Hi Harbs, I think that I still need to know what is a ComboBox in Royale, since is a component that use to mean different things for different persons. If is the same that we had in Flex, then I assume it will be a button with a text and an arrow and a list dropdown, then if editable, people could introduce text. An important bead will be Autocomplete, since is what make this kind of components usable.
Second, I use to search for how this component is done in current component set. Is normal that the solutions out there should be the best we can do now, so looking at the HTML code we can abstract the components that we'll need in Royale and see if there's some aggressive differences between JS and SWF sides. For example Slider is far different in SWF than JS. For example I started a DropDownList in Jewel that I think can share many things with ComboBox, but it was a first attempt and will still need much work, I need to analyze more options to continue that work. If you are working on ComboBox, I think is more intelligent to wait to your version and then use it for Jewel for reuse. 2018-05-31 17:28 GMT+02:00 Harbs <harbs.li...@gmail.com>: > An additional wrinkle in this problem is wether there’s any way to specify > the parts of the view using MXML, or it has to be in CSS. > > If they are beads, that problem is simplified. If not, is there a way to > add to ValueManager via MXML? > > Harbs > > > On May 31, 2018, at 6:09 PM, Harbs <harbs.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I don’t think so. The List is a component within ComboBox. I think the > basic structure of ComboBox makes sense as is. I think it’s the View which > needs work. > > > > It’s possible that an Express ComboBox might have additional properties > to make it easier to set the labelField, listHeight, etc. > > > > I’m primarily trying to figure out the best way to declare the “skin > pieces” of the view. > > > > Harbs > > > >> On May 31, 2018, at 5:17 PM, Piotr Zarzycki <piotrzarzyck...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Hi Harbs, > >> > >> What if ComboBox will extend DataContainer? It will be at some point > list > >> itself. Than the rest responsibility is in View. We know that ComboBox > is > >> always list, so if someone would like to change the other parts need to > >> have dive into view. > >> > >> On the other hand this solution probably is less flexible than having > >> through css some parts of that component. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Piotr > >> > >> > >> czw., 31 maj 2018 o 15:35 Harbs <harbs.li...@gmail.com> napisał(a): > >> > >>> I’m working on redoing ComboBox and I could use some input on best > >>> practices. > >>> > >>> Right now, ComboBox has ComboBox view which has three components > >>> hard-wired in. It has TextInput, TextButton, and List. If any visuals > or > >>> behavior need to be changed, the entire view needs to be rewritten. > We’ve > >>> already had two cases where I needed a new view. One was to disable the > >>> TextInput input and change the button appearance. The second was to > support > >>> images in a dropdown. > >>> > >>> It seems to me like the ComboBoxView should add the three components > based > >>> on declared classes. I think there should be 1. A “Button” component. > 2. An > >>> ItemRenderer component for the “input” which displays the selected > item. 3. > >>> A List component for displaying the dropdown. The question I’m > struggling > >>> with is how to declare these. > >>> > >>> I don’t think it makes sense to make these all beads. Currently Buttons > >>> are not beads. > >>> > >>> Should we add interfaces (i.e. IButton) and declare the classes using > >>> interfaces? I mean something similar to IItemRenderer. > >>> > >>> Maybe just use ValuesManager to just lookup some other “name”? We’re > >>> currently doing something similar with ColumnClassName in > DynamicDataGrid. > >>> > >>> Other ideas? > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Harbs > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> Piotr Zarzycki > >> > >> Patreon: *https://www.patreon.com/piotrzarzycki > >> <https://www.patreon.com/piotrzarzycki>* > > > > -- Carlos Rovira http://about.me/carlosrovira
