Re: [Lazarus] Large toolbar buttons
Thanks Mattias, I was wondering what the best component was for a tool bar with large buttons and images on. I am trying to use the TToolbar component, however, it doesn't seem to display captions and I can't seem to get the buttons to be bigger than 16x16? Any ideas? Change the ImageList's Width and Height. When I change the ImageLists's Height and Width it clears all of the current images, I presume that because I have to add larger images in now? Also, when do the captions get displayed? Richard -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Large toolbar buttons
On Sun, 6 Apr 2014 07:49:52 +0100 Richard Mace richard.m...@gmail.com wrote: [...] When I change the ImageLists's Height and Width it clears all of the current images, I presume that because I have to add larger images in now? Yes. Also, when do the captions get displayed? Have you tried ShowCaptions? Mattias -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Large toolbar buttons
On 6 April 2014 08:21, Mattias Gaertner nc-gaert...@netcologne.de wrote: Also, when do the captions get displayed? Have you tried ShowCaptions? Yes, I have. The buttons are linked to Actions so not sure if that makes any difference? Richard -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Large toolbar buttons
On Sun, 6 Apr 2014 10:35:11 +0100 Richard Mace richard.m...@gmail.com wrote: On 6 April 2014 08:21, Mattias Gaertner nc-gaert...@netcologne.de wrote: Also, when do the captions get displayed? Have you tried ShowCaptions? Yes, I have. The buttons are linked to Actions so not sure if that makes any difference? If you set Caption to '' then there is no text. Check also ShowCaption of the button. Mattias -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
[Lazarus] Cursor on lists in IDE
I am annoyed by a behaviour of the Lazarus IDE that seems to exist in many other programs and components too: When I delete an entry from a list (i.e. the debug watch list) then no other entry is selected afterwards. Therefore I cannot delete all entries by just keeping pressed the del key. I have to move the cursor after each delete to get another entry selected. Why is this so and can it be changed? This behaviour is completely useless. If the cursor entry disappears then another entry should take its place of course. I am just heavily making use of the VirtualTreeView component which seems to behave similar. Even if a node is focused it is not always selected too. This forces a lot of work on me to set the focused node to be selected too. This is especially annoying because it is not *always* needed. The logic behind this is unclear. Any ideas/comments? -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
[Lazarus] Ann: TButtonEdit as replacement for TEditButton
Hi all, As per r44623 (trunk) the new TButtonEdit component replaces the TEditButton component. The new TButtonEdit is designed as Grouped Control, so it should properly anchor and align. (You need to clean build Lazarus in order to update the componentpallette.) TEditButton is, for the time being, an alias for TButtonEdit, so that forms with a TEditButton still can load. If you find any regressions please report them in the bugtracker. For the time being you can build Lazarus with -dUSEOLDEDITBUTTON to still use the old implementation. I would like to thank Derit Agustin for the initial implementation of the new TCustomButtonEdit. Bart -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Ann: TButtonEdit as replacement for TEditButton
Finally :) *executing: svn up -- View this message in context: http://free-pascal-lazarus.989080.n3.nabble.com/Lazarus-Ann-TButtonEdit-as-replacement-for-TEditButton-tp4036553p4036554.html Sent from the Free Pascal - Lazarus mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Ann: TButtonEdit as replacement for TEditButton
Hello, I have some notes. The main is that messages (like WMLButton etc.) does not work. This may in theory break other peoples' code. The second is that default AutoSize was changed to False and initial height is hardcoded to 23 (but on my Qt are edits 21 pixel high so it's not consistent). I would keep AutoSIze = True as initial. The third is that it's derived from TCustomControl. Since the only difference to TWinControl that I see here is the Canvas, which is useless here, I would derive from TWinControl. Vojtech a.k.a. Blaazen __ Od: Bart bartjun...@gmail.com Komu: Lazarus mailing list lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org Datum: 06.04.2014 17:35 Předmět: [Lazarus] Ann: TButtonEdit as replacement for TEditButton -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Ann: TButtonEdit as replacement for TEditButton
On 4/6/14, Vojtěch Čihák vojtech.ci...@atlas.cz wrote: I have some notes. The main is that messages (like WMLButton etc.) does not work. This may in theory break other peoples' code. Not sure if that can be fixed. The old design was a poor one and had to be fixed in a way similar to the current one where the edit and the button are part of the container. The second is that default AutoSize was changed to False and initial height is hardcoded to 23 (but on my Qt are edits 21 pixel high so it's not consistent). I would keep AutoSIze = True as initial. Hmm... It uses same numbers as (hardcode?) in TCustomEdit for height. Autosize needs to be true. I'll fix that. (It was false by default because it didn't work as expected in a previous commit). The third is that it's derived from TCustomControl. Since the only difference to TWinControl that I see here is the Canvas, which is useless here, I would derive from TWinControl. Done that in a previous version, but IIRC it then looked different (ugly), so I changed it back to TCustomControl. Bart -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Ann: TButtonEdit as replacement for TEditButton
