Hi Stef, I think the example that Alex provided is less advisable and it is misleading :). It’s indeed interesting that you can do what he shows, but I do not think this is the example that people should see first.
I got my hands on an image. Here is an example that is composing two elements: element := BlElement new layoutStrategy: BlBasicLayoutStrategy new; shape: (BlShape new path: BlRectanglePath new; strokePaint: (BlStrokePaint new paint: Color blue; width: 4)); extent: 500@500; position: 0@0; addChild: (BlElement new shape: (BlShape new path: BlCirclePath new; fillPaint: Color red); extent: 450@450; position: 25@25). element openInWorld. Is this what you had in mind? Cheers, Doru > On Apr 2, 2016, at 11:38 PM, stepharo <steph...@free.fr> wrote: > > >> How to make square element with filled circle inside: >> >> 1) Subclass BlElement -> BlCell >> 2) Override >> drawOnSpartaCanvas: aCanvas >> super drawOnSpartaCanvas: aCanvas. >> aCanvas >> setShape: self localBounds; >> setStrokePaint: Color blue; >> stroke >> >> 3) Override initialize to have circle shape: >> initialize >> super initialize. >> self shapeDo: [ :aShape | aShape >> path: BlCirclePath new; >> fillPaint: Color red ]. >> 4) Open cell in word >> >> Easy :) > > Except that I do not understand it. > I do not understand why I should do > setShape: self localBounds; > > and why I should do shapeDo: in the initialize > > This is totally unclear to me. So this means that I cannot program anything I > want > with it. Imagine I could not find anything simpler than a box with a circle > drawn on it > and even with the solution I cannot understand it. > > You see in Morphic this is simple: you have a drawOn: aCanvas method and you > know how to draw: aCanvas > I do not get the interaction between the draw and the initialize. > This is totally unclear. > > Now I tried and this code did not work in the build 26 so I tried with > drawOnAthensCanvas: and it crashed. > So I stop. > No need to reply to this email and thread. > > > Stef > > -- www.tudorgirba.com www.feenk.com "We can create beautiful models in a vacuum. But, to get them effective we have to deal with the inconvenience of reality."