[Dynapi-Dev] GUI component standard.

[Doug Melvin]

Here are some things I would like to see addressed as far as a GUI component standard.   Defaults: All arguments for all components should have default values. This way a user can pass as many or as few values as they choose and not have the component fail.   Colors: shuould we define the default color scemes to be used with any GUI component so as to have some sort of comon look and feel?   Parameters: (and I am guilty of this myself) some parameters, such as the background and foground colors of a component are not always accessable as methods. (for instance, the FG color of the scrollbar) Should we insist (in our standard) that any passed parameter can also be set and read after rendering the component? I.E. myScroll.setButtonColor() myScroll.getButtonColor()   Fonts: back to a common look-and-feel. If we want a common look-and-feel to our gui comonents when used in default mode, we should include default font family, font size, font color, ect. (maybe with a css sheet..)   What else am I missing? Let's here it.   A side note: I know I can be loud obnoxious an agressive, but I do this with the best of intentions. I see here (again) an oportunity to build something great, and sometimes I get a little over-excited about that. I also sometimes take things personally. That's simply my nature.   You need to understand. I built the light scrollbar as a light scrollbar because of the voiced concerns over the 'heavyness ' of past widgets. I even stated specifically that this is ment as a light component and that I would produce a more classical skinned one as well. Yet when I released it, I get a three page report on why my scrollbar sucks (that is simply how it seemed to me until I had a chance to cool-off).