agreed :)
> Would it be possible to change the name of the selector?
>
> tree selectedItem: (1 -> 11)
>
> for me that implies that the tree contains an actual item (1 -> 11).
> What you want is maybe, #selectedPath: or #selectedItem:1 withParents:{11}
>
> My general rule is: Each time you have to use an association or a point you
> do something wrong..
> It is hard to guess what this association should mean, so either make a
> domain object to describe
> what you encode in the association or use specific selectors that say what
> the arguments mean.
>
> On 2013-10-11, at 19:52, [email protected] wrote:
>
>> [email protected] wrote:
>>> Benjamin wrote:
>>>> Ben
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 11, 2013, at 9:24 AM, [email protected] wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> [email protected] wrote:
>>>>>>>> I found it hard to find documentation on Spec beyond [1],[2],[3], some
>>>>>>>> of which seem to have changed some syntax since they were written.
>>>>>>>> I've been piecing things together to work out how to set the selected
>>>>>>>> item with the simplest example I could. Even though it turns out
>>>>>>>> pretty simple, I thought I'd share in case it was useful for others
>>>>>>>> that haven't dipped their toes into Spec yet.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ComposableModel subclass: #TestSpec
>>>>>> instanceVariableNames: 'list text'
>>>>>> classVariableNames: ''
>>>>>> poolDictionaries: ''
>>>>>> category: 'BTCPlay'
>>>>>>
>>>>>> TestSpec >> initializeWidgets
>>>>>> self instantiateModels: #( #list #ListModel ).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> TestSpec >> getList
>>>>>> ^list
>>>>>>
>>>>>> TestSpec class >> mySpecLayout
>>>>>> <spec:#default>
>>>>>> ^ SpecLayout composed
>>>>>> add:#getList ;
>>>>>> yourself.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Then from Workspace
>>>>>> x := (TestSpec new openWithSpec ; yourself).
>>>>>> x getList items: { 1 . 2 . 3 . 4}.
>>>>>> x getList setSelectedItem: 2.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> cheers -ben
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [1] hal.inria.fr/hal-00759030/PDF/Spec-IWST12-Final.pdf
>>>>>> [2]
>>>>>> https://ci.inria.fr/pharo-contribution/job/PharoForTheEnterprise/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/Spec/Spec.pier.pdf
>>>>>> >>> [3] http://hal.inria.fr/docs/00/70/80/67/PDF/SpecTechReport.pdf
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So here is the same thing with TreeModel.
>>>>>
>>>>> ComposableModel subclass: #TestSpec2
>>>>> instanceVariableNames: 'tree'
>>>>> classVariableNames: ''
>>>>> poolDictionaries: ''
>>>>> category: 'BTCPlay'
>>>>>
>>>>> TestSpec2 >> initializeWidgets
>>>>> self instantiateModels: #( #tree #TreeModel ). tree
>>>>> childrenBlock: [ :treeItem | self haltOnce. (treeItem isKindOf:
>>>>> Association) ifTrue: [ treeItem value ] ifFalse: [ {} ] ].
>>>>>
>>>>> TestSpec2 >> getTree
>>>>> ^tree
>>>>>
>>>>> TestSpec2 class >> mySpecLayout
>>>>> <spec:#default>
>>>>> ^ SpecLayout composed
>>>>> add:#getTree ;
>>>>> yourself.
>>>>>
>>>>> Then from Workspace (referring to attached pic)
>>>>> x := (TestSpec2 new openWithSpec ; yourself).
>>>>> x getTree roots: { 10 -> { 11. 12 } . 20 -> { 21 . 22 } } .
>>>>> x getTree selectedItem. "<Print It> --> 21 "
>>>>> x getTree selectedItem: ????
>>>>>
>>>>> Now how do I select a particular tree item at each level ?
>>>>> eg. Select 10 and Select 12 ?
>>>>>
>>>>> cheers, ben
>>>>>>
>>>> There was something missing here at the two levels :)
>>>> You can see case 11849[1] fixing the morphic issue
>>>> and case 11850 [2] fixing the Spec problem :)
>>>> Thanks. I'll try it.
