Re: List of required attributes?

Hello Michael


At 08:44 PM 3/11/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>Welcome to the project pd.

Thank You!

>As far as docs go, the latest version of the docs can be found at: http://netwindows.org/docs/manual.html

Ah yes, I did find that one late last night and gave it a quick looking over but there may be more in there I didn't see. The main doco I was looking at was:

  /netWindows/docs/FAQ.html

in the package I downloaded.

>Most widgets have default values for required attributes. 

Yes well it seems that if default (required?) attributes are removed it does break.

>There's really not much that is outright 'required' for you to specify in order to get things to do _somthing_ :)

True, I'm not saying that, I'm just wondering where I start customising and how far I can go. You know, pushing the boundaries :)

>I'm not sure which version of netWindows you're using as you didn't mention it in your email. The docs represent what is residing in CVS head.

v0.3 downloaded from http://netwindows.org/releases/netWindows_0.3.0.zip

>If you are using the the tabbed-pane widget from CVS head, I have really been meaning to revisit it but have been completely unable to find the time. I'm just about to get past the our anual user group meeting in which case I should have more time for nw hacking.

Good luck finding the time, I know what  nightmare that can be!

>The new one is driven heavily by CSS and <div> blocks. 

In true Homer Simpson style: Hmmm.... CSS, divs... oh hot hot ha!

OK well the gurgling salivation sounds Homer makes don't translate too well to text but I hope you get what I mean :)

>I have a couple of outstanding bugzilla entries awaiting me on sf.net that might be affecting you if you're using the built in themeing and the tabbed pane from cvs head.

Well I was using everything as default but from v0.3 i.e. I hadn;t touched any css files wrt themeing.

>If you're using the one from the 0.3 release though I'll have to let Alex help you as I never really understood the internals of the old tabbed pane widget.
>
>Were you just playing around with the example in the widget test pages? 

Yes. This file:

  /netWindows/docs/widget_test_pages/tabbed_pane_test.html

>If so, what exactly did you do to cause things to break?

Ok well now that I come to think of it, I did remove the themeing from the HTML... i.e.:

<img onclick="__theme__.setThemeByName('blue');" src="../../images/blues_block.gif" width="20" height="20" hspace=0 vspace=0 border="0" align="bottom" tooltip="blue theme">
<img onclick="__theme__.setThemeByName('green');" src="../../images/greens_block.gif" width="20" height="20" hspace=0 vspace=0 border="0" align="bottom" tooltip="green theme">
<img onclick="__theme__.setThemeByName('system');" src="../../images/tans_block.gif" width="20" height="20" hspace=0 vspace=0 border="0" align="bottom" tooltip="default theme">

I also removed the debugging window from the head section... i.e/:

                function envInit(){
                        create_console('<<debugging console initialized>>', 0, 0, 'right', 'top', 400, 300, 100);
                }

and last but no least I adjusted/removed the width and height attributes for one of the tags being this one:

<div nwtype="tabbed_pane" width="600" height="400">

Initially I tried percentages, then removed them altogether, then blank values - all of which meant the tabs went all over the place.

Hope that comes through your mail client without too much wrapping or butchering.

Thanks!
pd



>Cheers,
>Michael
>
>pd wrote:
>
>>Hello
>>Firstly, netwindows is absolutely an exceptional concept and I am completely amazed at how deep the project seems to have gone into implementing such an idea.
>>However... I've just discovered the API and it's proving a tiny bit difficult to get familiar with just atm. 
>>Is there anywhere that I can get a list of required attributes for certain tags? This question arises because I attempted to remove and then change a simple thing like the width and height attributes on the sample tabbed pane widget and in doing that, it broke the whole thing.
>>I've scanned the FAQ and must have missed what I'm looking for or maybe it's not there? I understand that development time for such an intensive project must cut into documentation time however if something could be sent my way I would very much appreciate it!
>>Thanks
>>pd
>
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