Class: FilenameWidgetWithHistory

• Inheritance
• Description
• Related information
• Instance protocol
  • accessing
  • accessing-channels
  • accessing-editField attributes
  • initialization
  • queries
  • user actions
• Examples

Inheritance:

   Object
   |
   +--GraphicsContext
      |
      +--DeviceGraphicsContext
         |
         +--GraphicsMedium
            |
            +--DisplaySurface
               |
               +--SimpleView
                  |
                  +--FilenameWidgetWithHistory

Package:

stx:libwidg2

Category:

Views-Interactors

Version:

rev: 1.13 date: 2009/05/20 07:17:51

user: cg

file: FilenameWidgetWithHistory.st directory: libwidg2

module: stx stc-classLibrary: libwidg2

Author:

Claus Gittinger

Description:

A Filename InputField with history-list and a browse-button, which opens a file dialog.

Related information:

    ComboBoxView
    FilenameEditField
    FilenameComboBoxView

Instance protocol:

 dialogTitle: something

set the dialogs title

 directoriesOnly: aBoolean

if true, directories are selectable only.
If both filesOnly and directoriesOnly are false, which is the default,
anything is selectable.

 filesOnly: aBoolean

if true, files are selectable only.
If both filesOnly and directoriesOnly are false, which is the default,
anything is selectable.

 historyList

 historyList: aList

set the history - useful when two or more such fields shall share a common history

 initialDirectoryHolder

can be used to force the file-dialog into some initial directory

 model

 model: aFilenameHolder

 enableChannel: aValueHolder

 acceptIfUnchanged: aBoolean

 acceptOnLeave: aBoolean

 acceptOnLostFocus: aBoolean

 acceptOnPointerLeave: aBoolean

 acceptOnReturn: aBoolean

 acceptOnTab: aBoolean

 contents: aString

 immediateAccept: aBoolean

 maxChars: aBoolean

 readOnly: aBoolean

 initialize

 preferredExtent

If I have an explicit preferredExtent..

 browseForDestinationDirectory

** This is an obsolete interface - do not use it (it may vanish in future versions) **

 browseForFileOrDirectory

Examples:

     |top b|

     top := StandardSystemView new.
     top extent:(300 @ 200).

     b := FilenameWidgetWithHistory in:top.
     b origin:(0.0 @ 0.0) corner:(1.0 @ 0.0).
     b bottomInset:(b preferredExtent y negated).

     top open.