Re: Important changes in the last commit that may break things

[Linus <olivier.cruilles@xxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

Just curiosity, how this idea came to you to rounded all corners in the toolkit ?


Olivier

> Le 2 mai 2025 à 18:34, Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
> 
> Hi,
> 
> The last commits introduce big changes that may break the look of your application and make you cry.
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> I added two new properties in the Style class, 'BackgroundShape' and 'SelectionShape', to define the roundness of the background and selection frames. From fully square to very round.
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> Now I'm modyfing the controls so that they follow these properties.
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> I added two options in the IDE that allow to change these properties on the fly.
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> I rewrote all containers of the 'Panel' family in Gambas too. And let 'Panel' use the new background system when its Border property is 'Raised', 'Sunken' or 'Etched'. Not very backward-compatible I admit.
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> The implementation of round borders is very tricky, as toolkits mostly don't support that (parent controls always clip their children with rectangles).
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> All that is work in progress, and may change a lot. But I wanted you to see that as early as possible so that I can have your remarks and questions before disrupting everything.
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> Once done, the second step may be written some new controls that mimic the ones made by the Gnome project in libadwaita.
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> That way, you will be able to write applications with the 'Gnome' look as well as with the 'KDE' look with Gambas.
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> Regards,
> 
> -- 
> Benoît Minisini.
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