Thx ! This is brilliant!!!!
By taking your example and mixing it with my layout and moving it about it worked fine I see this has a great potential. I guess I can begin to move my J6 applications over. It would be nice to have something simple like this to create JHS forms. 2013/3/16 Ric Sherlock <[email protected]> > Björn, > For me one of the biggest improvements of the new wd layout mechanism > is that it removes the pixel positioning and moves to a more modern > layout paradigm that requires the user to do less work while still > giving good control over the layout. > > The basic approach is that you define "boxes" that distribute objects > within them either vertically ( bin v ) or horizontally ( bin h ). So > to put together vertical list of edit boxes you simply start a > vertical box, plonk the edit boxes in in the order you wish them to > appear and then close the box ( bin z ). If you decide later that you > want them to be arranged horizontally instead, you can just replace > the "v" with an "h" - Done! > > Because the layout boxes can be nested you can specify quite complex > layouts reasonably easily. To horizontally arrange 2 vertically > arranged lists of controls would be: > bin h; > bin v; > cc obj1; > cc obj2; > bin z; > bin v; > cc obj3; > cc ojb4; > bin z; > bin z; > > The syntax can be abbreviated as follows: > bin hv; > cc obj1; > cc obj2; > bin zv; > cc obj3; > cc obj4; > bin zz; > > If you don't want your objects to be automatically redistributed > across the available space as you resize your form, you can use the > dummy object ( bin s ) to provide blank "filler" space. > > I had a go at redefining a couple of my GUI apps and the cool thing I > found was that you could display the the GUI by loading the script, > leaving the GUI open I could make some changes to the source and > display a new GUI side by side to see how they both look and work. > > > On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 8:22 AM, Björn Helgason <[email protected]> wrote: > > I already knew this page > > I mostly miss the xywh > > What to convert them into > > The Form Editor in J6 was good to create the forms as a start but the > > editing of the xywh manually afterwards was like magic > > I do not miss the Form Editor as much as the ability to use xywh > > It looks like what we got already in JQT is well on its way of being > usable > > > > 2013/3/16 Tom Arneson <[email protected]> > > > >> Bjorn, > >> > >> Bill Lam sent me this link: > >> > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Guides/Window%20Driver/Command%20Reference > >> > >> It helps some, but I still don't completely understand the bin > parameters > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] [mailto: > >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Björn Helgason > >> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 12:03 > >> To: Beta forum > >> Subject: Re: [Jbeta] wd interface for Qt > >> > >> I dusted off J6 and tested in JQT > >> > >> One thing I not is some of the utils I had been using are either not > there > >> or in some other place. > >> > >> Ok I finally got one simple app opening up. > >> > >> The form opened up but the fields are in the wrong places. > >> > >> After guessing what to type in by having the J6 form open next to it the > >> app did some calculations and wanted to send them to the form The popup > >> complained about the set command and made no real sense After some more > >> guesswork and testing I found out I needed to put the word text in > there. > >> > >> wd'set result *',>INDEX{BMITEXT > >> change to > >> wd'set result text *',>INDEX{BMITEXT > >> > >> How do I get the fields to be placed correctly on the form? > >> > >> xywh 43 19 29 11;cc res static;cn "You are "; > >> > >> xywh 73 19 60 11;cc result static;cn "result"; > >> > >> > >> > >> 2013/3/16 Björn Helgason <[email protected]> > >> > >> > actually not done much in qt at all > >> > > >> > may start soon > >> > On Mar 16, 2013 8:34 AM, "Ric Sherlock" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> >> Have you looked at the scripts in ~addons/ide/qt/demo? > >> >> On Mar 16, 2013 8:35 PM, "Björn Helgason" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> > A few complete small example scripts would be good to get a start. > >> >> > > >> >> > 2013/3/16 bill lam <[email protected]> > >> >> > > >> >> > > A draft of J8 wd documentation at > >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > >> >> > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Guides/Window%20Driver/Command%20Refer > >> >> ence > >> >> > > > >> >> > > -- > >> >> > > regards, > >> >> > > ==================================================== > >> >> > > GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 gpg --keyserver > subkeys.pgp.net > >> >> > > --recv-keys 4434BAB3 > >> >> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >> > > ----- For information about J forums see > >> >> http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >> >> > > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > -- > >> >> > Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur > >> >> > Fornustekkum II > >> >> > 781 Hornafirði, > >> >> > t-póst: [email protected] > >> >> > gsm: +3546985532 > >> >> > twitter: @flugfiskur > >> >> > http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari > >> >> einfaldleikans > >> >> > > >> >> > góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum > >> >> > /|_ .-----------------------------------. > >> >> > ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | > >> >> > ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | > >> >> > / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | > >> >> > ( -. | `-----------------------------------' > >> >> > | ) | (\_ _/) > >> >> > (`-. 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