[Gambas-user] DatePicker and MessageLabel were disabled in revision #3084

[EA7DFH]

El 02/08/10 19:37, Benoît Minisini escribió:
>>    El 01/08/10 16:37, Benoît Minisini escribió:
>>
>> El 01/08/10 02:11, Benoît Minisini escribió:
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> As the subject said, I have disabled DatePicker and MessageLabel in the
>> gb.form component, to see if someone use them.
>>
>> These controls have problems, especially the DatePicker, and if their
>> creator want to fix them, they should tell me. Otherwise they may be
>> removed, or rewritten if I have time and someone really needs them.
>>
>> In the same revision, you can add close buttons to TabStrip tabs, as
>> someone asked recently.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>>  I use a custom DatePicker (based on DateChooser) extensively in my
>> applications in Gambas2, I don't want it to disappear as a control when
>> I begin migrating to Gambas3, as it saves a lot of code and it's a
>> handsome control.
>>
>> So, please do not remove it... ;-)
>>
>>
>> The DatePicker has many problems, so something must be done!
>>
>>
>>
>>    I could not find the code for this widget. Where is located in the
>> (trunk) source code?
>>    And, what are the *many* known problems?
>>    Regards
>> --
>> Jesus, EA7DFH
>>     
> Beside the code that is not very clean, the main problem is the lack of true 
> popup mamangement.
>   

> I am currently implementing a "ShowPopup" method that allow using a form as a 
> popup, and I have written a control named "DateBox" with it, that will replace 
> the DatePicker.
>   

Sounds good. Many thanks for it. -the future Datebox :-))

Just for curiosity, this popup is a kind of floating panel in QT4?

If yes, could it be detached from its parent? Well, you know what I
mean: docking panels.

> At the moment, the problem is GTK+, which has no easy support for popups, so a 
> lot of elbow grease and quick & dirty hacks are needed...
>
> Regards,
>
>   
I'm afraid I can not help you with that...

Regards,

-- 
Jesus, EA7DFH