Re: [Tile-dev] Release plans

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

Joey Mukherjee wrote:
> On Oct 1, 2006, at 3:15 AM, Joe English wrote:
> > The exceptions: by popular demand, [ttk::paned] will be
> > renamed [ttk::panedwindow]; and as long as we're doing
> > that [ttk::progressbar] will become [ttk::progress] too.
>
> Was ttk::progress really popularly demanded?  IMHO, ttk::progressbar
> is a better name for the same reasons I think panedwindow is a better
> name.

Main reason for the name change is that it's not
always a bar -- different styles can support different
appearances (OSX-style "chasing arrows", browser-style
"download in progress" throbbers, a "copying file"
animation, ...).  It might end up as two widgets,
a general-purpose ttk::progress widget and a
specialized ttk::progressbar ...

Other opinions?

> I never saw a response to the ttk::toplevel question?  Is that going
> to be standard?  I saw a bug report on sourceforge, but no real
> resolution and it only mentioned Aqua.  In addition to Aqua, on
> Solaris, mixing a toplevel and tile widgets look awful.

Sorry, I started writing up a response but never got
around to finishing it.  Short answer: No, not in 0.7.8.

There might be a [ttk::toplevel] in a future release,
but the implementation will involve more changes
than just embedding a ttk::frame in the background.

It won't have -highlightcolor, -highlightbackground,
or -highlightthickness options; -padx/-pady will be
replaced with -padding; the -colormap and -visual options
definitely have to go; ditto -use and -container.

It needs the standard -style option, plus 'state' and
'instate' methods.  It also ought to have '-title',
'-icon', '-iconname' options; a '-closecommand' option;
and 'show' and 'hide' methods (i.e., most of the
things that are currently handled by [wm].)

So no, not in 0.7.8.


--Joe English

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