I understand your frustration. It is mine too. This is why we are working steadily on fixing libraries. Indeed we are missing simple and powerful widgets like grids. Have a look at UITheme examples.
Stef On Jun 17, 2011, at 5:26 AM, Tony Giaccone wrote: > > > Every time I look at smalltalk, I'm blown away with how cool it is to work > with and each time I try to get started, my efforts are stymied pretty > quickly. > > I understand message passing, and I understand the basics of the syntax, but > I'm having a very hard time understanding how to use the class libraries. > > I am trying to build a very small app. A simple data editor and browser. > I've been able to follow an example in the code (simple grid example). > > > I can now display my objects in a window, with four of the attributes listed > in the editor. > > > > <MovieEditor.tiff> > > Now I can select an time and change it in place in the list editor but that > change doesn't make it into the "database" (my ordered collection). > > It is not clear to me at all how to select a line in a MorphTreeMorph. Nor > how to save the change when the user tabs out or hits return. > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > Tony > >
