See below:
--- Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> As I have used bgImage as the 7th param'. I would
> prefer not to change. Don't we have a
> setClass('style')
> or are you using the new parameter as a hard coded
> string to integrate with HTMLcomponents? Which
> seems to have css as the first param' and is set to
> null?
The StyleManager is not about CSS. It's about being
able to apply javascript functions to an exiting
widget to modify it's functions, change it's look and
it's behavior.
For example you can use the StyleManager to convert an
ordinary DynLayer into a button widget by just
applying the "ButtonStyle". Later you could then
change that layer into a ProgressBar by just applying
the "ProgressBarStyle".
IMO it's a completely modular and fashionable way to
design DynAPI widgets. With StyleManager a basic
widget can be morphed into another widget by just
simply changing the style.
> With an established interface it is preferable to
> add to,
> rather than change and break backward compatibility
Ok, I guess we'll just keep the 7th argument and use
setStyle() to change styles on DynLayers.
--
Raymond Irving
>
> -
> Kevin
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Raymond Irving" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "DynAPI-Dev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 3:10 PM
> Subject: [Dynapi-Dev] The 7th argument in DynLayer -
> Introducing the StyleManager
>
>
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > I've been doing some thinking and came up with a
> > solution that I think is able to give us more
> speedy
> > layers than what we currently have.
> >
> > The solution employs a StyleManager that will
> enable
> > us to be able to change the look, feel and
> behavior of
> > DynLayers and widgets.
> >
> > With this in mind I would like to make a proposal
> that
> > we change the 7th argument in DynLayer to use the
> > "style" argument instead of image.
> >
> > IMO background image in rarely used by developers
> and
> > could be easily changed with the use of setBgImage
> or
> > dictionary object ({}) in those rare cases. I
> think
> > the "style" argument will be used much more
> frequently
> > than bgimage.
> >
> > Possible usage of styles:
> >
> > // create a plain DynLayer
> > var l = new
> > DynLayer(null,0,0,10,10,null,'PlainLayer');
> >
> > // creates an html container
> > var l = new
> > DynLayer('Hello',0,0,null,null,null,'HTMLLayer');
> >
> > var l = new
> DynLayer(null,0,0,0,0,null,'CoverLayer');
> >
> > The above layers will use customize code found in
> the
> > Style object to improve the creation speed of the
> > layers.
> >
> > What do you think? If it's a no, then I guess
> we'll
> > just have to use setStyle() and keep the image
> > argument.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Raymond Irving
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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