Re: DialogBoxes and MenuBars . . . zIndexing a bad thing?
For anyone who has actually followed this - my solution (the hide() followed by show()) is not actually a particularly viable solution. It works, more or less, as long as there are no items inside the Window (the class that extends DialogBox), such as Buttons, TextBoxes, etc. In Firefox 5, a Button will still work, but a TextBox will never be able to get focus. In IE8, a Button will require a double-click to work, but a TextBox can still be used correctly. I don't know what other side effects will happen with other Widgets. Back to the drawing board On Nov 11, 4:17 pm, King_V kin...@mindless.com wrote: Well, this is embarrassing, but maybe the answer will help someone else who's run into the same problem. Override the onBrowserEvent() method in my own subclass of DialogBox as follows: @Override public void onBrowserEvent(Event event) { switch(event.getTypeInt()) { case Event.ONMOUSEDOWN: hide(); show(); } super.onBrowserEvent(event); } And that does it, with no ill effects in terms of obscuring the MenuBar objects. Sheesh, I must now hold the record for shortest time between someone posting and answering their own question! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Google Web Toolkit group. To post to this group, send email to google-web-toolkit@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en.
DialogBoxes and MenuBars . . . zIndexing a bad thing?
All, I'm working on my ever-evolving bit of code, and have run across something of an issue. My apologies for the lengthy prelude before I get to the actual question. Firstly, I have a full-browser-screen display - a DockLayoutPanel. Within it are a: MenuBar - NORTH FlowPanel - SOUTH Now, there's a big empty section in the middle, which is fine because that's what I want. The MenuBar looks like a typical application - File, with sub-items Open, Close, etc. Edit, with sub-items Copy, Paste, etc. I have also created a, for lack of a better term, WindowPrototype class that extends DialogBox. It has a close button, minimize, and maximize. I have not yet done draggable resizing with the corners and edges. So, my test code basically, when an item in the menu is chosen, it launches one of my WindowPrototype objects (which is mostly empty, just some text to show which item in the menu launched it). Now, of course, by default, DialogBox does not allow popping up of non- modal instances of itself over each other. The LAST one shown is ALWAYS on top - clicking on a partially hidden one does NOT bring it to the top. To get around this, I used a trick I came across on a web-search which puts a static int in the class that extends DialogBox (in my case, the WindowPrototype class), and increments it every time a new WindowPrototype is opened, or one is clicked to be brought to the top. This actually works fine as far as my WindowPrototype objects are concerned. However, when I do this, then there's a problem with the MenuBar items. If I click on a menu item, say File, then the subitems (Open, Close, etc) are shown UNDER any WindowPrototype object that happens to be in the area - the WindowPrototypes will obscure the menu items. Now that I've written half a novel, here's my question: How do I add the ability for my WindowPrototype objects to be clicked on to bring to the top, but ALSO make sure that the MenuBar items are ALWAYS on top of any/all WindowPrototypes that may be on the screen? Thanks in advance. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Google Web Toolkit group. To post to this group, send email to google-web-toolkit@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en.
Re: DialogBoxes and MenuBars . . . zIndexing a bad thing?
Well, this is embarrassing, but maybe the answer will help someone else who's run into the same problem. Override the onBrowserEvent() method in my own subclass of DialogBox as follows: @Override public void onBrowserEvent(Event event) { switch(event.getTypeInt()) { case Event.ONMOUSEDOWN: hide(); show(); } super.onBrowserEvent(event); } And that does it, with no ill effects in terms of obscuring the MenuBar objects. Sheesh, I must now hold the record for shortest time between someone posting and answering their own question! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Google Web Toolkit group. To post to this group, send email to google-web-toolkit@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en.