, 2006, at 10:43 AM, Brad Allen wrote:

>
> At 12:24 AM -0700 7/4/06, Steve Freitas wrote:
>> Ah ha! That'd be on_loseFocus().
>>
>> Heh, thanks for such a nice framework.
>
> There is also on_closeField; here is how I do it:
>
> def on_closeField (self, event):
>      component = event.target
>
> This handler usually goes into a custom event mixin class which
> all my Background and PageBackground classes inherit from.
>
> I have encountered one problem with this approach, though.
> If the user closes the window while the cursor is still in one
> of the fields, that field never fires on_closeField.  Using
> on_loseFocus never occurred to me; I'll try it and see if
> that eliminates the problem.
>
> For a workaround, I handle on_close in my event mixin class,
> and check each field for the given window to see if it differs
> from the associated 'model' object.

Sadly, when an application is exiting is troublesome time for event  
dispatch due to race conditions and wanting to avoid crashes due to  
referencing C++ objects that have already been destroyed. In  
addition, the order of events is probably still slightly different on  
the three platforms, so extensive testing is needed if you want to  
work everywhere. There is a testevents sample application that you  
can muck around with to get a better feel for what events happens  
when. Due to how events are bound and unbound at application startup  
and exit, the message watcher doesn't work very well for these  
special cases so you're best off just printing to the console.

ka

Re: [Pythoncard-users] Overriding event delivery

[Brad A. <bra...@ma...>]

At 12:24 AM -0700 7/4/06, Steve Freitas wrote:
>Ah ha! That'd be on_loseFocus().
>
>Heh, thanks for such a nice framework.

There is also on_closeField; here is how I do it:

def on_closeField (self, event):
     component = event.target

This handler usually goes into a custom event mixin class which
all my Background and PageBackground classes inherit from.

I have encountered one problem with this approach, though.
If the user closes the window while the cursor is still in one
of the fields, that field never fires on_closeField.  Using
on_loseFocus never occurred to me; I'll try it and see if
that eliminates the problem.

For a workaround, I handle on_close in my event mixin class,
and check each field for the given window to see if it differs
from the associated 'model' object.

Re: [Pythoncard-users] Overriding event delivery

[Steve F. <sf...@ih...>]

Ah ha! That'd be on_loseFocus().

Heh, thanks for such a nice framework.

Steve

On Mon, 2006-07-03 at 23:57 -0700, Steve Freitas wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've got to put together a number of pages with a lot of text fields,
> the contents of which need to be saved as soon as they're changed, and
> I'd like to avoid writing a lot of boilerplate
> on_textFieldName_loseFocus() events.
> 
> So I'd like to modify the event dispatch so that whenever a text field
> loses focus, PythonCard will call a single, particular function within
> the page's object with that event, such as
> handleAllTextFieldsLosingFocus(self, event). Then at that point I can
> inspect the field using event.target and do my saving.
> 
> Is there a better way of doing this then mucking around with the event
> dispatch system? Otherwise I'd guess subclassing Scriptable is probably
> the right direction?
> 
> Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
> 
> Steve
> 
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[Pythoncard-users] Overriding event delivery

[Steve F. <sf...@ih...>]

Hi,

I've got to put together a number of pages with a lot of text fields,
the contents of which need to be saved as soon as they're changed, and
I'd like to avoid writing a lot of boilerplate
on_textFieldName_loseFocus() events.

So I'd like to modify the event dispatch so that whenever a text field
loses focus, PythonCard will call a single, particular function within
the page's object with that event, such as
handleAllTextFieldsLosingFocus(self, event). Then at that point I can
inspect the field using event.target and do my saving.

Is there a better way of doing this then mucking around with the event
dispatch system? Otherwise I'd guess subclassing Scriptable is probably
the right direction?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Steve

Re: [Pythoncard-users] Why so slow?

[<kc1...@ya...>]

Alex Tweedly wrote:
> I don't think so. As far as I can see, PythonCard
simply calls the 
> wxPython function AppendItems, which in turn simply
calls the wxWidgets 
> (i.e. c++) function of the same name - so unless I'm
misreading it, 
> there's nothing obvious to be done.
> 
> Obligatory annoying question : is a UI with 10000
items in a ComboBox 
> really usable ?
> 

I am just being lazy about it.  There are obviously
better ways of designing the UI to rearrange things. 
But I didn't think 10000 items is such a big task for
today's machines.

