A message to Van

[scriptkid]

Hi Van,

i have started to work on.... <drums roll> tab control support from the editor. And a little voice in my head tells me that you might be interested in that

</sarcasm>

So my question is whether you have some ideas on how it should work/look in the editor. My first thoughts are these:

1. Just add tabs (TabPanes) with the "Add window" button, forcing the Add Window dialog to filter the possibilities based on the given parent. So this will result in a widget tree with TabPanes only (one for each available look).

2. Besides the "Add Window" button, place an "Add Tab" button, which enables as soon you select a normally added TabControl. This pops up a small version of the AddWindow dialog, in which you can only specify the name and the look. So not the entire tree.

3. When the user adds a TabControl via the AddWindow dialog (after pressing ok), open a "tab designer" window, such as MS Word's Table dialog, in which you can specify an initial number of tabs and some other settings.

I don't have a real favorite yet. The 3rd one might be nicest by design, but since there might be more uncommon scenarios (such as Menus) in the future, we might get a bit too many dialog screens.

The first option is both easiest and generic, since it just re-uses current functionality however slightly trimmed when handling uncommon widgets.

The second option looks like the first one, but might be a little more convenient since it only shows tab-related info. Not the entire (however small) widget tree.

Can you give some input on this? Others are of course welcome too!
Thanks!

[Van]

Hi Van,

i have started to work on.... <drums roll> tab control support from the editor. And a little voice in my head tells me that you might be interested in that

</sarcasm>

I probably deserved that...

Since there are big widgets in the works for the near horizon I would probably just go with Option 1. It fits with the current frame work and is easiest to implement. I suggest that using the window list and automatically set visible/move-to-front the tab that is selected in the window. BTW, please make sure your code works with the TabPatch (which I hope makes it into RC2).

[scriptkid]

Hi Van,

thanks for your input! Okayi'll go with option one then. Pfew

The automatical stuff will in there definately. And when the tabcontrol patch makes it in, the editor will certainly support it. But thanks for the heads-up!