I agree: it would be useful to control host windows in some way, whether as described below, or via Wx, etc. The native windows/controls have their uses, though they are not (IMHO) the panacea that many believe them to be. So, it would be very nice to be able to mix native and emulated GUI elements.
Bill Wilhelm K. Schwab, Ph.D. University of Florida Department of Anesthesiology PO Box 100254 Gainesville, FL 32610-0254 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (352) 273-6785 FAX: (352) 392-7029 >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/9/2008 4:35 PM >>> On 09/11/2008, at 10:17 PM, Igor Stasenko wrote: > What you'll never see in new plugin: > - native widgets support or any kind of dealing with native widgets/ > controls. Notwithstanding this, IMO a really good feature would be the ability to create and manage native views within windows, where e.g. a Morph could be 'backed' by a native view. This feature alone is enough to later allow native controls (such as WebKit) to mix with 'light' controls with correct z-ordering/clipping/event handling etc. Of course one could retrofit such a feature, but using native views from the start would encourage any Morphic mods (or other widget set) to use native views and hence be ready for better integration. Antony Blakey -------------------------- CTO, Linkuistics Pty Ltd Ph: 0438 840 787 Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. -- Douglas Adams _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