> Only slightly less annoying question : could you use
a List instead of a 
> ComboBox ?
>   (10000 elements in a list takes < 1 sec on my slow
laptop)
> 

Thanks, I will try that.  That's the kind of
performance I would have expected.


> 




> kc1...@ya... wrote:
> 
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I have a need to set up a selection list and I am
>> using a simple statement like:
>>
>> self.components.cbxMyComboBox.items=items
>>
>> where items is a list of selection items.
>>
>> The problem is that when the size of items gets to
be
>> very large (like 10000), it takes *forever* to run.
However, a 
>> non-pythoncard type assign takes no time at
>> all (like abc_list = items).
>>
>> I am assuming that Pythoncard needs to actually
*copy*
>> the list whereas the simple assignment is only an
>> address assignment (alas pointer).
>>
>> Is there anyway to improve the performance?
>>  
>>


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Re: [Pythoncard-users] Why so slow?

[Alex T. <al...@tw...>]

kc1...@ya... wrote:

>Hi list,
>
>I have a need to set up a selection list and I am
>using a simple statement like:
>
>self.components.cbxMyComboBox.items=items
>
>where items is a list of selection items.
>
>The problem is that when the size of items gets to be
>very large (like 10000), it takes *forever* to run. 
>However, a non-pythoncard type assign takes no time at
>all (like abc_list = items).
>
>I am assuming that Pythoncard needs to actually *copy*
>the list whereas the simple assignment is only an
>address assignment (alas pointer).
>
>Is there anyway to improve the performance?
>  
>
I don't think so. As far as I can see, PythonCard simply calls the 
wxPython function AppendItems, which in turn simply calls the wxWidgets 
(i.e. c++) function of the same name - so unless I'm misreading it, 
there's nothing obvious to be done.

Obligatory annoying question : is a UI with 10000 items in a ComboBox 
really usable ?

Only slightly less annoying question : could you use a List instead of a 
ComboBox ?
   (10000 elements in a list takes < 1 sec on my slow laptop)


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[Pythoncard-users] Why so slow?

[<kc1...@ya...>]

Hi list,

I have a need to set up a selection list and I am
using a simple statement like:

self.components.cbxMyComboBox.items=items

where items is a list of selection items.

The problem is that when the size of items gets to be
very large (like 10000), it takes *forever* to run. 
However, a non-pythoncard type assign takes no time at
all (like abc_list = items).

I am assuming that Pythoncard needs to actually *copy*
the list whereas the simple assignment is only an
address assignment (alas pointer).

Is there anyway to improve the performance?

Regards,


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Re: [Pythoncard-users] How do I activate the tools?

[Phil E. <ph...@li...>]

On Tuesday 27 Jun 2006 21:24, KC wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> How do I activate the tools (such as the message
> watcehr)?  The on-line doc at
> http://pythoncard.sourceforge.net/framework/runtime_tools.html
> only says "command-line switch in parens" with no
> example code on how to activate them.
>
> Could somebody please help?
>

Hi John:

If you open up the resourceEditor and click File --> Run options, you'll see 
the available command-line switches. You can either select one or more of 
these from within the resource editor and they will be applied when you click 
File --> Run, or you can use them on a regular command line.

So, in your specific example, you would use something like this on the command 
line:

python helloworld.py -m

Hope this helps.

> Thanks,
>
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Re: [Pythoncard-users] Error when running my App

[Lance H. <lh...@ha...>]

Hi Alex


> If it were me, I'd try adding the line
>    print self.selected, self.components.serverList.items
> immediately before line 111, and see what that tells me. Is the index 
> reasonable ?  Are all the list items you expected in there ?
yes I do have a "0" in front of the list but otherwise the list shows up 
fine.

> If that doesn't help, feel free to send the code to me at 
> al...@tw... and I'll take a look.
>
Thanks I will.
> btw - why  "int()" in   
> self.components.serverList._setSelection(int(self.selected))     ?
> Whatever is in self.selected ought to be an integer index already 
> before this call can work ?
I remove the int section and it was redundant thanks for noticing.
>
> Come to think of it, why call _setSelection directly ?
> Would it not be better to do    self.components.serverList.selection = 
> self.selected
It probably would be.

