Dear REBOL/View/VID Users:
A change to VID for REBOL/View Beta 5.0 will break some of your VID scripts.
The change is in the stylize function.
Rather than using a unique dialect for style specification, stylize will take style
names and facets in the same format as a layout. This will make it easier to remember
how to create styles, since they will be done in the same way as layouts. For example:
sheet: stylize [
btxt: text bold
rtxt: text bold right red
gbar: box effect [gradient 200.0.0 0.0.0]
btn32: button 100x40 font [size: 32]
btn2: button with [feel: new-feel]
]
This will create the btxt, rtxt, gbar, and btn32 styles for use in any layout. Note
the general face spec in the last example using the WITH word. This is the same as a
layout.
An experimental version of View will be posted on Monday, giving you the chance to
test and change your scripts before B5 is released.
There are many other improvements to VID B5.
The full set of predefined face styles will be:
Text Styles
text - text (white with shadow)
label - text labels
title - title text
subtitle - subtitle text
norm - text (black, no shadow)
H1 - heading 1
H2 - heading 2
H3 - heading 3
H4 - heading 4
sample - example code
field - text entry field
area - text entry area
Graphical Styles
image - jpeg, bmp, or gif image
backdrop - scale image to fit page
backtile - tile image over page
box - rectangular box
anim - animated image
icon - image with text caption
sensor - image map
Gadget Styles
button - click for action
toggle - up and down button
rotary - multiple value button
choice - pop-up button
check - check box
radio - radio button
arrow - arrow button
progress - progress bar
slider - slider bar
Panel Styles
panel - subpanel layout
list - text and image lists
In addition there will be these requestor pop-ups:
request - simple requests
resuest-color - color picker
request-date - calendar picker
request-file - file picker
Also, you will be able to specify multiple facets for a face:
text "Hello" yellow blue - yellow text, blue background
rotary "Breakfast" "Lunch" "Dinner" - choices
And, finally, there will be a new set of welcome/install windows,
including one to help with content selection.
NOT ALL OF THESE CHANGES WILL BE AVAILABLE IN MONDAY's EXPERIMENTAL.
[Sorry to shout, but I want to make it clear so I don't get swamped with emails.]
There is an entirely new document for VID that will accompany this release.
-Carl
