Required Widgets
by Mike
Pinkerton (pinkerton@netscape.com)
Last updated: Sat Feb 20 00:58:37 PST 1999
Part of the XPToolkit relies on widgets to do the jobs. Some
widgets can be written on top of GFX, others should be written as
wrappers around OS-native UI elements. The line can be drawn on a
platform by platform basis because everything hides behind the
nsIWidget API and a factory to create them.
A note on native Widgets
A general requirement that we have on widgets is the ability to
apply CSS styles to them from an HTML page (in addition to the styles
applied from the platform-specific stylesheet). As a result, this may
limit our ability to use native widgets where we normally would like
to (for size/speed/true look-and-feel reasons). In the future, we
also need to be able to z-order and composite widgets. While we may
not meet this requirement for initial versions, we want to move into
the world where we can. Again, this may limit our ability to use
native widgetry.
Contents
Form Widgets
Widgets required for the layout engine. While these say Steve
Dagley as the owner, he really acts more as a coordinator between the
layout group and XPToolkits.
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Widget
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Screen Shot
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Embellishments
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Owner
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Push Buttons
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can be a default button
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Steve Dagley + layout
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Radio Group
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Steve
Dagley
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CheckBox
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tri-state
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Steve
Dagley
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Edit Field
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Can disable.
Password entry
Multiple Key Filters
Ability to validate information
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Steve
Dagley
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Scrolling Text Field
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optional horiz scrollbar.
wrapping control
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Steve
Dagley
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Combobox/popupmenu
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linked edit field
history (recent documents)
icon items instead of text
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Steve
Dagley
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List Box
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> 1 columns can be done with tree widget???
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Steve
Dagley
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File Picker
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wrapper around 2 widgets
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Steve Dagley
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Additional Dialog Widgets
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Widget
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Screen Shot
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Embellishments
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Owner
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Scroll Bar
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proportional thumb
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?? + layout
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Image
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David Hyatt + layout
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General Widgets
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Widget
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Screen Shot
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Embellishments
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Owner
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Disclosure Triangle
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left/right facing
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Mike
Pinkerton
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Grippy Pane
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custom bg colors or patterns
horizontal or vertical
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Steve Dagley
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Progress Bar
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Determinate
Indeterminate
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Eric Vaughan
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Slider Control
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min/max
live feedback
horiz or vertical
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??
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Separator
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Horizontal or vertical
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Chris McAfee
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Static Text Label
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Can disable (dim)
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Chris McAfee
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Tree Control
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configurable as in old 5.0 Cthulu spec
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David Hyatt
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Tab Controls
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Daniel Matejka
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Color Picker
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give access to system color picker as an option.
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Chris Saari
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Image Buttons (w/ menu)
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show state
radio groups
dropdown menu (a la back/fwd)
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Mike
Pinkerton
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Up/Down Arrows
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linked to edit field
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??
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Animation/Throbber
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animation described by chrome provider
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David Hyatt
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Über Widgets
Kudos to Simon Fraser for providing all the graphics and
enumerating out all the widgets needed for Composer. Thanks!!!
maintained by Mike
Pinkerton (pinkerton@netscape.com)