99% of the code in this app was reused code from the custdb example that 
Juergen Rauch wrote.

I just manipulated the code to do what I wanted.

So probably it is not right for what I want to do. I appreciate the help.

Thanks

Lance

Re: [Pythoncard-users] Error when running my App

[Alex T. <al...@tw...>]

Lance Haig wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I get the attached error when I click on the button to create a new 
> server.
>
> I am willing to share the code if it will help diagnose this problem 
> and show my bad code:-)
>
If it were me, I'd try adding the line
    print self.selected, self.components.serverList.items
immediately before line 111, and see what that tells me. Is the index 
reasonable ?  Are all the list items you expected in there ?

If that doesn't help, feel free to send the code to me at 
al...@tw... and I'll take a look.

btw - why  "int()" in   self.components.serverList._setSelection(int(self.selected))     ?
Whatever is in self.selected ought to be an integer index already before this call can work ?

Come to think of it, why call _setSelection directly ?
Would it not be better to do 
    self.components.serverList.selection = self.selected


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[Pythoncard-users] Error when running my App

[Lance H. <lh...@ha...>]

Hi,

I get the attached error when I click on the button to create a new server.

I am willing to share the code if it will help diagnose this problem and 
show my bad code:-)

Lance

Re: [Pythoncard-users] py2exe error

[Luis M. G. <lu...@gm...>]

Thank you Alex!

As you said, I got a lot of error messages until I included every single =
component in "from Pythoncard.components import...".
If anyone is in the same situation, please bear in mind that all the =
components must be writen in lowercase in the import statement (it's =
"staticbox", not "StaticBox").

For example:

    from PythonCard.components import statictext, imagebutton, =
textfield, textarea, list, etc...


Now it works!

Thanks again! I'm so happy...

Luis


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  From: Alex Tweedly=20
  To: Luis M. Gonzalez=20
  Cc: pyt...@li...=20
  Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 9:42 PM
  Subject: Re: [Pythoncard-users] py2exe error


  Luis M. Gonzalez wrote:=20
    Hi there,

    I want to build an ".exe" for a Pythoncard app, but I always get the =
following log:

    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "imc.pyw", line 43, in ?
      File "PythonCard\model.pyc", line 337, in __init__
      File "PythonCard\resource.pyc", line 48, in getResource
      File "PythonCard\resource.pyc", line 86, in __init__
      File "PythonCard\resource.pyc", line 91, in __init__
      File "PythonCard\resource.pyc", line 91, in __init__
      File "PythonCard\resource.pyc", line 96, in __init__
      File "PythonCard\resource.pyc", line 139, in enforceSpec
      File "PythonCard\resource.pyc", line 30, in loadComponentModule
    ImportError: cannot import module 'image

    I tried using the option "--excludes=3DImage", but the problem =
persists.
    What else can I do?

  The problem is that your app uses the PythonCard 'image' component - =
but py2exe hasn't realized that the component was needed. py2exe tries =
to figure out which files are imported in order to include them - but =
won't succeed with PythonCard components because they are not imported =
directly, but rather through the resource.py and the resource file.

  (that may not be a perfect explanation - see the section on "Resolving =
import errors" in http://pythoncard.sourceforge.net/standalone.html )

  easiest fix is to add  =20
  from PythonCard.components import image
  to your app's main .py file. That will almost certainly then result in =
a similar error message, for each of the rest of the component types =
used - so you could short-circuit that by making it be
  from PythonCard.components import image, button, textfield, ...
  listing all the component types used in your resource file.


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Re: [Pythoncard-users] py2exe error

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[Pythoncard-users] py2exe error

[Luis M. G. <lu...@gm...>]

Hi there,

I want to build an ".exe" for a Pythoncard app, but I always get the =
following log:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "imc.pyw", line 43, in ?
  File "PythonCard\model.pyc", line 337, in __init__
  File "PythonCard\resource.pyc", line 48, in getResource
  File "PythonCard\resource.pyc", line 86, in __init__
  File "PythonCard\resource.pyc", line 91, in __init__
  File "PythonCard\resource.pyc", line 91, in __init__
  File "PythonCard\resource.pyc", line 96, in __init__
  File "PythonCard\resource.pyc", line 139, in enforceSpec
  File "PythonCard\resource.pyc", line 30, in loadComponentModule
ImportError: cannot import module 'image

I tried using the option "--excludes=3DImage", but the problem persists.
What else can I do?

