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Sheet sliding in from the left/right/bottom - Is there a way?
Dear All,
I understood that the Sheet, by default, opens from the top of its owner. Is
there a way to set from which side this should slide in? like, left, right,
bottom?
A screen example is attached to illustrate what I would like to achieve (the
TableView have some rubbish inside).
Thanks alot for your help,
http://apache-pivot-users.399431.n3.nabble.com/file/n2032319/3.png
MSafiri
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Re: Sheet sliding in from the left/right/bottom - Is there a way?
Posted by MSafiri <zs...@gmail.com>.
Sandro Martini wrote:
>
> Hi to all,
>
>> Hope you will be able to make it shortly.
> Ok, I like this feature, but probably "shortly" here will be 2.1, or a
> 2.0.x (but for this we have to see what other Pivot developers say).
>
>
> Msafiri, can you open a ticket in JIRA for this (maybe with a link to this
> thread, and some info) for the 2.1 ?
> We are always in time to move to a 2.0.x maintenance release if other
> developers say it's Ok.
>
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Bye,
> Sandro
>
>
Dear Sandro,
The ticket is done, though not sure it is done in the right way.
Cheers,
MSafiri
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Re: Sheet sliding in from the left/right/bottom - Is there a way?
Posted by Chris Bartlett <cb...@gmail.com>.
Yes, as Sandro says, until it is released, only bug fixes are likely to make
it into Piviot 2.0.
However if this change is as simple as it looks (although they rarely are!)
then I can post my source here as soon as it is complete, so that anyone is
free to use it if they wish.
Chris
On 7 December 2010 22:45, Sandro Martini <sa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi to all,
>
> > Hope you will be able to make it shortly.
> Ok, I like this feature, but probably "shortly" here will be 2.1, or a
> 2.0.x
> (but for this we have to see what other Pivot developers say).
>
>
> Msafiri, can you open a ticket in JIRA for this (maybe with a link to this
> thread, and some info) for the 2.1 ?
> We are always in time to move to a 2.0.x maintenance release if other
> developers say it's Ok.
>
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Bye,
> Sandro
>
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Re: Sheet sliding in from the left/right/bottom - Is there a way?
Posted by Sandro Martini <sa...@gmail.com>.
Hi to all,
> Hope you will be able to make it shortly.
Ok, I like this feature, but probably "shortly" here will be 2.1, or a 2.0.x
(but for this we have to see what other Pivot developers say).
Msafiri, can you open a ticket in JIRA for this (maybe with a link to this
thread, and some info) for the 2.1 ?
We are always in time to move to a 2.0.x maintenance release if other
developers say it's Ok.
Thank you very much.
Bye,
Sandro
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Re: Sheet sliding in from the left/right/bottom - Is there a way?
Posted by Chris Bartlett <cb...@gmail.com>.
FYI - My idea was to have different kinds of contextual data in each of the
4 sheets (LEFT, RIGHT, TOP, BOTTOM). Then the user would be able to view
that data using keystrokes like CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT to bring the left sided
pane into view, or CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN to slide in a sheet from the top.
I haven't trued this yet, so don't know how well it would work in reality.
One thing I am undecided on is whether the keystroke should indicate where
the sheet is coming from.
CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT = slide in from left or CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT = slide the left
hand panel into view by moving it right.
At the moment I trigger the display of certain sheets with the ALT+DOWN key
which slides a standard Pivot Sheet in from the top.
Chris
On 7 December 2010 22:16, MSafiri <zs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Chris,
>
> Hope you will be able to make it shortly. It would be great to have this
> feature. In the application we develop, we heavily use sheets to collect
> information from the users. Sliding down from the top is great but in many
> cases it obscures the data upon which the user should respond.
>
> Thanks for the effort,
>
> MSafiri
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Re: Sheet sliding in from the left/right/bottom - Is there a way?
Posted by MSafiri <zs...@gmail.com>.
Dear Chris,
Hope you will be able to make it shortly. It would be great to have this
feature. In the application we develop, we heavily use sheets to collect
information from the users. Sliding down from the top is great but in many
cases it obscures the data upon which the user should respond.
Thanks for the effort,
MSafiri
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Re: Sheet sliding in from the left/right/bottom - Is there a way?
Posted by Chris Bartlett <cb...@gmail.com>.
