> On 13 May 2020, at 20:42, Russ Whaley <whaley.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've been using the Spec2-wip.pdf - dated Feb 24, 2020. Is there a newer > version? I see something updated about TinyChat - but I don't know how to > get that as a pdf, and I doubt TinyChat will address my issues below.
Not yet. > I am using SpPresenter - with SpBoxLayouts for labels and buttons. (Pharo 8 > stable 64bit) > > I've been able to figure out (in a very heavy-handed way) how to update the > widgets from my model object, and when the UI refreshes (on its own) my data > appears. Very good. > > What I can't seem to understand is, when model updates, there are times I > want it to redisplay NOW - for instance, I want to display a 'saved' or > 'correct' in a text field, for just a second or two, then allow the normal > model update and display. > > In my example, I have a button with a label (SpPresenter>>newButton) label: > 'ABC'. > > Once my model updates (with the button press action: ), the model is updated > and the button label with then be 'DEF' and displays just fine. > > However, what I'd like to be able to do is to update the button label (or any > other widget label) and have it display immediately... something like, the > button says 'ABC', I press the button, then it says 'Correct!' (pause for a > second) and then proceeds with the normal update/redisplay process where the > button label then displays 'DEF'. This example is changing a label, but I'd > like to also change icons, colors, etc. > > Clear? So I think my questions are: > > How do I tell a particular widget to redisplay? > And if I can't, how can I tell the window to redisplay. > how can I pause (very short - just to let the temporary change be visible for > a short time) and then allow the normal processing continue - resetting > labels, icons, colors, etc. (I'm using '1 seconds asDelay wait.') > and since I've been talking about buttons - SpButtonPresenter - I don't see > how to control width and height - all the way up through the hierarchy. If > buttons share a layout (SpBoxLayout) row or column, those are all the same > size (although I can't seem to control that sizing). Buttons in the next > layout>row - are huge. I'd like to be able to set their size specifically > (then I can work on making them relative to the extent later). > Thanks for listening. > > -- > Russ Whaley > whaley.r...@gmail.com <mailto:whaley.r...@gmail.com> -------------------------------------------- Stéphane Ducasse http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr / http://www.pharo.org 03 59 35 87 52 Assistant: Julie Jonas FAX 03 59 57 78 50 TEL 03 59 35 86 16 S. Ducasse - Inria 40, avenue Halley, Parc Scientifique de la Haute Borne, Bât.A, Park Plaza Villeneuve d'Ascq 59650 France