Luis

Re: [Pythoncard-users] Can't drag buttons in resourceEditor

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Re: [Pythoncard-users] Can't drag buttons in resourceEditor

[Steve F. <sf...@ih...>]

Phil's reply summed it up quite well. I've done some more
experimentation and my results match his. Based on your note I tried
layoutEditor, but for some reason the keys don't work in there, though
the manual move control (the four buttoms arranged like a compass) seems
to work just fine.

I'll just press on with whatever tools work for whatever editor I'm
using. :-) Thanks.

Steve

On Tue, 2006-06-27 at 11:04 +0100, Alex Tweedly wrote:
> Steve Freitas wrote:
> 
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I apologize if this is a known issue, but after some Googling I haven't
> >been able to find any mention of it. For some reason I can't seem to
> >drag buttons around in the resourceEditor. I'm in the tutorial stage so
> >I'm only using TextFields besides, but they drag fine. So with buttons
> >I'm forced to use the resize controls to put them where I want, ouch.
> >Any suggestions would be appreciated. I'm using 0.8.2 with Python 2.3 on
> >Debian Sid.
> >  
> >
> No, it's not a known issue - you should be able to drag buttons (and 
> indeed all components around).
> 
> Unfortunately I don't have access to any Linux, so can't check them (it 
> does work OK on WinXP and OSX).
> Can you tell me exactly what does happen when you try to drag a button ?
> 
> For example, on Win XP, it is ....
>   position the mouse (ok, the cursor) inside the button
>   depress the left button
>        (the sizing handles disappear)
>   move the mouse
>         (the dashed-line rectangle outline appears and moves with the mouse)
>   release the left button
>         (rectangle disappears, button itself + sizing handles is drawn 
> in new location
> 
> Do your see the sizing handles disappear ?
> 
> Do you have the same problem with other component types ?
> Other Linux users - do you see the same problem ?
> 
> 
> btw Steve, although the tutorial still uses the (old) resourceEditor, 
> there is also a newer version called layoutEditor) in the same 
> directory. It has a number of useful new features (all fairly apparent 
> and obvious) , so you may want to switch to it at some point. I wouldn't 
> expect it to help with this problem though - the component moving code 
> is, as far as I remember, pretty much unchanged.
> 
> Also, until we get to the bottom of it, it may be easier to use the 
> arrow keys to move the buttons - arrow keys should move the component by 
> 1 pixel, shift-arrow should move it by "grid-size" pixels
> 
> -- 
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> 
> 
> 

[Pythoncard-users] How do I activate the tools?

[KC <kim...@ya...>]

Hi all,

How do I activate the tools (such as the message
watcehr)?  The on-line doc at
http://pythoncard.sourceforge.net/framework/runtime_tools.html
only says "command-line switch in parens" with no
example code on how to activate them.

Could somebody please help?

Thanks,

--
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Re: [Pythoncard-users] Can't drag buttons in resourceEditor

[Phil E. <ph...@li...>]

On Tuesday 27 Jun 2006 11:04, Alex Tweedly wrote:
> >Any suggestions would be appreciated. I'm using 0.8.2 with Python 2.3 on
> >Debian Sid.
>
> No, it's not a known issue - you should be able to drag buttons (and
> indeed all components around).
>

I seem to recall Kevin and I trying to figure this out a while ago. We didn't 
get very far, other than to work out that the drag events were being 
generated, but nothing else was happening with them within wx. Kevin 
exchanged some e-mails with Robin and it all went quiet after that. This is 
all from memory, so that may not be the whole story... :-)

I tend to use the cursor keys to move components around in the resourceEditor, 
so not being able to drag buttons doesn't cause me personally any huge 
problems. To be honest, I've got so used to doing this now, I don't even 
think about it any more.

