I found this, but why did they have to change the jargon? http://developer.ubuntu.com/api/qml/sdk-14.04/Ubuntu.Components/
http://developer.ubuntu.com/api/qml/sdk-14.04/Ubuntu.Components.OptionSelector/ OptionSelector seems to be what a radio and radio button group are. I apologize for the rant. On 03/24/2014 07:15 PM, David Marceau wrote: > Ubuntu Touch team threw out radio buttons. > > PROBLEM: How are developers simply supposed to take a previously > running qt app with radio buttons on the desktop and get it running on > Ubuntu Touch? > > Have you got a path to facilitate the migration or are you expecting > developers to do a complete rewrite with every dialog containing radio > buttons? > > Once a selection is made, people don't necessarily want to navigate to > the next screen automatically. We are indecisive creatures. We like to > choose, think about it some more and then go to the next step. > > Not everything is a list box.(not all options are displayed at the same > time after selection. listboxes possibly imply multi-selection which is > not a good thing.) > Not everything is a button.(non-grouped option) > Not everything is a checkbox.(multi-select) > > I wrote a simple app in go-gtk, c++-gtk, qt for android. All of these > have radio buttons/radio button groups. X, Motif, OpenLook, Gnome, KDE, > Android all have radio buttons. > > Please reconsider this. The functionality is qt was already there and > you took it out. That wasn't necessary to do unless you have something > better to offer and something to facilitate a migration path without > resorting to rewriting code that worked on the desktop and on other > devices. I don't see the rationale behind this decision. It's not > consistent with adopting the qt toolkit that is certain. When adopting > qt, one usually adopts all qt controls because their controls are known > to display and work on all of their supported os's and devices. Ubuntu > Touch is the standing out like a sore thumb with respect to radio > buttons not being supported on Ubuntu Touch, but being supported on the > desktop. > > Cheers, > David Marceau > -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp