eXept Software AG Logo

Smalltalk/X Webserver

Documentation of class 'ComboListView':

Home

Documentation
www.exept.de
Everywhere
for:
[back]

Class: ComboListView


Inheritance:

   Object
   |
   +--GraphicsMedium
      |
      +--DisplaySurface
         |
         +--SimpleView
            |
            +--View
               |
               +--ComboView
                  |
                  +--ComboListView

Package:
stx:libwidg2
Category:
Views-Interactors
Version:
rev: 1.71 date: 2022/07/21 10:06:42
user: cg
file: ComboListView.st directory: libwidg2
module: stx stc-classLibrary: libwidg2

Description:


A ComboListView combines a label with a drop down list of default inputs;
choosing any from the pulled list sets the string in the label.
The string is not editable: as oposed to a ComboBoxView, which allows free text input,
this only allows choosing from the given list.

This has a similar function as a PopUpList or SelectionInListView, but looks different.

The preferred model is a SelectionInList, but a simple valueHolder may also be used.
If some other model is to be used, the changeMessage and aspectMessage
should be defined as appropriate (or an aspectAdaptor should be used).
If a listHolder is set, that one is assumed to provide the list of
items in the popped menu;
otherwise, if listMessage is nonNil, the model is assumed to also provide the
list as displayed in the pulled menu.

copyright

COPYRIGHT (c) 1996 by eXept Software AG / Claus Gittinger All Rights Reserved This software is furnished under a license and may be used only in accordance with the terms of that license and with the inclusion of the above copyright notice. This software may not be provided or otherwise made available to, or used by, any other person. No title to or ownership of the software is hereby transferred.

Class protocol:

defaults
o  defaultAspectMessage
(comment from inherited method)
subclasses which by default do NOT want to be informed about changed
models should redefine this to return nil

o  defaultChangeMessage
(comment from inherited method)
subclasses which by default do NOT want to inform the model
should redefine this to return nil

o  defaultFont
(comment from inherited method)
for now - should come from the styleSheet


Instance protocol:

accessing
o  selectCondition: something

accessing-behavior
o  useIndex
specify, if the selected components value or its index in the
list should be sent to the model. The default is its value.

o  useIndex: aBoolean
specify, if the selected component's value or its index in the
list should be sent to the model. The default is its value.

o  values: aCollection
specify, which values are to be stuffed into the model or
passed via the actionBlock.

accessing-components
o  label
return the label component

accessing-contents
o  contents
get the current value - either in the field's model
or directly

o  contents: something
set the current value - either in the field's model or directly

o  selection: something
set the contents of my field; questionable

event handling
o  buttonPress: button x: x y: y view: aView

o  enableStateChanged
(comment from inherited method)
the enable state has changed - pass this to my field and pullDownButton

o  handlesButtonPress: button inView: aView

o  keyPress: key x: x y: y
select by first letter

focus handling
o  showFocus: explicit
the button got the keyboard focus
(either explicit, via tabbing; or implicit, by pointer movement)
- change any display attributes as req'd.

o  showNoFocus: explicit
the button lost the keyboard focus
(either explicit, via tabbing; or implicit, by pointer movement)
- change any display attributes as req'd.

o  subviewsInFocusOrder
none of my subviews should get he focus

o  wantsFocusWithButtonPress
we want the focus, in order to do selection via mouse wheel

initialization
o  initialize
(comment from inherited method)
what a hack...

o  initializeField
delegate mouseWheel events to myself

menu interaction
o  select: anIndex
sent from the popped menu, when an item was selected

private
o  getValueFromModel
kludge - try #value if aspect is the default and

queries
o  specClass
returns my spec class (for UI editor)


Examples:


non-MVC use; set the list explicitly:
   |top comboList|

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

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

   comboList list:#('hello' 'world' 'this' 'is' 'st/x').
   top open.
a really, really long list (notice scrollup/down buttons at the top/bottom);
   |top comboList|

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

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

   comboList list:((1 to:100) collect:[:n | n printString]).
   top open.
with callBack:
   |top comboList|

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

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

   comboList list:#('hello' 'world' 'this' 'is' 'st/x').
   comboList action:[:selected | Transcript showCR:selected].
   top open.
with separating lines:
   |top comboList|

   top := StandardSystemView label:'fruit chooser'.
   top extent:(300 @ 200).

