Gadget Parents & Children

[Shield]

Hey

I request functions to be implemented in PureBasic which allow us to determine the gadget's parent and all of
its children (if it is a container). I'm very well aware of the WinAPI possibilities to do this, but that's not the point.
Having these functions natively would allow doing more generic things with gadgets without keeping track of
them all, using a list or something similar.

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SetGadgetParent(id.i, parent.i)  ; Changes the parent of the gadget.
GetGadgetType(id.i)              ; Either a window, a container or a gadget.
GetGadgetParent(id.i)            ; Parent gadget of the specified gadget.
GetGadgetWindow(id.i)            ; ID of the window that contains the gadget.
ExamineGadgetChildren(id.i)      ; Examine all children of the specified container.
NextGadgetChild(id.i)         ; Move to the next children of the gadget.
FinishGadgetChild(id.i)       ; Finish the examination.
ExamineGadgets(id.i)             ; Examine all gadgets of a window.
NextGadget(id.i)                 ; Next gadget in the list.
FinishGadget(id.i)               ; Finishes the enumeration.

What do you guys think?


*removed typo*

[Polo]

I'd like that very much!

[Ramses800]

+1

[Danilo]

Of course +1, but AFAIK mestnyi requested it already (many times?).
Would make toolwindow/container docking much easier - a functionality that is currently missing.

[Shield]

I'd of course still welcome this getting implemented, even though I made the request in 2012.
And I'm sure someone requested it before; I didn't find a similar request though back then.

[Danilo]

even though I made the request in 2012.

Sorry, thought it's a new topic, looking at the date of Ramses800's post.

[Ramses800]

Old topic yes, but still something I would like!