I have expanded the list to include most of this, and a few more that I could think of.
http://osflash.org/components The focus support one is an issue for most custom frameworks, but for ActionStep (and I imagine ASwing), it's so deeply rooted in the frameworks we're based on, it was almost first priority. Scott -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Aral Balkan Sent: Wed 3/8/2006 11:14 AM To: Open Source Flash Mailing List Cc: Subject: Re: [osflash] Minimum requirments for GUI framework? (was 'Hunting for GUI components... any ideas?') Hi Jos, >what are the functions a GUI _must_ have to be >competitive/useful to Flash developers? > > 1. Focus Handling? ^^^ Big, big, big, huge! :) (Usually the last thing considered when constructing a set -- believe me, it's experience talking -- and the hardest thing to retrofit!) 2. Ease of skinning via MC's (Ideally also allowing for programmatic skinning too.) 3. Simple to use API / polymorphic with MM components (as much as possible) I think the set that comes closest, really, is Grant's glic/mCom -- let down currently by lack of source/bad docs but that's not Grant's fault. >- CheckBox >- RadioButton >- ScrollBar >- ComboBox >- TextInput >- Button >- ToolTip > > - Containers (Box, Panel, Window, etc.) - Data grid - Splitter - Loader (with Preloader) Aral* * _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
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