EditorFactory - Module for object management in a Canvas

[mestnyi]

These examples are not yet shared at this time, moreover they are in French as I said.

I have many other examples to give and all are in French but I need to clean up and reorganize them.

Let them be in French.
The main thing is that the examples were acceptable.

And since people don't seem to be interested, I'll wait too.

But this is in vain, because you do not need to look at it.
when one day there are those who truly appreciate your work, because of them there will be no your work

I like when things are well done.

Me too.

[ShadowStorm]

But this is in vain, because you do not need to look at it.
when one day there are those who truly appreciate your work, because of them there will be no your work

I don't really understand this sentence, it doesn't translate very well.

The examples will be published don't worry, but a little later

[superadnim]

i didn't fully understand his message either but i think he means "share them as-is don't worry about translating them".
there is interest but this is a very niche module for a niche programming language!

[punak]

Hi STARGÅTE,
I have two questions about this module :
1- can we use "BindGadgetEvent" to manage events instead of "Repeat loop"? If yes, please give a small example.
2- how can we get the (x,y) position of the mouse on the form? I didn't find the function to do this.

[STARGÅTE]

Dear punak,

1. You can use BindGadgetEvent(#Canvas, @EventLoopExample()) to bind all events to the procedure EventLoopExample().
   However, inside the procedure you still have to use an event loop for all events triggered by CanvasObjectsEvent().

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   Procedure EventLoopExample()
   	
   	; Event loop of the objects in the canvas gadget
   	Repeat
   		
   		Select CanvasObjectsEvent(#Canvas) ;  Something happened in the canvas.
   				
   			Case #Event_Object ; It is an object event
   				
   				Select CanvasObjectsEventType(#Canvas) ; What type of events happened on the object?
   						
   					Case #EventType_MouseEnter
   						Debug "The mouse enters Object #" + EventObject(#Canvas)
   				EndSelect
   				
   			Case #Event_Handle ; It is a handle event
   				
   				Select CanvasObjectsEventType(#Canvas) ; What type of events happened on the handle ?
   					Case #EventType_MouseEnter
   						Debug "The mouse enters Handle #" + EventHandle(#Canvas) + " on the Object #" + EventObject(#Canvas)
   				EndSelect
   				
   			Case #Event_None ; No Events.
   				Break
   				
   		EndSelect
   		
   	ForEver
   	
   EndProcedure
   
   BindGadgetEvent(#Canvas, @EventLoopExample())

   If you mean, if there is an option to bind events to an object like BindObjectEvent(#Object, @Function(), #EventType_MouseEnter) similar to the BindGadgetEvent(), then no, that is currently not possible. However, it is a good idea for a feature request. I will note it down.
2. Do you mean with form the object? No, there is no function like ObjectMouseX().
   However, if you know your object, you can calculate this mouse position by GetGadgetAttribute(#Gadget, #PB_Canvas_MouseX) - GetObjectX(#Object). Am I right?
   But I think, I can also add such function to the module.

[punak]

Hi again and thanks for your reply.
I just started working with this module, I will probably ask you more questions in the future.
yes you understand what I mean and It would be great if you could add these suggestions to the module.

[punak]

Hi dear STARGÅTE,
is there a way for controls such as "panel" to start the selector from the bottom of the tabs?
i want the selector to work only below the header line.
maybe you can understand what I mean better on the photo.

[punak]

Another question How can we replace the "click action" on the controls in this module?
For example, I want to have the right click on the control exactly the "selection action" that is done with the left click.
I hope you understand what I mean.
Thankful.

[STARGÅTE]

Dear punak,

thank you for trying our module.
At the moment I'm quite busy and cannot react immediately to your requests and questions.

However, here a short answer to your last posts:

It would be great if you could add these suggestions to the module.

I have noted it in our to-do list.

is there a way for controls such as "panel" to start the selector from the bottom of the tabs?
i want the selector to work only below the header line.
maybe you can understand what I mean better on the photo.

You can change the inner area with the iViewBox* arguments in AddObjectFrame().
However, I don't know what you mean with "start the selector from the bottom of the tabs".
The selector is coming from you, from the user. Do you mean, how to prevent a selection above the panel headline?
May be I can correlate the area of a possible selection with the defined view box. Am I right?

Another question How can we replace the "click action" on the controls in this module?
For example, I want to have the right click on the control exactly the "selection action" that is done with the left click.
I hope you understand what I mean.
Thankful.

You mean, you want to map the selection frame action from the a left click to a right click? This is currently not possible. I have to think about it, how to implement such request.

[punak]

thanks for your reply.

Do you mean, how to prevent a selection above the panel headline?
May be I can correlate the area of a possible selection with the defined view box. Am I right?

yes, that's exactly what I mean.

You mean, you want to map the selection frame action from the a left click to a right click?

I just want the selection of controls to be done with right click. suppose the left click of my mouse is broken. of course, this is common in other designers, that is, selecting objects with a right click just like a left click.

[ShadowStorm]

Hi punak,

Thanks to you for trying our great module

Personally, I did not understand what you wanted, but as long as stargate understood, everything is fine ^^

For your last request, I had already proposed to stargate to be able to customize the mouse buttons for the selection of the objects as well as the clicks, and other actions still but it was not priority.

Currently, stargate is very busy, but what is good is that he has not abandoned the project, personally I leave him alone so as not to disturb him.

This module is not used enough, which does not necessarily give us much desire to work on it, you will understand, yet I keep saying that it is an excellent module but it interests almost nobody and it remains a deep mystery for me!

[punak]

Hi, you're welcome
I also appreciate the efforts of both of you. Stargate has handled this idea well.

regarding the design of container controls: if it can add "SplitterGadget", it can be said that this module does not lack anything from visual designers based on .NET. I am still stressing about adding this.

some ideas take time to become common.
I hope you are successful.

[ShadowStorm]

Hi punak,

I don't understand what you want to do with a SplitterGadget?
Maybe you could explain in more detail and give examples?

You also know that the module proposes to be able to create several editors (canvas) at the same time in your application?

[punak]

Hi ShadowStorm,
please note, all designer engines can be able to support container controls and normal controls.
the engine you created now correctly designs the controls such as (panel, scroll area and container).
what special control is missing? Splitter control.

really ? unfortunately, I have not yet tested the design of multiple forms at the same time.

[ShadowStorm]

Hello punak,

Yes but basically this module is not for creating "Gadgets" but "Manipulatable graphic objects", and I don't understand why you want a separator, what is the purpose here?

Yes this module allows you to create as many editors as you want, it's not complicated, there is an example that uses 2, but you can put 10 or 20 if you like, it will just be more complicated to manage all this mess ^^