On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 01:09:10 +0200 Stefan Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> Hello. > > On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 09:52, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > > > stand back and look at the problem - what are you trying to convey to the > > user? > > I like to show the strength of a wifi network to the user. A simple > bar that is relativ to the signal strength. I have the strength as a > real number besides this, but a bar gives the user a way faster idea > about how good the signal is. > > Now the signal strength value is something I only have during runtime > inside my code. > > So the toplevel question is how can I manipulate the RECT size I > defined once in the edc to match the new runtime size? hint. u really want to take a look at the battery module. it uses message passing. u can pass edje a message with strings, floats, ints and multiple messages. think of it as abstract IPC - but to your gui. then the edje design parses the message in a message handler - and then does whatever it likes with the gui. it could manually set a part to a custom state and set parameters (like rel1/2 offset/relative or color, image and other things)... :) you want to abstract your messages and ideas ata higher level and have the ui figure out what to do. don't force it to be size X - just say "hey - i have signal strength 0.6 out of 1.0 - u go figure it out" :) -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
