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DropList with "quick trigger option": best way to implement? [message #4909]

Thu, 24 August 2006 22:16

Werner
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I want a DropList which triggers an external action not only when the widget view is clicked (WhenClick) but already when a DropList item is selected (list.WhenSelect).

It is quite easy to achieve this by deriving MyDropList from DropList and overriding Select().

But I don't like this solution. It appears too complicated. Above all good C++ policy forbids to override non-virtual base class functions and Select() is a non-virtual function.

Is there a simpler or at least "cleaner" solution?

Werner

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Re: DropList with "quick trigger option": best way to implement? [message #4915 is a reply to message #4909]

Fri, 25 August 2006 00:21

mirek
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I am not completely sure I understand.

Do you need callback to be invoked when you are goind through the pop-upped list?

Mirek

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Re: DropList with "quick trigger option": best way to implement? [message #4919 is a reply to message #4915]

Fri, 25 August 2006 06:53

Werner
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luzr wrote on Fri, 25 August 2006 00:21

I am not completely sure I understand.

Do you need callback to be invoked when you are goind through the pop-upped list?

Mirek

Not exactly. I want to perform an action as soon as a new item is selected.

For instance think of the "reference / Display" example and imagine the DropList to be near a control in which you can read a text (= target). As soon as an item in the pop-upped list is clicked, the target font should change accordingly. (Normal behavior is that clicking one item of the list just changes the DropList control itself so that another click is needed to change the appearance of the text. Basically I just want to avoid one click Very Happy

.)

Werner

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Re: DropList with "quick trigger option": best way to implement? [message #4922 is a reply to message #4919]

Fri, 25 August 2006 09:40

mirek
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That is default WhenAction.

WhenAction, the basic Callback defined in Ctrl, is called by most (not all) widgets each time when user (!) changes the status of widget. Usually, with the exception of Button, "changes the status of widget" means that the Value of widget has changed.

Just use <<= to assign the callback.

Mirek

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Re: DropList with "quick trigger option": best way to implement? [message #4929 is a reply to message #4922]

Fri, 25 August 2006 17:07

Werner
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luzr wrote on Fri, 25 August 2006 09:40

Thank you very much!

Shocked

I knew that there was a very simple solution. Surprised

May I respectfully suggest to transform this reply into a piece of (easy to find) documentation? Rolling Eyes

Or have I missed the corresponding topic? Embarassed

Werner

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Re: DropList with "quick trigger option": best way to implement? [message #4946 is a reply to message #4929]

Sun, 27 August 2006 20:01

mirek
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http://upp.sourceforge.net/srcdoc$CtrlLib$Tutorial$en-us.htm l

ch 13

or Ctrl documentation.

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Re: DropList with "quick trigger option": best way to implement? [message #4954 is a reply to message #4946]

Sun, 27 August 2006 20:45

Werner
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luzr wrote on Sun, 27 August 2006 20:01

http://upp.sourceforge.net/srcdoc$CtrlLib$Tutorial$en-us.htm l

ch 13

or Ctrl documentation.

Mirek

I plead guilty. Crying or Very Sad

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Re: DropList with "quick trigger option": best way to implement? [message #4962 is a reply to message #4954]

Sun, 27 August 2006 22:56

mirek
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Do not. Tutorial is quite new thing.

I guess it would still have sense to make another short summary of basic U++ techniques / features. Posts like yours help me to identify areas...

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Re: DropList with "quick trigger option": best way to implement? [message #4974 is a reply to message #4962]

Mon, 28 August 2006 21:57

Werner
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luzr wrote on Sun, 27 August 2006 22:56

...

I guess it would still have sense to make another short summary of basic U++ techniques / features. Posts like yours help me to identify areas...

Mirek

I would appreciate a short outline telling me what Ultimate++ does when it is notified of an event by the OS Smile

.

And I would appreciate documentation where functions and defines are in alphabetical order Rolling Eyes

.

Werner

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Re: DropList with "quick trigger option": best way to implement? [message #4975 is a reply to message #4974]

Mon, 28 August 2006 23:27

mirek
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Quote:

I would appreciate a short outline telling me what Ultimate++ does when it is notified of an event by the OS Smile

Calls virtual method of Ctrl...

Quote:

And I would appreciate documentation where functions and defines are in alphabetical order Rolling Eyes

Is not full-text search better?

I even plan to connect it to some hotkey (like you press e.g. Alt+F1 on "RectTracker" and TheIDE shows all topics with "RectTracker" contained).

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Re: DropList with "quick trigger option": best way to implement? [message #4993 is a reply to message #4975]

Tue, 29 August 2006 21:24

Werner
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Quote:

And I would appreciate documentation where functions and defines are in alphabetical order Rolling Eyes

Is not full-text search better?

I even plan to connect it to some hotkey (like you press e.g. Alt+F1 on "RectTracker" and TheIDE shows all topics with "RectTracker" contained).

Mirek

Not with me:

1.
I don't believe in the paperless office. In many cases simple paper is the handiest.

2.
Full text search would be great - if it worked ... Rolling Eyes

Take for example "WhenAction":
a) I click on "Help Topics".
b) The tree opens up and shows among other things "Ctrl".
c) I start scrolling and looking for "WhenAction".
d) I'm still scrolling and looking Confused

.
e) Same as d) Crying or Very Sad

f) I fail to see it Evil or Very Mad

.
Or - one of my favorite questions - am I doing it wrong?

Werner

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