Re: [Tile-dev] Widget 'identify' methods

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

Jeff Hobbs wrote:
> Joe English wrote:
> > Recently, Pat added an "identify" method to all Tile widgets
> > that previously lacked one.  Usage is: [$w identify $x $y],
> > which returns the name of the element at $x,$y.  This is useful
>
> Maybe 'element' would be a better name them?

The core [scrollbar], [scale], and [spinbox] widgets
all have "identify" methods that mean essentially
the same thing as the Tile versions (that's where
the name came from...)

The [panedwindow] 'identify x y' method returns a two-element
list (sash index, element under the pointer), so there's
precedent for variant behaviors too.

> > [re: ttk::paned widget]
>
> 2 points - this *really* needs to be renamed ttk::panedwindow [...]

Straw poll: what do others think about this?  Should
[ttk::paned] be renamed?  And if so, is it worth breaking
existing scripts?  (Actually they won't break immediately,
[ttk::deprecated ttk::paned ttk::panedwindow] would be
in effect for a release or two to smooth the transition...)


--Joe English

  jen...@fl...