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:) On 6/26/06, Carlos J. Muentes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No one has gotten back to me on this. I wouldn't mind making the > changes myself (I have other ideas too, including some for the TreeView > control), I would like to know how I can contribute these changes? I > realize the Gtk mono controls are a managed implementation of the > native gtk libraries, but perhaps it's time to stray away from the > original implementation and head towards a cleaner implementation of > some of these controls. How can I contribute? > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: [Gtk-sharp-list] Notebook Suggestions > > From: "Carlos J. Muentes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Wed, June 21, 2006 10:25 am > > To: [email protected] > > > > I posted this to the mono mailing list, and someone mentioned I should > > post it here instead, so this is _not_ a cross post =^): > > > > > > I've been working with the Notebook control and there are some quirks > > that I wouldn't mind seeing some changes to: > > > > > > Tab Pages Exposed As A Collection > > ================================== > > > > - Tab pages should be a collection, with that collection being exposed > > as a property of an instance of NoteBook i.e.: > > Notebook notebook = new NoteBook(); > > notebook.TabPages.Add( "This is a new page" ); > > TabPage tabpage = notebook.TabPages[0]; > > tabpage.Text = "This is new text on the same tab page"; > > > > - The example brings me to my next point: Tab page labels should be > > added automatically, and exposed as the "Text" or "Title" property for > > a single tab page. In the example above, I am setting the "Text/Title" > > property of a new page. > > > > Why expose a collection of tab pages > > ===================================== > > > > Exposing the child tab pages in a Notebook as a collection would allow > > things like: > > > > int i = notebook.TabPages.Count; > > TabPage tabpage = notebook.TabPages["page1"]; > > > > And would eliminate (IMHO) ugly methods like: > > > > GetNthPage(), > > GetTabLabel(), > > > > of which, GetNthPage is misleading because it doesn't even return the > > NotebookPage, but returns an instance of Widget, which still cannot be > > casted to a NotebookPage! > > > > Can Still Retain Advanced Label Functionality > > ============================================= > > > > Perhaps for more advanced formatting, you can still expose the tabs > > label as a Label property: > > > > TabPage tabpage = notebook.TabPages[0]; > > tabPage.Label.RederIcon(...); > > > > Reference To Current TabPage, Not Index Of > > ========================================= > > > > The Page property is also misleading; it should > > not return the index of the active page, but rather should return a > > reference to the active page: > > > > notebook.Page.Text = "Some new text for this tab(again)"; > > > > Summary > > ======================================== > > > > I think with these few changes to the Notebook, it can be a very > > powerful tab-based container, and would propel it past the TabControl > > control in .NET which (again IMHO) is much easier to work with and more > > logically structured. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Gtk-sharp-list maillist - [email protected] > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/gtk-sharp-list > > _______________________________________________ > Gtk-sharp-list maillist - [email protected] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/gtk-sharp-list > -- Rafael "Monoman" Teixeira --------------------------------------- "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." George Bernard Shaw _______________________________________________ Gtk-sharp-list maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/gtk-sharp-list
