This is really usefull! If you want extend the widget, but the design of the toolkit don't match your design. You don't need to recode the widget. You can extend it, with elm_object_part_text_set, elm_object_signal_emit and elm_object_part_content_set. Simple case can be a frame or a progressbar for exemple. And by this, where you have left to right and right to left reading to support. Your theme isn't hacky :D
2012/2/22 Bruno Dilly <[email protected]> > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:41 PM, Rafael Antognolli > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 7:23 AM, Michael Blumenkrantz > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> probably worth re-evaluating > > > > You mean that it is just a wrapper around edje_object_signal api? > > > > If so, I guess that it's only to avoid doing elm_layout_edje_get() > > then edje_object_signal_* on this edje. However, you have no way to do > > that on other widgets that are not the layout, since you don't have > > access to their edje's. > > > > I think that I didn't have to use this yet, but I can see a scenario > > where you have a custom theme for a widget (button, slider, etc) and > > you want to send a custom signal to that theme. Isn't it useful for > > this? > > Indeed. > Suppose you need extra signals not handled by widget code, you'll need > to communicate it in your application. > It was initially created by me when I was developing a large project > using elementary. > > It was really useful this time, and we have used it in another big > project after that. > > Imagine you want a button that after clicked do an animation, and > after the animation you want to be signaled on code. It's very > specific to be supported by the widget code, but you need a way to do > so. Maybe you want the button change color under certain circumstance, > or whatever a designer may want. One of our use cases was to emit > signals to play sound synced with elm widgets theme events / > transitions. > > Anyway, something that has been shown very useful for applications > with a more elaborated design - i.e. not using default themes. > > It's a wrapper for edje api, obviously. But the idea is to not allow a > user to change the theme in other ways, getting the edje objects used > by the widget. Basically we are avoiding them to access widgets > internals. > > If you have more concerns about it, please, let's discuss it =D > > > > > -- > > Rafael Antognolli > > ProFUSION embedded systems > > http://profusion.mobi > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning > > Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing > > also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. > > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ > > _______________________________________________ > > enlightenment-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > > > > -- > Bruno Dilly > Senior Developer > ProFUSION embedded systems > http://profusion.mobi > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning > Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing > also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > -- Michaël Bouchaud ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
