[Gambas-user] Custom controls, Non-String arrays in the IDE

[Bruce Steers]

On Mon, 15 Aug 2022 at 09:13, Bruce Steers <bsteers4 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, 10 Aug 2022 at 15:26, Benoit Minisini <
> benoit.minisini at gambas-basic.org> wrote:
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>> > Could you implement Array type? like my first idea of using the
>> existing
>> > String[] editor to edit then converting the strings to respective types?
>> > And possibly a more complicated Color[] type to set multiple colors?
>> > Dang, in my head this just got a lot more complicated :-\
>> >
>> >
>> > Many thanks
>> > BruceS
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>> Let's put the usefullness of flashy gradient buttons aside. What you
>> would need is actually a brush, not a gradient. The gradient is just a
>> particular case of a brush.
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>> And editing a brush (or any other complex property) in the form editor
>> needs:
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>> 1) An IDE internal string representation of the property.
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>> 2) A method in the Gambas component that converts that string into the
>> real object, making that internal string representation part of the
>> public API.
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>> 3) The corresponding property editor in the IDE.
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>> 4) The code that deals with the property kind in the form loading
>> routine, saving routine, setting and getting property routines.
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>> If you don't understand, look how the Font property kind is handled.
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>> Implementing all that is not a five minutes job (hopefully the brush
>> editor already exists in some way for the Report forms), and I usually
>> do it when it's really useful. Anyway I can't do it now.
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> I had a better idea (much simpler)
> https://gitlab.com/bsteers4/gambas/-/commits/property-choosers
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> There i have added a popup menu to the lstValue listbox that lets you run
> various choosers for colors (string or integer) , fonts,  pictures and
> file/dir paths. (all i could think of would be useful)
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> It seemed a much easier solution and fixes my needs :)
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> Not sure if popup menu was the best way to implement it but works cool,
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> Only downside is you cannot see the actual colors just the strings but
> that's okay.
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> Respects
> BruceS
>

Works like this...
http://bws.org.uk/img/screenrecord-2022-08-15_09.14.22.mp4
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