Required Widgets

Last updated: Nov 19, 1998 by Mike Pinkerton (pinkerton@netscape.com)

Part of the XPToolkit relies on widgets to do the jobs. Some widgets can be written on top of GFX, others should be written as wrappers around OS-native UI elements. The line can be drawn on a platform by platform basis because everything hides behind the nsIWidget API and a factory to create them.

A note on native Widgets

A general requirement that we have on widgets is the ability to apply CSS styles to them from an HTML page (in addition to the styles applied from the platform-specific stylesheet). As a result, this may limit our ability to use native widgets where we normally would like to (for size/speed/true look-and-feel reasons). In the future, we also need to be able to z-order and composite widgets. While we may not meet this requirement for initial versions, we want to move into the world where we can. Again, this may limit our ability to use native widgetry.

Contents

• Form Widgets
• Additional Dialog Widgets
• General Widgets
• Über Widgets

Form Widgets

Widgets required for the layout engine. While these say Steve Dagley as the owner, he really acts more as a coordinator between the layout group and XPToolkits.

Widget	Screen Shot	Embellishments	Owner
Push Buttons		can be a default button	Steve Dagley + layout
Radio Group			Steve Dagley
CheckBox		tri-state	Steve Dagley
Edit Field		Can disable. Password entry Multiple Key Filters Ability to validate information	Steve Dagley
Scrolling Text Field		optional horiz scrollbar. wrapping control	Steve Dagley
Combobox/popupmenu		linked edit field history (recent documents) icon items instead of text	Steve Dagley
List Box		> 1 columns can be done with tree widget???	Steve Dagley
File Picker		wrapper around 2 widgets	Scott Collins

Additional Dialog Widgets

Widget	Screen Shot	Embellishments	Owner
Scroll Bar		proportional thumb	Ramiro Estrugo + layout
Image			David Hyatt + layout

General Widgets

Widget	Screen Shot	Embellishments	Owner
Disclosure Triangle		left/right facing	Mike Pinkerton
Grippy Pane		custom bg colors or patterns horizontal or vertical	Mike Pinkerton
Progress Bar		Determinate Indeterminate	Ramiro Estrugo
Slider Control		min/max live feedback horiz or vertical	Ramiro Estrugo
Separator		Horizontal or vertical	Chris McAfee
Static Text Label		Can disable (dim)
Tree Control		configurable as in old 5.0 Cthulu spec	David Hyatt
Tab Controls			Daniel Matejka
Color Picker		give access to system color picker as an option.	Chris Saari
Image Buttons (w/ menu)		show state radio groups dropdown menu (a la back/fwd)	Mike Pinkerton
Up/Down Arrows		linked to edit field
Animation/Throbber		animation described by chrome provider	David Hyatt

Über Widgets

Widget	Screenshot	Embellishments	Owner
Toolbar		configurable as in old 5.0 Cthulu spec	Mike Pinkerton
Group Boxes			Chris McAfee
Status Bar			Ramiro Estrugo
Font Picker			Chris McAfee
Date/Time Control		do we need this???

Kudos to Simon Fraser for providing all the graphics and enumerating out all the widgets needed for Composer. Thanks!!!