This project is for viewing and taking data and log entries for the MST fusion experiment (University of Wisconsin-Madison). The scientists I have spoken to want to have native windows so they can drag them to a separate monitor (the control room computers all have multiple monitors). In some cases they will want to minimize the main interface and just enter things in the editor, and in other instances they will be browsing data in the main interface and want to edit a few things here and there.
I also think that the window-within-a-window paradigm is not a good one for users - that's why microsoft has switched almost all their apps from MDI to SDI. In some respects the qooxdoo managed windows are consistent, but from a users prospective, they have windows that don't look or act like the windows they're used to - constrained to the browser, no minimization, not present in the tab order, non-native window decorations, etc. David Jim Hunter wrote: > Why do you not want to edit the data in a qooxdoo managed window? It's > a lot easier then trying to manipulate native windows and will give > your app a consistent look and feel. > > Jim > www.D4PHP.org <http://www.D4PHP.org> > www.D4PHP-Hosting.com <http://www.D4PHP-Hosting.com> > > > On 6/30/07, *johnl* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Hello everyone. I have a question about native windows and how to > interact with them. Here is what I'd like to do: > > In a qooxdoo application we have a number of modules, some of > which have > data that the user can edit. I'd like to have a button on the module > that the user can click to bring up an editor in a native window > for the > data, or if the editor is already open, load the data for the > module the > user has clicked. What I think this requires is to be able to > communicate between the application in one window and the editor in > another native window. > > Is it possible to create a native window and add qooxdoo widgets to it > from the application running in another window? If it is, do > events pass > between the two? > > I'm interested in any advice I can get . > > Thank you. > > David Lee > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > qooxdoo-devel mailing list > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qooxdoo-devel > <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qooxdoo-devel> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > qooxdoo-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qooxdoo-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ qooxdoo-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qooxdoo-devel
