Re: [Tile-dev] Tree widget API

[Brett S. <bre...@ya...>]

--- Larry McVoy <lm...@bi...> wrote:

> 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.

Yes, the Tree widget in BWidgets is nice, but it lacks
the multi-column feature that Joe is proposing. But
yes, looking at the Tree api might be a good starting
point. Might want to look at mclistbox and tablelist
as well for the multi-column api...

I really, really, really, would like to see a
Tree/multicolumn widget!
  
    --brett