Apologies for the delay in getting this patch onto JIRA - I just haven't
been able to find the time.
It is now attached to the ticket along with an example application
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIVOT-682
Chris
On 8 December 2010 23:54, Chris Bartlett <cb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I completed a simple version yesterday but have not had time to attach a
> patch to the ticket yet. I will try to do so tomorrow and also add the
> option to center the sheet. Currently is just allows the user to specify
> the slide source direction as NORTH, SOUTH, EAST or WEST, and the sheet
> stops at the respective edge of the parent window.
>
> Chris
>
> On 8 December 2010 22:18, Sandro Martini <sa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi to all,
>> thanks for the ticket ( https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIVOT-682).
>>
>> We'll try as soon as possible (maybe just after the final 2.0) the
>> simpler solution, and see later if extend for the general solution (if
>> it's the case).
>>
>> Bye,
>> Sandro
>>
>
>
Re: Sheet sliding in from the left/right/bottom - Is there a way?
Posted by Chris Bartlett <cb...@gmail.com>.
I completed a simple version yesterday but have not had time to attach a
patch to the ticket yet. I will try to do so tomorrow and also add the
option to center the sheet. Currently is just allows the user to specify
the slide source direction as NORTH, SOUTH, EAST or WEST, and the sheet
stops at the respective edge of the parent window.
Chris
On 8 December 2010 22:18, Sandro Martini <sa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi to all,
> thanks for the ticket ( https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIVOT-682 ).
>
> We'll try as soon as possible (maybe just after the final 2.0) the
> simpler solution, and see later if extend for the general solution (if
> it's the case).
>
> Bye,
> Sandro
>
Re: Sheet sliding in from the left/right/bottom - Is there a way?
Posted by Sandro Martini <sa...@gmail.com>.
Hi to all,
thanks for the ticket ( https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIVOT-682 ).
We'll try as soon as possible (maybe just after the final 2.0) the
simpler solution, and see later if extend for the general solution (if
it's the case).
Bye,
Sandro
Re: Sheet sliding in from the left/right/bottom - Is there a way?
Posted by Dirk Möbius <dm...@scoop-gmbh.de>.
Chris Bartlett <cb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Agreed. I thought a centered destination could be useful a little while
> after I wrote my email.
>
> There could be a boolean style of 'centerOnOwner' (not a great name) which
> would be used in conjunction with the other style. That would allow the
> user to specify where the sheet slides in from, and whether it stays aligned
> to that side, or ends up centred,
>
> I don't think we need to be able to specify *both* where the sheet slides in
> FROM, and where it slides TO, but it would be possible with 2 styles named
> 'slideSource' and 'slideDestination' rather than the others mentioned above.
>
> SlideSource would allow LEFT/RIGHT/UP/DOWN, but not CENTER.
> SlideDestination would allow LEFT/RIGHT/UP/DOWN and CENTER.
Agreed. And I don't think we need the big solution, too. Your first
proposal 'centerOnOwner' is easier to implement.
Dirk.
Re: Sheet sliding in from the left/right/bottom - Is there a way?
Posted by Chris Bartlett <cb...@gmail.com>.
Agreed. I thought a centered destination could be useful a little while
after I wrote my email.
There could be a boolean style of 'centerOnOwner' (not a great name) which
would be used in conjunction with the other style. That would allow the
user to specify where the sheet slides in from, and whether it stays aligned
to that side, or ends up centred,
I don't think we need to be able to specify *both* where the sheet slides in
FROM, and where it slides TO, but it would be possible with 2 styles named
'slideSource' and 'slideDestination' rather than the others mentioned above.
SlideSource would allow LEFT/RIGHT/UP/DOWN, but not CENTER.
SlideDestination would allow LEFT/RIGHT/UP/DOWN and CENTER.
Chris
On 7 December 2010 21:33, Dirk Möbius <dm...@scoop-gmbh.de> wrote:
> I would also like to have an option to slide to the CENTER, so that the
> final destination of the Sheet is not attached to any border, but aligned to
> the center of the enclosing Window.
>
> Dirk.
>
>
>
> Chris Bartlett <cb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> There is currently no way to configure Sheet to slide in from another
>> side.
>> This is something that I also want and was planning to have a go at it
>> shortly.
>>
>> At first glance it seems to be a fairly simple task to change the
>> TerraSheetSkin behaviour so that OpenTransition updates the x position of
>> the TranslationDecorator, and TerraSheetSkin#alignToOwner() places the
>> initial sheet correctly.
