Hi Laurent, great news indeed. Thanks a bunch for this work. In case you need a bug, I opened https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=532680.
> It is ok if I post the source code of the first preview ? (1 class + 1 > snippet) Sounds great. In case you are using Gerrit, you can also upload a Gerrit change with the POC. Best regards, Lars On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 7:26 PM, Laurent Caron <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Well first of all the bad news: the code seems to be lost by my previous > company... > > And the good news: I've decided to implement a POC. I've just started the > code. > > It is ok if I post the source code of the first preview ? (1 class + 1 > snippet) > > Laurent > > 2018-03-20 8:25 GMT+01:00 Lars Vogel <[email protected]>: >> >> Great to hear, Laurent. Looking forward to your update. :-) >> >> On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 9:31 PM, Laurent Caron <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Hi Lars, >> > >> > First of all I'm happy you enjoyed the widgets... And happy that you it >> > gives you new ideas for RCP Applications! >> > >> > I worked on this kind of widget in my previous company, as a POC that >> > was >> > unfortunately not used in production. The tool took 2 parameters: a >> > label >> > and a text widget.The animation started when the text widget had focus. >> > The code was not very clean but it was functionnal. >> > >> > I have to contact my former colleagues to check if this work could be >> > open >> > sourced... Because it was not used, I do not think that it will be a >> > problem. >> > >> > Please stay tuned, >> > >> > Laurent >> > >> > >> > 2018-03-19 13:19 GMT+01:00 Lars Vogel <[email protected]>: >> >> >> >> Hello, my fellow Nebula developers, >> >> >> >> Looking at the awesome new editions from Laurent to the Nebula library >> >> (many thanks to Laurent for that) triggered a desire for a new SWT >> >> widget. ;-) >> >> >> >> Did someone in this group already created a "FloatingText" widget? In >> >> such a widget the message hint in the text fields animates to the top >> >> of the input field as soon as the user gives focus to it. >> >> >> >> This is heavily used in Android. See >> >> >> >> >> >> https://www.androidhive.info/2015/09/android-material-design-floating-labels-for-edittext/ >> >> or an example video. IMHO it creates a very nice experience for users >> >> as it allows very condense UIs. Eclipse UIs could benefit quite a bit >> >> from that in my opinion. >> >> >> >> My current (lame) implementation is a compound composite wrapping a >> >> label and a text field and moving the content of the text field to the >> >> label once the user gives focus to the text field. I'm happy to share >> >> it, but it is really trivial and misses the animation. >> >> >> >> Did someone already created such a FloatingText" widget? If not would >> >> my trivial widget interesting for Nebula, maybe as a starting point >> >> for something more advanced? 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