That helped a lot. Thanks
2010/2/24 Todd Volkert <[email protected]>
> Yup - it's a 1:1 relationship. The WTKXSerializer actually translates the
> WTKX into Java API calls by applying the direct translation.
>
> For instance, to set a push button to be a toolbar button, you set the
> "toolbar" style on the button, like so: <PushButton
> xmlns="org.apache.pivot.wtk" buttonData="Click Me" styles="{toolbar:true}"/>
>
> What is happening here is you're creating an instance of
> "org.apache.pivot.wtk.PushButton", calling setButtonData("Click Me") and
> setStyles("{toolbar:true}"). The latter call is shorthand for setting a
> number of styles en mass that would otherwise be set via a series of calls
> to getStyles().put(key,value). Finally, the styles dictionary in general is
> a virtual passthrough to bean properties on the component's skin, so in this
> case, you can find the supported styles for PushButton by looking at
> org.apache.pivot.wtk.skin.terra.PushButtonSkin (the default push button
> skin). In this example, what ends up getting called is
> http://pivot.apache.org/1.4/docs/api/org/apache/pivot/wtk/skin/terra/TerraPushButtonSkin.html#setToolbar%28boolean%29
>
> One area where we could do better is explaining what the default skin is
> for any given component. In general, you should look to the
> org.apache.pivot.wtk.skin.terra package, but some skins don't need theming,
> so their skin lies in org.apache.pivot.wtk.skin... In your case, looking at
> the bean properties of org.apache.piviot.wtk.skin.terra.TerraPushButtonSkin
> will tell you what styles are supported for push buttons.
>
> Hope that helps,
> -T
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Mathias Versichele <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> But is this really a 1 one 1 relation ? For example, I'm looking up how to
>> make a pushbutton a toolbar-styled pushbutton. I dont think I can find this
>> in the javadoc ?
>>
>> 2010/2/24 Greg Brown <[email protected]>
>>
>> I think we need to make this question #1 on the FAQ. ;-)
>>>
>>> WTKX is just a "shortcut" to writing Java code. The relationship between
>>> WTKX and Java is described here:
>>>
>>> http://pivot.apache.org/tutorials/wtkx-primer.html
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 24, 2010, at 12:51 PM, Mathias Versichele wrote:
>>>
>>> > I might have missed it, but is there some kind of reference document
>>> for the wtkx markup language which lists all options, attributes, ... of all
>>> components ?
>>> >
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>>> > Mathias Versichele
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>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mathias Versichele
>> Bio-ir milieutechnologie / Msc. geografie
>> Oudburgstraat 16
>> 9240 Zele
>> 0485/16.07.08
>>
>
>
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