>>
>> My plan was to create a new enum to represent the sides (LEFT, RIGHT, TOP,
>> BOTTOM or NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST) and add a new style named something
>> like
>> 'sheetPlacement' which would use the enum.
>>
>> Setting it to LEFT/WEST would mean that the sheet would slide in from the
>> left side and stop at the left side of the parent window (centred
>> vertically).
>>
>> In this case, alignToOwner() and OpenTransition would have to be able to
>> handle the 4 different values.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On 7 December 2010 15:41, MSafiri <zs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> I understood that the Sheet, by default, opens from the top of its owner.
>>> Is
>>> there a way to set from which side this should slide in? like, left,
>>> right,
>>> bottom?
>>>
>>> A screen example is attached to illustrate what I would like to achieve
>>> (the
>>> TableView have some rubbish inside).
>>>
>>> Thanks alot for your help,
>>>
>>> http://apache-pivot-users.399431.n3.nabble.com/file/n2032319/3.png
>>>
>>> MSafiri
>>>
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>>> http://apache-pivot-users.399431.n3.nabble.com/Sheet-sliding-in-from-the-left-right-bottom-Is-there-a-way-tp2032319p2032319.html
>>>
>>
>
>
>
Re: Sheet sliding in from the left/right/bottom - Is there a way?
Posted by Dirk Möbius <dm...@scoop-gmbh.de>.
I would also like to have an option to slide to the CENTER, so that
the final destination of the Sheet is not attached to any border, but
aligned to the center of the enclosing Window.
Dirk.
Chris Bartlett <cb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> There is currently no way to configure Sheet to slide in from another side.
> This is something that I also want and was planning to have a go at it
> shortly.
>
> At first glance it seems to be a fairly simple task to change the
> TerraSheetSkin behaviour so that OpenTransition updates the x position of
> the TranslationDecorator, and TerraSheetSkin#alignToOwner() places the
> initial sheet correctly.
>
> My plan was to create a new enum to represent the sides (LEFT, RIGHT, TOP,
> BOTTOM or NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST) and add a new style named something like
> 'sheetPlacement' which would use the enum.
>
> Setting it to LEFT/WEST would mean that the sheet would slide in from the
> left side and stop at the left side of the parent window (centred
> vertically).
>
> In this case, alignToOwner() and OpenTransition would have to be able to
> handle the 4 different values.
>
> Chris
>
> On 7 December 2010 15:41, MSafiri <zs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I understood that the Sheet, by default, opens from the top of its owner.
>> Is
>> there a way to set from which side this should slide in? like, left, right,
>> bottom?
>>
>> A screen example is attached to illustrate what I would like to achieve
>> (the
>> TableView have some rubbish inside).
>>
>> Thanks alot for your help,
>>
>> http://apache-pivot-users.399431.n3.nabble.com/file/n2032319/3.png
>>
>> MSafiri
>>
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Re: Sheet sliding in from the left/right/bottom - Is there a way?
Posted by Chris Bartlett <cb...@gmail.com>.
There is currently no way to configure Sheet to slide in from another side.
This is something that I also want and was planning to have a go at it
shortly.
At first glance it seems to be a fairly simple task to change the
TerraSheetSkin behaviour so that OpenTransition updates the x position of
the TranslationDecorator, and TerraSheetSkin#alignToOwner() places the
initial sheet correctly.
My plan was to create a new enum to represent the sides (LEFT, RIGHT, TOP,
BOTTOM or NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST) and add a new style named something like
'sheetPlacement' which would use the enum.
Setting it to LEFT/WEST would mean that the sheet would slide in from the
left side and stop at the left side of the parent window (centred
vertically).
In this case, alignToOwner() and OpenTransition would have to be able to
handle the 4 different values.
Chris
On 7 December 2010 15:41, MSafiri <zs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> I understood that the Sheet, by default, opens from the top of its owner.
> Is
> there a way to set from which side this should slide in? like, left, right,
> bottom?
>
> A screen example is attached to illustrate what I would like to achieve
> (the
> TableView have some rubbish inside).
>
> Thanks alot for your help,
>
> http://apache-pivot-users.399431.n3.nabble.com/file/n2032319/3.png
>
> MSafiri
>
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