Have you evaluated a more mature Smalltalk for UI building? There is VisualWorks, Dolphin, etc. Believe it or not, Smalltalk has possibly the oldest UI programming environment... and still no cross-ST open source UI builder, isn't amazing?
Cheers, Hernán 2012/5/13 Edouard Klein <edouardkl...@gmail.com> > Hi all, > > I tried to build my first user interface with Pharo. I ran into some > problems, I have a bunch of questions. These are certainly quite simple to > answer for any veteran... If any of you could so kind as to not only answer > them but also to tell me where I sould have looked for the answer, this > would be awesome. > > I used Pharo By Example as well as the pharocasts and the occasional > google search to find info. > > My code can be found at : http://ss3.gemstone.com/ss/** > MakeMeASandwich.html <http://ss3.gemstone.com/ss/MakeMeASandwich.html> > > - I build the UI by hand, this is tiresome. Is there a GUI UI builder ? I > found Morphic designer (https://www.hpi.uni-potsdam.**de/hirschfeld/trac/* > *SqueakCommunityProjects/wiki/**designer<https://www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/hirschfeld/trac/SqueakCommunityProjects/wiki/designer>) > and UIBuilder (http://forum.world.st/**CLFramework-UIBuilder-** > td1302485.html<http://forum.world.st/CLFramework-UIBuilder-td1302485.html>) > but it is unclear if any or both are the Right Way (tm) of doing things > with Pharo. > > - As you can see if you do RecipeEditor new open, there is a lot of wasted > space. Lists do not expand to take all the vertical space they could. What > is the workaround for that ? > > - I have a list created by : > nodeList := ListModel new list: SortedCollection new. > put on screen by : > builder newListFor: self list: #nodeList selected: #selectedNodeIndex > changeSelected: #selectNodeAtIndex: help: 'Liste des étapes'. > and I use : > nodeList list at: (nodeList selectionIndex) > on the press of a button to get the selected element of a list. I would > like this list to allow for multiple selection, and I would like to get the > list of selected elements. I tried to fool around with some methods having > "multiple" in their name, but to no avail. > > - The text fields require the user to accept (command-S) the modification > before I can get the content with getText. Is there a good way to get the > non accepted text ? > > > I tried to to an UI with tk before, and compared to that it has been a > breeze with Smalltalk, the way one can write the highest level call and > then use the debugger to create methods and variables on the fly is very > enjoyable. > > Thank you in advance, > > Cheers, > > Edouard. > >