> Unfortunately I don't have access to any Linux, so can't check them (it
> does work OK on WinXP and OSX).

Alex, if it would help, I *may* be able to get you set up with a Linux machine 
you can access remotely if you want to look into this, I guess it depends on 
how comfortable you are in a Linux/UNIX environment.

> Can you tell me exactly what does happen when you try to drag a button ?
>
> For example, on Win XP, it is ....
>   position the mouse (ok, the cursor) inside the button
>   depress the left button
>        (the sizing handles disappear)
>   move the mouse
>         (the dashed-line rectangle outline appears and moves with the
> mouse) release the left button
>         (rectangle disappears, button itself + sizing handles is drawn
> in new location
>

On my laptop (Mandriva Linux LE2005, Python 2.4, wxPython 2.6.1.0, Pythoncard 
0.8.2) I see the following:

Position the mouse inside the button
Depress left mouse button, sizing handles don't appear
Release left mouse button, sizing handles appear
Depress left mouse button, sizing handles disappear, dashed-line outline 
appears
move mouse with left button held down, mouse pointer moves outside of the 
button, dashed-line outline is still visible, button doesn't move

> Do your see the sizing handles disappear ?
>
> Do you have the same problem with other component types ?
> Other Linux users - do you see the same problem ?
>

Components that can be dragged:
bitmapcanvas
calendar
codeeditor
combobox
floatcanvas
gauge
htmlwindow
image
multicolumnlist
notebook
passwordfield
radiogroup
slider
spinner
staticbox
staticline
statictext
textarea
textfield
tree

Components that can't be dragged:
button
checkbox
choice
imagebutton
list [* see note below]
togglebutton

With the list component, I find that I can't click to select it within the 
resource editor. The sizing handles do not appear, and the only way to select 
it (i.e. to make the sizing handles appear) is by using the resource editor 
property window.

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Phil Edwards
Brighton, UK

Re: [Pythoncard-users] Can't drag buttons in resourceEditor

[Alex T. <al...@tw...>]

Steve Freitas wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I apologize if this is a known issue, but after some Googling I haven't
>been able to find any mention of it. For some reason I can't seem to
>drag buttons around in the resourceEditor. I'm in the tutorial stage so
>I'm only using TextFields besides, but they drag fine. So with buttons
>I'm forced to use the resize controls to put them where I want, ouch.
>Any suggestions would be appreciated. I'm using 0.8.2 with Python 2.3 on
>Debian Sid.
>  
>
No, it's not a known issue - you should be able to drag buttons (and 
indeed all components around).

Unfortunately I don't have access to any Linux, so can't check them (it 
does work OK on WinXP and OSX).
Can you tell me exactly what does happen when you try to drag a button ?

For example, on Win XP, it is ....
  position the mouse (ok, the cursor) inside the button
  depress the left button
       (the sizing handles disappear)
  move the mouse
        (the dashed-line rectangle outline appears and moves with the mouse)
  release the left button
        (rectangle disappears, button itself + sizing handles is drawn 
in new location

Do your see the sizing handles disappear ?

Do you have the same problem with other component types ?
Other Linux users - do you see the same problem ?


btw Steve, although the tutorial still uses the (old) resourceEditor, 
there is also a newer version called layoutEditor) in the same 
directory. It has a number of useful new features (all fairly apparent 
and obvious) , so you may want to switch to it at some point. I wouldn't 
expect it to help with this problem though - the component moving code 
is, as far as I remember, pretty much unchanged.

Also, until we get to the bottom of it, it may be easier to use the 
arrow keys to move the buttons - arrow keys should move the component by 
1 pixel, shift-arrow should move it by "grid-size" pixels

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[Pythoncard-users] Can't drag buttons in resourceEditor

[Steve F. <sf...@ih...>]

Hi all,

I apologize if this is a known issue, but after some Googling I haven't
been able to find any mention of it. For some reason I can't seem to
drag buttons around in the resourceEditor. I'm in the tutorial stage so
I'm only using TextFields besides, but they drag fine. So with buttons
I'm forced to use the resize controls to put them where I want, ouch.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. I'm using 0.8.2 with Python 2.3 on
Debian Sid.

Thanks,

Steve

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