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

   comboList label:'fruit'.
   comboList list:#('apples' 'bananas' 'grape' 'lemon' '-' 'margaritas').
   comboList action:[:selected | Transcript showCR:selected].
   top open
with values different from the label strings:
   |top comboList|

   top := StandardSystemView label:'fruit chooser'.
   top extent:(300 @ 200).

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

   comboList label:'dummy'.
   comboList list:#('apples' 'bananas' 'grape' 'lemon' '-' 'margaritas').
   comboList selection:'apples'.
   comboList values:#(10 20 30 40 nil 50).
   comboList action:[:what | Transcript show:'you selected: '; showCR:what].
   top open
sometimes, you may like the index instead of the value: (notice, that the separating line counts, so you have to take care ...)
   |top comboList|

   top := StandardSystemView label:'fruit chooser'.
   top extent:(300 @ 200).

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

   comboList label:'dummy'.
   comboList list:#('apples' 'bananas' 'grape' 'lemon' '-' 'margaritas').
   comboList selection:'apples'.
   comboList action:[:what | Transcript show:'you selected: '; showCR:what].
   comboList useIndex:true.
   top open
since the list is actually represented by a menuView, which itself is inheriting from listView, which itself can display things different from strings, arbitrary lists can be constructed: (see ListEntry, LabelAndIcon and Text classes)
   |top comboList l|

   top := StandardSystemView label:'fruit chooser'.
   top extent:(300 @ 200).

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

   l := OrderedCollection new.
   l add:(Text string:'apples' color:Color red).
   l add:(Text string:'bananas' color:Color red).
   l add:(Text string:'grape' color:Color red).
   l add:(Text string:'lemon' color:Color red).
   l add:'='.
   l add:(Text string:'margaritas' color:Color green darkened darkened).
   l add:(Text string:'pina colada' color:Color green darkened darkened).
   l add:'='.
   l add:(Text string:'smalltalk' color:Color blue).
   l add:(Text string:'c++' color:Color blue).
   l add:(Text string:'eiffel' color:Color blue).
   l add:(Text string:'java' color:Color blue).
   comboList list:l.
   comboList values:#(apples bananas grape lemon 
              nil 
              'mhmh - so good' 'makes headache'
              nil
              'great' 'another headache' 'not bad' 'neat').
   comboList selection:'apples'.
   comboList action:[:what | Transcript show:'you selected: '; showCR:what].
   top open
with values different from the label strings:
   |top comboList|

   top := StandardSystemView label:'language chooser'.
   top extent:(300 @ 200).

   comboList := ComboListView in:top.
   comboList origin:(0.0 @ 0.0) corner:(1.0 @ 0.0).

   comboList list:( #(
              'usa'
              'uk'
              'france'
              'germany'       
              'italy'
             ) collect:[:country |
                          LabelAndIcon 
                              icon:(Image fromFile:'bitmaps/xpmBitmaps/countries/' , country , '.xpm')
                              string:country
                       ]
          ).
   comboList values:#(us england france germany italy).

   comboList action:[:what | Transcript show:'you selected: '; showCR:what].
   comboList bottomInset:(comboList preferredExtent y negated).
   top open
with a model (see in the inspector, how the index-holders value changes) the defaults are setup to allow a SelectionInList directly as model:
   |p model|

   model := SelectionInList with:#('apples' 'bananas' 'grape' 'lemon' 'margaritas').

   p := ComboListView label:'healthy fruit'.
   p model:model.
   p openAt:(Screen current center).
   model inspect
model provides selection; list is explicit:
   |model top b|

   model := 'foo' asValue.

