Class: PopUpBanner

• Inheritance
• Description
• Class protocol
  • instance creation
• Instance protocol
  • activation & deactivation
  • event handling
  • queries
• Examples

Inheritance:

   Object
   |
   +--GraphicsMedium
      |
      +--DisplaySurface
         |
         +--SimpleView
            |
            +--View
               |
               +--TopView
                  |
                  +--PopUpView
                     |
                     +--PopUpBanner

Package:

stx:libview2

Category:

Views-Basic

Version:

rev: 1.11 date: 2019/07/31 23:52:38

user: cg

file: PopUpBanner.st directory: libview2

module: stx stc-classLibrary: libview2

Author:

Claus Gittinger

Description:

Shows a banner popUp (splash window);
can be used at startup to make wait-time a bit more interesting.
See use in smalltalk.rc / showBanner.rc / hideBanner.rc.

Class protocol:

 forImage: anImage

Instance protocol:

 open

default for popUpBanners is to come up modeless

 showCentered

 buttonPress: button x: x y: y

destroy view when user clicks into

 grabWhenMapped

Examples:

    |img bannerView|

    img := Image fromFile:'banner1.xpm'.
    bannerView := PopUpBanner forImage:img.
    bannerView showCentered.

    Delay waitForSeconds:2.
    bannerView destroy