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Home » U++ Library support » Look and Chameleon Technology » FEATURE_REQUEST: SliderCtrl to have WhenClick
FEATURE_REQUEST: SliderCtrl to have WhenClick [message #23454] Tue, 20 October 2009 23:24 Go to next message
nixnixnix is currently offline  nixnixnix
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Hi,

I would like the user to be able to move a slider very accurately using the cursor keys. I realise only one slider can use the WantFocus method in the toolbar and so I was looking to be able to switch focus depending on which slider the user had last clicked on.

Is there a reason why all Ctrls can't throw all the WhenX methods?

Also, it would be cool (for me at least) if the slider control could have a text control readout of its current position perhaps in place of either the top or bottom half of its handle.

Also, it would be useful for me if instead of a step size, I could program the slider to have a series of discrete values.

I realise these maybe should all be separate feature requests but they are all connected for me and I didn't want to spam the forum.

Cheers,

Nick

[Updated on: Tue, 20 October 2009 23:26]

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Re: FEATURE_REQUEST: SliderCtrl to have WhenClick [message #23482 is a reply to message #23454] Thu, 22 October 2009 15:58 Go to previous messageGo to next message
mrjt is currently offline  mrjt
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I can't comment on why Ctrl don't have more default actions, but everything you want can be done easily using a composite control:
class KeySlider : public Ctrl
{
	typedef KeySlider CLASSNAME;
private:
	struct ClickSlider : public SliderCtrl {
		Callback WhenClick;
		virtual void LeftUp(Point p, dword keyflags) {
			SliderCtrl::LeftUp(p, keyflags);	
			WhenClick();
		}
	};
	ClickSlider ctrl;
	Label label;
	Vector<Value> keys;

	void UpdateSlider();
	void Click() const							 { WhenClick(); }
	virtual void Updated()						 { label.SetLabel(AsString(GetData())); }
public:
	Callback WhenClick;
	
	KeySlider();
	
	virtual void LeftUp(Point p, dword keyflags) { Click(); }

	KeySlider &Add(Value v)	{ keys.Add(v); UpdateSlider(); return *this; }
	void Remove(int i)	{ keys.Remove(i); UpdateSlider(); }
	int  GetCount() const;
	
	void SetLabelWidth(int cx);
	
	virtual Value GetData() const { return keys.GetCount() ? keys[(int)~ctrl] : Value(); }
	virtual void SetData(const Value& data);
};

KeySlider::KeySlider()
{
	Transparent(true);
	SetLabelWidth(32);
	UpdateSlider();
	ctrl.WhenClick = THISBACK(Click);
	ctrl <<= THISBACK(UpdateAction);
}

void KeySlider::SetLabelWidth(int cx)
{
	Ctrl::Add(ctrl.VSizePosZ().HSizePosZ(0, cx+2));
	Ctrl::Add(label.VSizePosZ().RightPosZ(0, cx));
}

void KeySlider::UpdateSlider()
{
	ctrl.Enable(keys.GetCount());	
	if (!keys.GetCount())
		return;
	ctrl.MinMax(0, keys.GetCount()-1);
	if (IsNull(~ctrl))
		ctrl <<= 0;
	Updated();
}

void KeySlider::SetData(const Value& data)
{
	int ix = FindIndex(keys, data);
	if (ix >= 0)
		ctrl <<= ix;
}

Because it uses key values you can do things like:
slider.Add("A").Add("B").Add("C").Add("D").Add("E").Add("F").Add("G");


And when I want to add WhenClick or WhenKey events to Ctrls I usually just use a simple template that overloads the event handling function.
Re: FEATURE_REQUEST: SliderCtrl to have WhenClick [message #23487 is a reply to message #23454] Thu, 22 October 2009 22:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
mirek is currently offline  mirek
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I have looked into the issue and came to conclusion that SliderCtrl needs a call to SetWantFocus in LeftDown (I have also improved focus visuals in the process).

-> All you need to do now is to call WantFocus for your slider.

Mirek
Re: FEATURE_REQUEST: SliderCtrl to have WhenClick [message #23655 is a reply to message #23487] Wed, 11 November 2009 03:54 Go to previous message
nixnixnix is currently offline  nixnixnix
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Location: Kelowna, British Columbia
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Thanks James and Mirek,

I'll download the latest SVN and see how I get on.

Cheers,

Nick
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