Re: [Tile-dev] Tree widget API

[Larry M. <lm...@bi...>]

On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 10:36:03AM -0700, Andreas Kupries wrote:
> 
> > > AFAIU tktreectrl is also based on a combination of hierarchy and
> > > multi-column.
> > >
> > > See http://tktreectrl.sourceforge.net/
> > >
> > > However while tktreectrl is a very nice tree widget, very flexible, its
> API
> > > is also quite complicated. A tree as powerful as tktreectrl with a more
> > > rational or understandable API would be my wish.
> >
> > If I recall correctly, tktreectrl had a pretty complicated interface
> > to allow for specifying the elements, options and things of each
> > individual column or row.
> 
> Yep. I did work with it, and the best I could do was to use the demos and
> modify them for what I wanted. Slightly. Part of the problem is that the
> docs do not explain the relations between all the pieces very well either.
> 
> > Since Tile already has a very good system
> > for defining elements of widgets and the like, I'd like to see
> > tktreectrl translated into using the system we already have in place.
> 
> If that is possible, we should go for that, IMHO.
> 
> > The power of the widget is unrivaled in what it does as far as I know.
> > It just needs a lot of work to make it more... Tcl'ish.

I'd love to see this widget integrated.  On the other hand, we have started
playing with the bwidgets tree widget and seems to have a pretty nice API.
Bryan, you want to review your likes/dislikes of each of these?  You've 
used them more than anyone I know.
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