Re: [Tile-dev] Progress bars

[Joe E. <jen...@fl...>]

Michael Kirkham wrote:

> Would step take an optional argument for the step size?

Yes -- the full synopsis is:

| pathName step ?amount?
|    Increments the -value by amount. amount defaults to 1.0 if omitted.

> What's the
> default increment given that the current default range is 0-1?  Or would
> you make the default step 1, and change the default range to be 0-100?  Or
> add a -stepsize option?

The default -maximum is 100.  That's somewhat arbitrary --
1.0 would be more logical from a mathematical point of view --
but 100% will probably be used more often than any other
arbitrary number I can think of.

> > We could just hardcode this -- pick a value and say "indeterminate
> > progress bars complete one cycle each time the value increments by 100"
> > or something like that.  But for now I'm inclined to use a "-mode"
> > option.
>
> To do that the cap that forces -from <= -value <= -to will have to be
> lifted.

As currently specified, animation is active if:

    (theme supports it) && (-value > 0)
 && (-mode == indeterminate || -value < -maximum)


--Joe English

  jen...@fl...