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OK and Cancel Layout [message #60742]

Thu, 22 August 2024 01:55

sduensin
Messages: 8
Registered: August 2024
Location: Smithton, IL, USA, Earth

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I've just started using U++ and so far am impressed. However, I've run into some confusion with laying out dialogs that contain "OK" and "Cancel" buttons.

The tutorial says to name two buttons - one "ok" and one "cancel" - and then call CtrlLayoutOKCancel. I did this, and it works. But...

Can you not control the order of the buttons? On my form, I have "cancel" and then "ok". When it displays at runtime, the "ok" button is first! I can deal with this, except when using PromptOKCancel, they're the other way around!

How can I have consistent buttons?

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Re: OK and Cancel Layout [message #60743 is a reply to message #60742]

Fri, 23 August 2024 07:43

koldo
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Registered: August 2008

Senior Veteran

Hi sduensin

Please upload your sample code and we will show you how easy is doing what you want.

Best regards
Iñaki

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Re: OK and Cancel Layout [message #60746 is a reply to message #60743]

Fri, 23 August 2024 23:33

sduensin
Messages: 8
Registered: August 2024
Location: Smithton, IL, USA, Earth

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Thanks! I've attached my current code. When you run it, if you pull down "Settings" and go to the database setup, you'll see the buttons are the reverse from how they are displayed if you pull down "File" and select exit.

Also, is there a way to change dialog titles? Right now I'm calling the app "Store Manager" but PromptOK() and friends display "StoreManager" (no space) in the title bar.

I appreciate the help!

Attachment: StoreManager.tar.gz
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Re: OK and Cancel Layout [message #60747 is a reply to message #60746]

Sun, 25 August 2024 20:26

koldo
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Registered: August 2008

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Hi sduensin

For some reason there are two application names, one defined in App.cpp (static char sAppName[256]) and other in Ctrl.cpp (String Ctrl::appname). To be sure, I will use both, so I would leave main like this:

GUI_APP_MAIN {
	StoreManager app;
	app.SetAppName(APP_NAME);
	SetAppName(APP_NAME);
	app.Run();
}

In addition I cannot see the problem with the buttons; they appear as they are designed. Look at this picture:

index.php?t=getfile&id=6955&private=0

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Best regards
Iñaki

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Re: OK and Cancel Layout [message #60748 is a reply to message #60747]

Mon, 26 August 2024 03:00

sduensin
Messages: 8
Registered: August 2024
Location: Smithton, IL, USA, Earth

Promising Member

Must be a Linux/GTK issue...

index.php?t=getfile&id=6956&private=0

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Re: OK and Cancel Layout [message #60749 is a reply to message #60748]

Mon, 26 August 2024 09:34

koldo
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Registered: August 2008

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Oh yes, probably that is enforced by GTK.

index.php?t=getfile&id=6957&private=0

I advise you to simply replace the CtrlLayoutOKCancel() by a CtrlLayout(), and handling the OK and Cancel buttons.

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Best regards
Iñaki

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Re: OK and Cancel Layout [message #60750 is a reply to message #60747]

Tue, 27 August 2024 00:16

sduensin
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Registered: August 2024
Location: Smithton, IL, USA, Earth

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[quote title=koldo wrote on Sun, 25 August 2024 13:26]
For some reason there are two application names, one defined in App.cpp (static char sAppName[256]) and other in Ctrl.cpp (String Ctrl::appname). To be sure, I will use both, so I would leave main like this:

GUI_APP_MAIN {
	StoreManager app;
	app.SetAppName(APP_NAME);
	SetAppName(APP_NAME);
	app.Run();
}

That fixed it! Thanks!

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Re: OK and Cancel Layout [message #60752 is a reply to message #60750]

Tue, 27 August 2024 08:15

koldo
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Registered: August 2008

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You are welcome!

Best regards
Iñaki

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Re: OK and Cancel Layout [message #60756 is a reply to message #60742]

Thu, 29 August 2024 00:31

sduensin
Messages: 8
Registered: August 2024
Location: Smithton, IL, USA, Earth

Promising Member

Doh! I just noticed that this code, while it does fix the config dir name and app name, it does not fix where the log is written. Oh well.

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Re: OK and Cancel Layout [message #60759 is a reply to message #60748]

Mon, 02 September 2024 00:24

mirek
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Registered: November 2005

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sduensin wrote on Mon, 26 August 2024 03:00

Must be a Linux/GTK issue...

There is very special and sort of nasty code that swaps OK and Cancel buttons automatically in gtk and macos because that is how those platform have these buttons usually. I mean, you desing as "in windows" and it then gets swapped in gtk.

If you really disagree, you can disable this behaviour with SwapOKCancel_Write(false).

[Updated on: Mon, 02 September 2024 00:25]

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