>>>> Then your example make me think that using association > to describe the
>>>> path may lead to an ambiguous situation
>>>> True. But to clarify things, ListModel suffers the same ambiguity as
>>>> follows...
>>> x := (TestSpec new openWithSpec ; yourself).
>>> x getList items: { 1 . 2 . 3 . 2 . 4}.
>>> x getList setSelectedItem: 2.
>>>
>>> ... ListModel and Treemodel should be consistent in this respect.
>>> Musing further about this...
>>> In the case of a multi-selection ListModel/TreeModel, it is probably
>>> reasonable to select all matching.
>>> For a single-selection, I'm not sure. Considering ListModel first, maybe
>>> defaulting to selecting the first matching is reasonable, perhaps with a
>>> backup method to select the Nth match. Then again, if the identical object
>>> appears in the list multiple times, then #setSelectedItem: might visually
>>> highlight all occurances while still reporting only a single object with
>>> #selectedItems. I think part of a test would go...
>>>
>>> x getList items: { 1 . 2 . 3 . 2 . 4}.
>>> x getList setSelectedItem: 2.
>>> y := x getList selectedItem.
>>> x getList setSelectedItem: y.
>>> z := x getList selectedItem.
>>> self assert: (y = z)
>>>
>>> ...which actually works so ListModel is cool in that regard - except maybe
>>> an option to visually highlight both 2s would be useful - but as a visual
>>> thing maybe that is a handled outside of ListModel.
>>> Actually that should work the same with multi-selection.
>>>
>>> x getList items: { 1 . 2 . 3 . 2 . 4}.
>>> x getList setSelectedItems: { 2. 3 }.
>>> y := x getList selectedItems.
>>> x getList setSelectedItems: y.
>>> z := x getList selectedItems.
>>> self assert: (y = z)
>>>
>>> Actually it seems there is no #setSelectedItems:.
>>> How then do you save and restore a multi-selection. e.g....
>>> savedSelection := x getList selectedItems.
>>> "other code that clears/modifies the selection - like refresh for
>>> additional items"
>>> x getList selectedItems: savedSelection.
>>>
>>> cheers -ben
>>>
>>>> Ben
>>>>
>>>> [1] https://pharo.fogbugz.com/default.asp?11849
>>>> [2] https://pharo.fogbugz.com/default.asp?11850
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> <Spec-TreeModel-simple-example.png>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>> I installed your slices from Issues 11849 & 11850 and it looks mostly good.
>>
>> Using a modified TreeModel example which I think provides a clearer/nicer
>> example...
>>
>> TestSpec2 >> initializeWidgets
>> self instantiateModels: #( #tree #TreeModel ). tree childrenBlock: [
>> :treeItem | (treeItem > 10000) ifTrue: [ #() ] ifFalse: [ (1 to: 3)
>> collect: [ :i | treeItem * 10 + i ] ] ].
>>
>> Then in Workspace...
>> x := (TestSpec2 new openWithSpec ; yourself).
>> x getTree roots: { 1. 2 . 1 . 11 }.
>> x getTree expandRoots.
>> x getTree selectedItem: 11. "left side of attached pic"
>> x getTree selectedItem: (1 -> 11). "right side of attached pic"
>>
>> So the attached pic shows exhibits the behaviour I was musing about earlier
>> - very cool. Before those slices there was no response to #selectedItem:
>> from the widget.
>> However a couple of things...
>>
>> 1. x getTree selectedItem: 12.
>> x getTree selectedItem. "<PrintIt> --> 12"
>> while...
>> x getTree selectedItem: ( 1 -> 13 ).
>> x getTree selectedItem. "<PrintIt> --> 1->13"
>>
>> I think you really want #selectedItem to return the same thing each time
>> regardless of how it was set. That is, just the object.
>> Andn further, it would be better to have a separate accessors #selectedItem
>> and #selectedPath
>>
>> 2. The following doesn't work...
>> x getTree selectedItem: { 1 -> 12 -> 121 }.
>>
>> cheers -ben
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> <Issue-11849&11850.png>
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