Hi, Some quick thoughts.
I have checked out the code in the svn to compile it with infonode 1.5. The JumpWorkBench uses substance LAF and it does not work well with InfoNode. - The infonode does not look good on my system, especially the tab part. - The painting is buggy and paint is often misplaced in the title section, with flickering. Commenting out the substance stuff makes it look a lot better. I think internal frames and docking system do not play along well. Conceptually they overlap quite a bit. Docking inside a internal frame is too heavy-weighted. If a docking system is introduced, then it should probably replace the internal frame architecture. BTW, the MyDoggy demo looks really cool and the project seems active and makes a good candidate. Just my 2 cents. Bing -------------------------------------------------- From: "Sunburned Surveyor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 3:56 AM To: "OpenJump develop and use" <jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: [JPP-Devel] BizzJUMP Distro Available For Docking Window FrameworkDemo > I've put together a demo version of BizzJUMP so other programmers can > check out my integration of the InfoNode Docking Windows Framework. > You can download it here: > > http://www.redefinedhorizons.com/shared_files/bizzjump-20081008.zip > > Please not this distro contains some expiremental code and plug-ins, > so don't expect everything to work. :] However, it should give you a > chance to play around with the docking windows framework. > > The source code for BizzJUMP can be viewed on the SourceForge SurveyOS > Project SVN: > > http://surveyos.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/surveyos/java/bizzJUMP/ > > No programming library is perfect, and the InfoNode Docking Windows > Framework is no exception. The docking window framework has some > trouble with alternate look and feels. I had real problems with some > of the Substance look and feels, including dirty areas that wouldn't > repaint and task windows that would dissappear. I don't think you'll > have these problems if you stick to the "native" look and feels or the > metal look and feel. BizzJUMP is currently using the infonode look and > feel, and this isn't causing any problems. > > The following points may also be of interest: > > - I set up the BizzJUMP TaskFrame to contain three (3) main tabs. The > LayerNamePanel is in its own tab and the LayerViewPanel is in its own > tab. There is a third tab that can be used by plug-ins to present > supplemental information. You can adjust and rearrange (change the > location of) all three of these tabs. I have modified the tabs used > for the LayerViewPanel and LayerNamePanel so that you can't close > them. This keeps the user from closing one of the tabs and then not > being able to get it back. I made some special modifications to the > InfoNode code so that the third tab will always keep one tab open (for > the same reason). However, if you have multiple tabs open in the third > tab area you will be able to close the tabs until only one tab > remains. > > It is still possible to make each of the three main tabs a floating > window. If the user makes one of these main tabs a floating window > they will be able to close the window and will not be able to get that > "view" back! The only option at this point is for the user to start a > new task. There may be a way to disable the close button on views that > migrate from a tab to a floating window, but I haven't had time to > check that out just yet. > > - You can see how the third main tab for supplemental information > works by using the SurveyOS>Demo>Add Tab Demo menu command and the > SurveyOS>Plug-In>Plug-IN Manager menu command. At this time the > plug-in manager is the only plug-in I have that makes use of the > supplemental information tab. > > Let me know if you guys have any questions on my code or suggestions > for improvement. If this is something that we would like to try in a > release/fork of OpenJUMP I'll be willing to port the code to OpenJUMP. > > The Sunburned Surveyor > > P.S. - I believe I've got BizzJUMP compiled for Java 1.6. 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