> >> If the widget is to be "output only", yes
> then you may be best just > > rolling your own. > > it was less hassle than deriving from > > Fl_Slider - but I didn't try that at the time so... > Well I did derived custom sliders from Fl_Slider and it worked great for > creating nice realistic audio mixing table sliders in an audio project but as > Ian says, for 'bar graphs' with output only, the simplest and best way to go > is probably just drawing a rectangle in an Fl_Box derived widget. OK > This is just not the same thing, 'rectangular' sliders are just a particular > specialization of valuators having all in common user interaction, mainly > with the mouse, to change a value. Understood. OK, I'm hearing 'derive your own custom widget starting with Fl_Box. Sounds reasonable to me... can someone point me to a tutorial on custom widget construction? And/or examples thereof? Thanks again! _______________________________________________ fltk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.easysw.com/mailman/listinfo/fltk

