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Re: [Tile-dev] New feature: ttk::dialog
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From: Damon C. <da...@tc...> - 2005-07-21 01:19:27
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Also. If you give the user the ability to add widgets in a client frame, maybe they want to do something with them after the user has clicked a button. If I put a combobox inside the client frame, but you destroy the window the minute they hit a button, I may not be able to get the value that was in the combo when they clicked. Yes, I know, I can use a -textvariable on the combobox, but you get the jist. Damon > You have to make the destruction determined by the user. The reason is > that error checks should be performed before action is completed, if a > check fails, the dialog box should stay; reconstructing it would cause > unnecessary flashing and additional "failure" dialog boxes are just > super annoying or, if used, should be layered on top of the original > dialog box anyway. > > IMO > -Brian > > Joe English wrote: > >>New in CVS: [ttk::dialog]. Documentation here: >> >> <URL: http://tktable.sourceforge.net/tile/doc/dialog.html > >> >>Please review. >> >>This is similar to [tk_messageBox], with a few notable differences: >> >> + [ttk::dialog $dlg ...] constructs the dialog $dlg, maps it, >> and returns immediately; [tk_messageDialog ...] blocks until >> the dialog is dismissed. >> >> + [tk_messageDialog] returns the button name to the caller >> after dismissing the dialog; [ttk::dialog] passes the button >> name to a callback procedure specified by the -command option. >> >>(Rationale: it's easy to build a blocking API on top of a >>nonbocking one, but not the other way around. I haven't done >>the blocking API yet.) >> >> + There is no -parent option; instead, [ttk::dialog]s are >> made transient for the nearest [toplevel] ancestor widget. >> >> + [ttk::dialog]s are nonmodal. >> >> + [ttk::dialog]s use the KDE / Win2K / XP layout style >> instead of the older Motif/Windows 3.1/CUA style. >> Gnome / Aqua - style button layouts are not (yet) supported. >> >>[ttk::dialog] supports the same set of predefined dialog '-type's [*], >>but also allows an arbitrary user-specified list of '-button's >>It also provides a "client frame" where the caller can add additional >>widgets for further customization. There (will also be) a mechanism >>(undocumented, not fully worked out) for defining new '-icon's >>or theme/application-specific versions of the built-in ones. >> >>I've been using this interface for a while and am fairly happy >>with it; a few things that should probably be changed though: >> >> + [ttk::dialog]s are "self-destructing" -- when the user >> presses a command button, the dialog is destroyed. It >> might be preferable to withdraw the window instead. >> >> + There should be an option to make [ttk::dialog]s modal. >> (I don't think this should be the default, though, mostly >> because of the all-around evilness of [grab].) >> >> + Possibly: an option for persistent dialogs, i.e., >> ones that don't automatically dismiss themselves when >> a command button is pressed. >> >>Other missing features/possible enhancements are listed in TODO >>notes at the top of library/dialog.tcl. >> >> >>--Joe English >> >> jen...@fl... >> >>[*] Except for '-type abortretryignore', which has been omitted >> for obvious reasons. >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------- >>SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies >>from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, >>informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to >>speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click >>_______________________________________________ >>Tktable-tile-dev mailing list >>Tkt...@li... >>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tktable-tile-dev >> >> >> > > -- > # 12th Annual Tcl/Tk Conference: Oct 24-28, 2005, Portland OR > # http://www.tcl.tk/community/tcl2005 > ------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Mentor Graphics Corp. -- > -- 8005 SW Boeckman Road 503.685.7000 tel -- > -- Wilsonville, OR 97070 USA 503.685.0921 fax -- > ------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Technical support ............ mailto:su...@mo... -- > -- Sales and marketing info ....... mailto:sa...@mo... -- > -- Licensing .................... mailto:li...@mo... -- > -- Home Page ........................ http://www.model.com -- > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies > from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, > informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to > speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Tktable-tile-dev mailing list > Tkt...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tktable-tile-dev > |
