Thinlet is a great alternative to Swing/SWT, especially if you need to
keep the deployment size really small or your target platform is below
JRE 1.4
In Theodore 1.x I had to make small modification on the Thinlet core.
Therefore, I know it is possible but not easy.
Extensibility got a lot better. look for the common package in the
release that came out just this month.
Tables are supported but you have to create and attach your own models
(like you would do for all other widgets too).
Laying out your components is really easy - especially if you use a
tool like the Theodore Thinlet Editor ;-)
http://www.carlsbadcubes.com/theodore/
Wolf Paulus
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On Mar 19, 2004, at 5:35 PM, Kevin Duffey wrote:
Hey all,
I know this is off topic, sorry. Always interested in
SWT/Swing arguments, and I have seen thinlets a couple
of times. The site is a bit hard to follow. So I am
hoping Wolf, and anyone else who knows, you don't mind
answering a couple questions?
Thinlets, as i understand it is a GUI replacement for
swing/swt, is that correct?
From what I can tell, it looks like the thinlets api
has all the normal widgets. Does it support tables and
trees? If so, to what extent are they like the swing
versions? Do they support swappable table models, etc?
If I were to use thinlets to build an application
with, is it fairly robust to handle all types of apps,
or is it really geared towards simple apps?
How extensible is the api? Can I make my own
components, with paint methods, etc? Does it follow
the same premise of a main JFrame type of window, and
everything else is lightweight? I can add stuff to
panels, containers, etc? Does it have a layout manager
type of setup?
I am interested in using thinlets, especially with my
plugin engine to provide a very small, fast UI
alternative to using Swing/SWT, but only if it is
capable of handling the majority of applications that
would be written using Swing/SWT.
Thanks.
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