Very Cool Toaster component Maxime :)
2013/6/16 Maxime Cowez <maxime.co...@gmail.com>
> For those interested:
> I've had some fun creating another implementation of SkinnablePopUp: it's a
> Toaster that allows you to display toast-style messages.
> In its simplest form you use it like this:
>
> <fx:Declarations>
> <rs:Toaster id="toaster" width="150" bottom="20" right="20"/>
> </fx:Declarations>
>
> <s:Button label="Say hello" click="toaster.toast('Hello there from the
> Toaster')"/>
>
> The positioning properties ('bottom' and 'right' in this example) are
> relative to the application.
>
> See it in action at http://riastar.github.io/SkinnablePopUpFx/ (it can
> be customized through custom item renderers and some addtional
> properties)
>
> Max
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 10:09 PM, Maxime Cowez <maxime.co...@gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > @Carlos
> > > Maybe we could update it to get the benefits in your implementation to
> > get best of both worlds.
> >
> > I'll see what I can do from my end to integrate both approaches. I'll
> also
> > try to address some of the feedback I gathered here.
> >
> > @Christopher
> > > Regarding the callback-functionality, I would prefer the event based
> > approach over the old one where you provide the callbac functionality.
> >
> > There's nothing preventing us from providing both approaches. I never
> > liked that static function myself - which is why I created this Spark
> > implementation in the first place -, but who are we to tell people how to
> > instantiate alerts ;)
> >
> > > As far as I understood it, I can still programatically create Alerts
> > and addEventListeners for the CloseEvents. I would really like to be able
> > to continue to be able to create Alerts programatically.
> >
> > Yes you can:
> >
> > var alert:Alert = new Alert("my title", "my message");
> > alert.addEventListener(PopUpEvent.CLOSE, handleAlertClose);
> > alert.show();
> >
> > > Regarding the discussion of what Buttons the Allert should have, what
> > about implementing an abstract BaseAlert (or something similar that
> > contains a command-bar which can be filled with Buttons and a concrete
> > subclass Alert that mimics the functionality of the original Alert?
> >
> > I already did it that way, kind of. Only the base class is a bit more
> > generic than what you describe: it is a SkinnablePopUp which you can
> extend
> > to add whatever you want. But perhaps I should consider adding another
> base
> > class as you suggest in between.
> >
> > Max
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:40 PM, Peter Ent <p...@adobe.com> wrote:
> >
> >> For FlexJS, the Alert will have an AlertModel where the title, message,
> >> and button labels will be stored. The model is assigned via style sheet
> >> (or programmatically) and the model can be changed dynamically. If you
> >> wanted something different or more generic, it will be possible to
> extend
> >> the AlertModel and add whatever else you'd like and then extend or
> replace
> >> the AlertBead to handle the extra layout or items.
> >>
> >> Peter Ent
> >> Flex SDK Team
> >> Adobe Systems
> >>
> >> On 6/11/13 4:15 AM, "christofer.d...@c-ware.de"
> >> <christofer.d...@c-ware.de> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Regarding the callback-functionality, I would prefer the event based
> >> >approach over the old one where you provide the callbac functionality.
> >> >
> >> >As far as I understood it, I can still programatically create Alerts
> and
> >> >addEventListeners for the CloseEvents. I would really like to be able
> to
> >> >continue to be able to create Alerts programatically.
> >> >
> >> >Regarding the discussion of what Buttons the Allert should have, what
> >> >about implementing an abstract BaseAlert (or something similar that
> >> >contains a command-bar which can be filled with Buttons and a concrete
> >> >subclass Alert that mimics the functionality of the original Alert?
> >> >
> >> >Chris
> >> >
> >> >________________________________________
> >> >Von: Maxime Cowez [maxime.co...@gmail.com]
> >> >Gesendet: Montag, 10. Juni 2013 22:08
> >> >An: dev@flex.apache.org
> >> >Betreff: [DISCUSS] Alerts and dialogs in Flex 4.x / Spark (was: Alerts
> >> >and dialogs in FlexJS)
> >> >
> >> >As we were discussing some options in the thread "Alerts and dialogs in
> >> >FlexJS", we started to elaborate on dialog implementation in general.
> >> This
> >> >was carrying us away from the initial question so I started this new
> >> >thread.
> >> >
> >> >One of the initial topics was the possibility to declare Alerts/Dialogs
> >> as
> >> >mxml tags instead of using the old static function, something like
> this:
> >> >
> >> ><fx:declarations>
> >> > <s:Alert id="alert" title="myTitle" text="myMessage"
> >> >close="handleAlertClose(event)"/>
> >> ></fx:declarations>
> >> >
> >> ><s:Button label="show alert" click="alert.open()"/>
> >> >
> >> >I mentioned that I had already created such an implementation, which
> can
> >> >be
> >> >found at https://github.com/RIAstar/SkinnablePopUpFx
> >> >There's also a live demo at http://riastar.github.io/SkinnablePopUpFx/
> >> >
> >> >Some people seemed to like the idea and asked some questions, which
> I'll
> >> >try to answer next.
> >> >
> >> >Max
> >>
> >>
> >
>
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