On 4/6/14, Vojtěch Čihák vojtech.ci...@atlas.cz wrote: The second is that default AutoSize was changed to False Fixed. The third is that it's derived from TCustomControl. Since the only difference to TWinControl that I see here is the Canvas, which is useless here, I would derive from TWinControl. Looked at it again. If done so then the buttons won't draw until you hoover the mouse over them. Can't see why this is happening. Bart -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] lfm file format
On So, 2014-04-06 at 03:23 +0200, Mattias Gaertner wrote: On Sun, 06 Apr 2014 00:49:45 +0200 Marc Santhoff m.santh...@web.de wrote: On Sa, 2014-04-05 at 12:23 +0200, Mattias Gaertner wrote: On Sat, 05 Apr 2014 12:06:20 +0200 Marc Santhoff m.santh...@web.de wrote: Hi, ist there a complete documentation of Lazarus' LFM xml file format? No. If someone wants to start one I will help. Note: The xml format has not yet implemented all features. Oops, I confused something. I silently assumed .lfm's are stored in XML, but they are not. In fact the storage format is someting like XML without tags but python-like syntactical indentation. Yes. Now I'm confused. When and how is XML used to store form descriptions? Some people use it. The IDE does not. I see. What use cases is it made for? Some people prefer xml. What I really want to do is to write some form descriptions (and code) by a generator program. If there is any existing code that can be reused it would be very helpful. This is too vague. What do you want to achieve? I'm thinking about a programm that: - opens a database - generates form and source for each table - uses mapping db-type - gui component - uses configuration If you ever used the Database Form Wizard/Assistant of Openoffice you know what I want. Not exctly that way, but in result a basic form that can be trimmed to fit by hand afterwards. Maybe someone having good knowledge of the IDE source code can name the unit(s) where writing and reading forms is handled? xml driver reader/writer: components/lazutils/laz_xmlstreaming.pas Component streaming in general: unit classes, see TReader/TWriter IDE additions: designer/jitforms.pp So for not generating form code myself I would learn to use jitforms unit. Do you see any problems in writing the code to a file instead of using it like in lazarus' desing mode? The jitforms unit is only useful if you want to write a form designer, which can load arbitrary forms with unknown classes. Normal loading/saving only needs the stuff of the RTL+LCL. OK. -- Marc Santhoff m.santh...@web.de -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Ann: TButtonEdit as replacement for TEditButton
On Sun, 6 Apr 2014, Bart wrote: On 4/6/14, Vojtěch Čihák vojtech.ci...@atlas.cz wrote: I have some notes. The main is that messages (like WMLButton etc.) does not work. This may in theory break other peoples' code. Not sure if that can be fixed. The old design was a poor one Well, it used what was available at the time in the LCL, which was not much compared to what can be done today :) Michael.-- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] lfm file format
On Sun, 6 Apr 2014, Marc Santhoff wrote: by a generator program. If there is any existing code that can be reused it would be very helpful. This is too vague. What do you want to achieve? I'm thinking about a programm that: - opens a database - generates form and source for each table - uses mapping db-type - gui component - uses configuration If you ever used the Database Form Wizard/Assistant of Openoffice you know what I want. Not exctly that way, but in result a basic form that can be trimmed to fit by hand afterwards. Yes ! Please consider donating that to Lazarus :) If you do, here some ideas: - Allow both grid/detail form. - Let the user control to some extent the kind of control that is generated. - Having the ability to specify lookup controls for foreign key fields are important. That may include creating a new dataset that fetches data from the referenced table. I have created such a wizard for Delphi (closed source) and it really helps creating forms very quickly. Having this available in Lazarus would be a real asset. Michael. -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] lfm file format
