Re: FormLayout & Swixml Marriage

Hello Kate,

> something else we need, or, *I* think we need,
> though is support of sub 
> tags... for example
> 
> <combobox ....>
>     <option... ></option>
>     <option... ></option>
> </combobox>
> 
> I know wolf doesn't want to support the dynamic
> population of combo 
> boxes in SWIXML as it starts to veer off into the
> world of functional 
> xml instead of strict layout xml but as a 3rd party
> it's something I'd 
> really like to add. But, there isn't a good way to
> handle those "option" 
> tags at the moment as there isn't a way to just add
> a component to a 
> combo box in the way SWIXML does things.  

  Kate, if you're looking for a XUL
motor/browser/runtime that goes way beyond layout why
not check out the Luxor XUL toolkit @
http://luxor-xul.sourceforge.net ?

  Luxor already supports populating input
controls/widgets such as comboboxes using XML data
sources.

  - Gerald

PS: If you need some ideas about a plugin
"architecture" check out Luxor Plugin Central site
a.k.a. Petra online @ http://petra.sourceforge.net

PPS: I hope you don't get me wrong. Swix is a
fantastic piece of software and I fully support Swix
but as Wolf outlined Swix and Luxor follow different
design principles. Luxor for example embraces
scripting, CSS styling and much more.


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