[Gambas-user] Message() upgrades/restoration options

[Bruce Steers]

Hi all
I have made a slightly customised version of the Message class and wondered
if there was interest in the new features. (especially Benoits views)

the minor changes are of the following nature...
*Options to restore some old behaviour*
  Message.WindowCloseEnabled to restore close button being cancel
  Message.LeftButtonDefault to restore left hand button having focus

*3 new features.*
Message.Custom() , a more versatile Message function with minimal coding
that will show ANY number of buttons and ANY stock icon image.

Message.ShrinkButtons simply adds AutoResize to all the buttons to improve
the flexibility of being able to use many buttons.

Message.SeparateCancel is just a nice feature i think to make the cancel
button stand out.


Personally i've often wanted that extra 1 or 2 buttons in a message
and allowing any stock icon image was such a tiny bit of code for a great
expansion on variation.

Benoit , the changes in the code are small but the improvement in Message
usability is great.
I understand if you are not interested.
My main drive for doing this is the amount of times i've clicked the
bloomin close window button since it's stopped working, grrrr ;) lol

commit url and message below..

Wishing well
BruceS


https://gitlab.com/bsteers4/gambas/-/commit/0a8525de63d770580c32825f3f8d312ea303036a

[GB.GUI.BASE]
* NEW: Added command Message.Custom(sMessage As String, sButtons As
String[], sStockIcon As String)
  Any number of buttons may be given as String[] and Any stock icon
image name may be given.
* NEW: Static Boolean Property Message.WindowCloseEnabled, Restores
old behaviour of the window close button being cancel/escape.
* NEW: Static Boolean Property Message.LeftButtonDefault, Gives the
left hand button focus instead of the right hand one.
* NEW: Static Boolean Property Message.SeparateCancel , adds a space
between the cancel button and the others.
* NEW: Static Boolean Property Message.ShrinkButtons, Sets AutoResize
on the buttons so they fit their texts
  the normal method is to make All the buttons the same size as the
largest button text.

ANY number of buttons can be entered, it is up to the user to ensure
they do not exceed screen width.
ANY stock icon image name can be given, if not found it falls back to "info"
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