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default size for labels, fields, buttons, ...

Postby maservoy » Wed Nov 07, 2007 2:31 pm

Hello,
I think that it would be very useful to be able to define the default size for elements such as labels, fields or buttons, for example; alongside, the size of the pixels between elements when some of them are placed at the same time on a form...

We would save time in placing elements on forms.
Thank you very much...
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Postby martinh » Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:00 am

I agree. Some while ago I posted already a feature request (99073)
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Postby rgansevles » Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:32 am

Will try to include that in the eclipse-based version of the designer.

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Postby birgit » Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:40 pm

I did something which is really not recommended and must be handled very carefully. But it avoids the annoying setting of the same property values over and over again.

If you execute the following query in the repository, you get the default size settings for fields (object_type_id = 4).

select * from servoy_content_spec
where object_type_id = 4
and property_name = 'size'


The 'default_textual_classvalue' can not only be read, it can also be set. 8)

On your own risk.
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Postby Robert Huber » Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:24 am

Hello Rob

Did you guys already look at Matisse, the NetBeans Forms editor? I don't know if it's possible to integrate this editor, but that would be really great as it shows (my personal opinion only, of course .-) how a forms editor could/should look like today, i.e. what functionality is possible to achieve.

There are also movies on the web which show the behaviour like alignment of fields to other fields or to a raster (GUI rules of the according OS), the insertion of fields between other fields and the automatic realignment of all other fields, etc.

If one sees that, "lauft einem das Wasser im Munde zusammen" may be someone can translate that into english (as i am not capable of doing it :-(

Best regards, Robert


rgansevles wrote:Will try to include that in the eclipse-based version of the designer.

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Postby ROCLASI » Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:37 pm

Robert Huber wrote:If one sees that, "lauft einem das Wasser im Munde zusammen" may be someone can translate that into english (as i am not capable of doing it :-(

Translation: You will be drooling!
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Postby Robert Huber » Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:16 pm

:-)

ROCLASI wrote:
Robert Huber wrote:If one sees that, "lauft einem das Wasser im Munde zusammen" may be someone can translate that into english (as i am not capable of doing it :-(

Translation: You will be drooling!
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Postby Tom Parry » Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:23 pm

I think the Matisse idea is great. I have been using it in Eclipse for Java projects for a few years now and it is great (as long as you do not hand it the generated code!).

It would certainly be nice to know what the plans are for Eclipse features for Servoy.
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Postby Jan Aleman » Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:02 am

Robert Huber wrote:Hello Rob

Did you guys already look at Matisse, the NetBeans Forms editor? I don't know if it's possible to integrate this editor, but that would be really great as it shows (my personal opinion only, of course .-) how a forms editor could/should look like today, i.e. what functionality is possible to achieve.

There are also movies on the web which show the behaviour like alignment of fields to other fields or to a raster (GUI rules of the according OS), the insertion of fields between other fields and the automatic realignment of all other fields, etc.

If one sees that, "lauft einem das Wasser im Munde zusammen" may be someone can translate that into english (as i am not capable of doing it :-(

Best regards, Robert


rgansevles wrote:Will try to include that in the eclipse-based version of the designer.

Rob


Matisse has been on our radar for quite a while. Our primary focus is now to get on Ecilpse and we're getting there, after that getting even more advanced UI editors will be on our priority list.
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Postby Robert Huber » Fri Nov 16, 2007 9:20 am

Hello Jan

This is really good news to hear that you already noticed such good forms editor implementations as Matisse :-)

Also nice to hear you make (a lot of .-) progress in porting Servoy to Eclipse.

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