Hi Simon,
I don't think that such a new behavior is a good idea to integrate into
a class like Window. Maybe you can, instead of directly modify Window,
implement such a feature inside a child class.
Cheers,
Sebastian
Simon Bull schrieb:
> Hi All,
>
> Attached is a demo of a window feature I have migrated from 0.5.x
> to 0.6.1 (r4269). Some of my users really like it - perhaps some others
> will too? If Sebastian thinks it is a worthy addition he could add it to
> qx.ui.window.Window for 0.6.2 :)
>
> The feature is called window "blocking". Blocking is a property which
> can be set to true or false for any window instance. When it is set to
> true, a window will be completely covered by a transparent
> qx.ui.basic.Terminator when it is not the active window (the "transparent"
> terminator can be given any appearance you like - E.g., a low opacity
> colour).
>
> This means that unless a window is active the user cannot click any
> widget in the window and cannot resize or reposition the window. The only
> thing a user can do to a blocked window is to "unblock" it by clicking
> anywhere in it. This automatically blocks all other windows which have
> blocking set to true.
>
> Why is this useful?
>
> Some users are frustrated when a click that is intended to bring a
> window into focus also triggers the widget that they happened to click.
> This is especially true if the click unintentionally triggers an
> expensive action. For example - our application has a Map window, and
> clicking
> anywhere over the map can trigger a zoom, or an expensive spatial
> search or selection.
>
> See for yourself
>
> Rename the attached sample1-src.foo to sample1-src.zip (sourceforge mail is
> blocking mail with any attachment with the .zip extension).
>
> Unzip the renamed sample1-src.zip and modify the Makefile so that
> "QOOXDOO = ....." (on line 5) points to the qooxdoo sdk in your
> filesystem.
> You will also need to add the following to
> qx.theme.appearance.DefaultAppearanceTheme.js:
>
> "window-blocker" : {
> setup : function() {
> this.bgcolor_active = new
> qx.renderer.color.ColorObject("activecaption");
> this.bgcolor_inactive = new
> qx.renderer.color.ColorObject("inactivecaption");
> },
>
> initial : function(vTheme) {
> return {
> opacity : 0.2,
> backgroundColor : this.bgcolor_inactive
> }
> }
> },
>
> Then make, and open sample1/build/index.html.
>
> Click the "Create new window" button half a dozen times then move the
> windows around so they overlap. Notice that you can't click the radio
> buttons or use any controls of a blocked window. You can toggle
> blocking off in some windows and see how the behaviour differs.
>
> Enjoy,
>
> Simon
>
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