Re: UI tinkering tips?

> >The programmed-to-be-configured parts or the hardcoded bits
> >(the general concept of GNUmed's UI) ?
>=20
> The hardcoded bits mostly! For example, how would one build the UI of a =
new plugin. Or if I
> were to "clone" one of the plugins to tinker with.
>=20
> Since asking the question, and specially just now that the modification =
of the tab position
> worked, I have been able to glean that:
> - plugins' "backends" and almost all the formatting are at wxPython fold=
er
> - those same plugins' GUI and the .py from where they are actually calle=
d are at wxPython/gui
>=20
> It seems this is correct? For sure will be testing and tinkering, learni=
ng how things work.

Quite close.

I use wxGlade to drag-and-drop together a suitable part of
the GUI, say, a panel to be shown inside a notebook tab,
let's assume "new_plugin".

The wxGlade source files are in
	client/wxg/wxgNew_plugin.wxg.
That file holds to UI layout. It gets compiled into Python3
code for wxPython using wxGlade. The result is in
	client/wxGladeWidgets/wxgNew_plugin.py
holding a panel named wxgNew_pluginPnl.

Then, in
	client/wxpython/gmNew_pluginStuff.py
the wxgNew_pluginPnl is imported and subclassed as, say,
cNew_pluginPnl. The subclass adds all the meat that makes
the UI actually do something (button handlers, load, save,
validation ...). (actual business logic is NOT done here,
however: that is happening in client/business/*, but this
file may also define UI workflows, IOW, the database is
only ever touched by code inside client/business [and
client/pycommon/gmPG2.py of course])

Then, a wrapper for the notebook is created:
	client/wxpython/gui/gmNew_plugin.py
subclassing
	gmPlugin.cNotebookPlugin
and loading
	client/wxpython/gmNew_pluginStuff.py::cNew_pluginPnl.
That code tells the notebook to use cNew_pluginPnl as a
new notebook plugin and gives it a user-facing name etc.

Then, the configuration needs to be told about the plugin
for certain workplaces to use it, see for example

	server/sql/v22-v23/dynamic/v23-cfg-incoming_area_plugin.sql

:-)

Karsten
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