Thanks chip.
#1; you should be able to use any shortcut character, don't know why
you had any problem.
Matt: It is a little strange. I can send you the other half of the
code for you to try it for yourself.
#2. The arrow keys should just work between the menubar elements,
and there's no special attribute or anything else which will effect
how they work.
Matt: they work fine between the menubar elements
file, tools and help
However, when focus reaches the end of the menubar at file or help,
it gets stuck , instead of moving to the other end of the menubar.So,
when the arrow is focused on file, pressing the left arrow key
produces no result and when the focus is on help, pressing the right
produces no result either. I'd like to change that so that in the
former case the focus moves to help, and in the latter to file.
#3. You'll need to google on, or find some examples of, specifying
character data using the XML structure named cdata; it allows you to
put special characters (including line breaks) into an xml character
string. Or, you could use the UIDesign app to create your XML and it
usually uses cdata when it creates structures for you.
Matt: What I want to achieve is the ability to begin a new line in
the editbox by pressing the enter key. If your advice offers the
same solution then I apologise for the misunderstanding.
Regards
Matt
hth,
Chip
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MJ Williams [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 9:07 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: questions on app UI design
>
> Hi
> xml file is appended to the message enclosed by start xml and
> end xml tags.
>
> 1. in the static element on line 22, I've noticed that only
> a handful of values (i.e. characters) are accepted by the
> shortcut attribute. So far, I've a, i, and o. Any other key
> simply won't work.
> What's the reason for this? I've a suspicion that it's
> something fairly elementary.
>
> 2. In the xml file below you'll find that I've also included
> the first part of the example from the menubar entry in the
> manual (lines 6 to 20).
> Is there an attribute or empty element that will enable the
> left and right arrow keys to cycle through the items? for
> example, pressing left arrow on file would move focus onto
> help, and pressing right arrow over help would move it back to file.
>
> 3. I'd like to be able to insert line breaks in the editbox,
> however, adding lines="multiple" and returns="yes" to the
> editbox element, and removing default="yes" from the speak
> button doesn't seem to do the trick. Any tips there would be
> very much appreciated.
>
> By the way, I'm using the vbs code from the simpel simon
> example to test the xml code.
>
> Regards
> Matt
> start xml
> 1 <?xml version="1.0"?>
> 2 <wescriptui>
> 3 <language id="en-gb">
> 4 <dialog id="simon_says">
> 5 Simple Simon Says
> 6 <menubar>
> 7 <menu id="menu_file" shortcut="f">
> 8 File
> 9 <menuitem id="menu_file_open" shortcut="o">Open</menuitem>
> 10 <menuitem id="menu_file_exit" shortcut="x">Exit</menuitem>
> 11 </menu>
> 12 <menu id="menu_tools" shortcut="t">
> 13 Tools
> 14 <menuitem id="menu_tools_options" shortcut="o">Options</menuitem>
> 15 </menu>
> 16 <menu id="menu_help" shortcut="h">
> 17 Help
> 18 <menuitem id="menu_help_about" shortcut="a">About</menuitem>
> 19 </menu>
> 20 </menubar>
> 21 <group>
> 22 <static shortcut="i">
> 23 Simon Says:
> 24 </static>
> 25 <editbox id="edit_string" width="200">
> 26 </editbox>
> 27 <spacer />
> 28 <checkbox
> 29 id="check_slow"
> 30 shortcut="e">
> 31 Speak Slowly
> 32 </checkbox>
> 33 <spacer />
> 34 <group width="group" justify="center">
> 35 <button
> 36 id="button_speak"
> 37 width="+30"
> 38 widthclass="button"
> 39 shortcut="s"
> 40 default="yes">
> 41 Speak
> 42 </button>
> 43 <button
> 44 id="button_close"
> 45 shortcut="c"
> 46 widthclass="button"
> 47 system="cancel">
> 48 Close
> 49 </button>
> 50 </group>
> 51 </group>
> 52 </dialog>
> 53 </language>
> 54 </wescriptui>
> end xml
>