On So, 2014-04-06 at 21:03 +0200, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: On Sun, 6 Apr 2014, Marc Santhoff wrote: by a generator program. If there is any existing code that can be reused it would be very helpful. This is too vague. What do you want to achieve? I'm thinking about a programm that: - opens a database - generates form and source for each table - uses mapping db-type - gui component - uses configuration If you ever used the Database Form Wizard/Assistant of Openoffice you know what I want. Not exctly that way, but in result a basic form that can be trimmed to fit by hand afterwards. Yes ! Please consider donating that to Lazarus :) I thought about it, could be a good idea to get help. If you do, here some ideas: - Allow both grid/detail form. Try the Wizard of Openoffice, the third (or so) step let's the user switch between - grid - label above input field - label in front of input field - flating left to right, top to bottom (I'm not interested in this) - Let the user control to some extent the kind of control that is generated. See mapping above. I was thinking about a type-component list to use at generation time. - Having the ability to specify lookup controls for foreign key fields are important. That may include creating a new dataset that fetches data from the referenced table. I know, that's what e.g. Butler (java, on sourceforge) does. Not sure if this is too much work for a first start. I have created such a wizard for Delphi (closed source) and it really helps creating forms very quickly. Having this available in Lazarus would be a real asset. To reduce workload my idea is to have a standalone program. This saves me from learning Lazarus' internals and wizard API. Maybe someone else could take this task somewhen. Currently I'm only in a pre-planning phase, my goal know is to check how much work this would be, because it's a spare time effort. [I knew I would open a can of worms ;)] -- Marc Santhoff m.santh...@web.de -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] lfm file format
On 2014-04-06 19:53, Marc Santhoff wrote: If you ever used the Database Form Wizard/Assistant of Openoffice you know what I want. Not exctly that way, but in result a basic form that can be trimmed to fit by hand afterwards. I've never tried that but closer to home, Delphi IDE has something similar built-in (if we are talking about the same thing). I don't know if Lazarus has that. I don't use TDataset, so might get the terminology wrong, so bare with me. In Delphi you can hook up a TDataset to a database table. Then view the TFields of that dataset. Drag those fields and drop them on the Form Designer. The form Design will then automatically insert a TLabel and appropriate DB-aware component, and hook that up to the TDataset. You can use multi-select and drag all fields at once. I remember using this back in Delphi 7 days to knock out prototype applications, but that was also around the time I stopped using TDataset and DB-aware components. Like I mentioned, I don't know if Lazarus supports that - I would be surprised if it doesn't. Lazarus has many hidden features. Regards, - Graeme - -- fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI toolkit using Free Pascal http://fpgui.sourceforge.net/ -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Large toolbar buttons
If you set Caption to '' then there is no text. Check also ShowCaption of the button. The caption is set to Add user and the ShowCaption is set to true, but it's still not showing the text on the button? Thanks Richard -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] lfm file format
On So, 2014-04-06 at 21:37 +0200, Marc Santhoff wrote: - flating left to right, top to bottom (I'm not interested in this) floating Currently I'm only in a pre-planning phase, my goal know is to check how now -- Marc Santhoff m.santh...@web.de -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Large toolbar buttons
On Sun, 6 Apr 2014 20:47:09 +0100 Richard Mace richard.m...@gmail.com wrote: If you set Caption to '' then there is no text. Check also ShowCaption of the button. The caption is set to Add user and the ShowCaption is set to true, but it's still not showing the text on the button? What happens when you add another toolbar, set ShowCaptions to true and add a button? Mattias -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Large toolbar buttons
Hi, there are two ShowCaption properties. One TToolButton.ShowCaption and the second TToolBar.ShowCaption. Also, there is TToolBar.ButtonHeight when you need large buttons. Blaazen __ Od: Richard Mace richard.m...@gmail.com Komu: Lazarus mailing list lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org Datum: 06.04.2014 21:47 Předmět: Re: [Lazarus] Large toolbar buttons If you set Caption to '' then there is no text. Check also ShowCaption of the button. The caption is set to Add user and the ShowCaption is set to true, but it's still not showing the text on the button?ThanksRichard -- -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Large toolbar buttons
Hi, there are two ShowCaption properties. One TToolButton.ShowCaption and the second TToolBar.ShowCaption. Also, there is TToolBar.ButtonHeight when you need large buttons. Blaazen __ Od: Richard Mace richard.m...@gmail.com Komu: Lazarus mailing list lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org Datum: 06.04.2014 21:47 Předmět: Re: [Lazarus] Large toolbar buttons If you set Caption to '' then there is no text. Check also ShowCaption of the button. The caption is set to Add user and the ShowCaption is set to true, but it's still not showing the text on the button?ThanksRichard -- -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Ann: TButtonEdit as replacement for TEditButton
On 4/6/14, Michael Van Canneyt mich...@freepascal.org wrote: The old design was a poor one Well, it used what was available at the time in the LCL, which was not much compared to what can be done today :) Well, maybe that was frased a little crude, but no offense was intended by all means. Bart -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
