xptoolkit and i18n
by Erik van der Poel
<erik@netscape.com>
Last Modified: June 23, 1999
Introduction
This document has been created to track the I18N issues in the XPToolkit and related areas. Currently, it appears that some of the XPToolkit widgets will remain "native", i.e. they will not be GFX-based. This has important ramifications in the I18N area, since "native" widgets require extra work (beyond the I18N work that has been/will be done for GFX itself).
Switching Between Native and GFX-Based Widgets
Currently, the default is to use native widgets. You can use the following in your preferences file to use GFX-based or native widgets:
user_pref("nglayout.widget.mode", 1); // native
user_pref("nglayout.widget.mode", 2); // GFX-based
Widgets
| Widget | Type | Bugs | Test |
| animation | gfx | No intl issues. Can localize image, if necessary. | |
| arrow | ??? | No intl issues. | |
| button | gfx | Use localized client. Edit:Preferences:Cancel. | |
| checkbox | gfx | Use localized client. Edit:Preferences:Appearance. | |
| combo box | gfx | ||
| context menu | native | ||
| color picker | gfx | No intl issues. | |
| date/time control | ??? | ||
| disclosure triangle | gfx | No intl issues. | |
| file picker | native | Use localized client. File:Open. | |
| font picker | ??? | Use localized client. Edit:Preferences:Appearance:Fonts. | |
| grippy pane | gfx | No intl issues. | |
| group box | gfx | ||
| image | gfx | No intl issues. | |
| image button (with menu) | ??? | ||
| list box | gfx | ||
| menu | native | 5880 8698 | Use localized client. Use Bookmarks menu to test multilingual. |
| progress bar | gfx | No intl issues. | |
| radio button | gfx | Use localized client. Edit:Preferences:Appearance. | |
| scrollbar | ??? | No intl issues. | |
| scrolling text field | gfx | 4681 | |
| separator | gfx | No intl issues. | |
| slider | ??? | No intl issues. | |
| static text label | gfx | ||
| status bar | gfx | ||
| tab control | gfx | ||
| text field | gfx | 4681 8410 | |
| toolbar | gfx | ||
| tooltip | gfx | ||
| tree | gfx | ||
| window (top-level) | native |
Services
| Service | Bugs | Test |
| clipboard | ||
| cursors (mouse) | No intl issues. | |
| drag and drop | ||
| file picker glue | ||
| keyboard mapping | ||
| keyboard navigation |