On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 15:08 +0100, Iain * wrote: > > I was hoping someone could help decide what I have to do to replicate the > > number box in pd. As far as I can tell from the source, it is created from > > scratch using tcl scripting commands. It consists of a number entry area and > > looks very much like the GtkSpinButton, without the arrows on the side. To > > change the number with the mouse, you click on the number area and drag the > > mouse upwards or downwards. You can also shift-click for finer precision. > > What is the problem with having the arrows on the side? From my > dabblings in PD the arrows on lots of boxes doesn't look like it would > affect the layout at all? It should be enough to just subclass the > GtkSpinButton and add the drag ability to it, then you'd have the best > of both worlds. Especially as you say you don't want to duplicate > work, why start from scratch when the GtkSpinButton already does 90% > of what you need? screen real-estate is at a premium in most audio/music apps. if you have lots of these value-adjusting widgets, the arrows take up useless space. i got the idea for the "click box" from a column in electronic musician about 7 years ago that pointed out that insisting that computer UIs for things had to mimic h/w was silly - you don't *need* a value display *and* a knob/button on a screen, because the adjustment can be done directly *on* the value display. --p _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