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

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

   b list:#('hello' 'world' 'this' 'is' 'st/x').
   b model:model.

   top openModal.
   Transcript showCR:('comboBox''s value: ' , model value).
a comboListView and a SelectionInListView on the same model:
   |p slv model|

   model := SelectionInList with:#('apples' 'bananas' 'grape' 'lemon' 'margaritas').
   model selection:'apples'.

   p := ComboListView on:model.
   p openAt:(Screen current center).

   slv := SelectionInListView on:model.
   slv openAt:(Screen current center + (100@100)).
like above, using index:
   |p slv model|

   model := SelectionInList with:#('apples' 'bananas' 'grape' 'lemon' 'margaritas').
   model selection:'apples'.

   p := ComboListView on:model.
   p openAt:(Screen current center).

   slv := SelectionInListView on:model.
   slv openAt:(Screen current center + (100@100)).
two comboListViews on the same model, different aspects:
   |top panel p model|

   model := Plug new.
   model respondTo:#eat: with:[:val | Transcript showCR:'eat: ' , val].
   model respondTo:#drink: with:[:val | Transcript showCR:'drink: ' , val].
   model respondTo:#meals with:[#(taco burrito enchilada)].
   model respondTo:#drinks with:[#(margarita water corona)].

   top := StandardSystemView label:'meal chooser'.
   top extent:(150@150).
   panel := VerticalPanelView origin:0.0@0.0 corner:1.0@1.0 in:top.
   panel horizontalLayout:#fitSpace.

   p := ComboListView label:'meals'.
   p aspect:nil; model:model; listMessage:#meals; change:#eat:.
   panel add:p.

   p := ComboListView label:'drinks'.
   p aspect:nil; model:model; listMessage:#drinks; change:#drink:.
   panel add:p.

   top open
with separate list- and indexHolders:
   |p selectionHolder listHolder|

   listHolder := #('apples' 'bananas' 'grape' 'lemon' 'margaritas') asValue.
   selectionHolder := 'apples' asValue.

   p := ComboListView label:'healthy fruit'.
   p listHolder:listHolder.
   p model:selectionHolder.
   p openAt:(Screen current center).
   selectionHolder inspect
using different values:
   |p priceHolder listHolder prices priceField|

   listHolder := #('apples' 'bananas' 'grape' 'lemon' 'margaritas') asValue.
   prices := #(10 10 5 15 50).

   priceHolder := nil asValue.

   p := ComboListView new.
   p listHolder:listHolder.
   p model:priceHolder.
   p values:prices.
   p openAt:(Screen current center).

   priceField := EditField new.
   priceField readOnly:true.
   priceField model:(TypeConverter onNumberValue:priceHolder).
   priceField openAt:(Screen current center + (10@10)).
in a dialog:
   |model1 model2 dialog b|

   model1 := 'foo' asValue.
   model2 := 'bar' asValue.

   dialog := Dialog new.
   (dialog addTextLabel:'ComboList example:') adjust:#left.
   dialog addVerticalSpace.

   (b := dialog addComboListOn:model1 tabable:true).
   b list:#('fee' 'foe' 'foo').
   dialog addVerticalSpace.

   (b := dialog addComboListOn:model2 tabable:true).
   b list:#('bar' 'baz' 'baloo').
   dialog addVerticalSpace.

   dialog addOkButton.

   dialog open.

   Transcript showCR:('1st comboBox''s value: ' , model1 value).
   Transcript showCR:('2nd comboBox''s value: ' , model2 value).
Select condition
   |top comboList|

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

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

   comboList list:((1 to:100) collect:[:n | n printString]).
   comboList selectCondition:[:newValue | (Number readFrom:newValue) even].
   top open.


ST/X 7.7.0.0; WebServer 1.702 at 20f6060372b9.unknown:8081; Sat, 21 Dec 2024 17:11:45 GMT