SoC :: Ribbons :: Weekly Report #9

Hi

This week I have been working on the Gallery widget. The implementation is still in an early stage, it has just three buttons, and basic layout logic. Tiles have not been worked on yet. In addition, I have still to figure out how to popup a new window on top of my widget to display more tiles. If you have some suggestions for this, do not hesitate to submit them!

Afterward, I will focus on polishness of the UI, and the enhance the API if required.

Screenshot: Ribbons 2007/07/29

Thanks for reading

Laurent.

SoC :: Ribbons :: Weekly Report #8

Hello!

As planed I’ve been working on ToolBox(es) and drop down menu for buttons. More extensive work on the visual appareance will be required thought. I think will now work on Gallery, and then polish everything.

A screen shot can be seen below:

Laurent Debacker.

SoC :: Ribbons :: Weekly Report #7

Hi!

This week has been a bug hunting week. Indeed, the following bugs have been found and fixed:

1. ToolPack does not correctly display multiple buttons. Fixed!
2. The expand button is displayed on top of the label. Fixed!
3. Could not change the image or label of a button. Fixed!
4. The visible property of widgets is ignored in Button, RibbonGroup, ToolPack. Fixed!
5. The SyntheticWindow sends bad synthetic events to window-less widgets. Fixed!
6. The padding was not handled correctly by the layout routine. Fixed!
7. The expand button does not fire the right event. Fixed!

In addition, several enhancements have been commited:

1. Better button design, but could be enhanced further.
2. Updated sample to expose functionalities of the expand button.

Finally, I have documented the public API.

Thanks to this work, the code base is now a lot more solid (shall I dare, rock solid?). Next week, I plan to add the ability to add a drop down menu to buttons; and to get multiple rows of buttons in a single RibbonGroup. The last one will required some effort to find the right API to implement this in Gtk.

After this, the project will be ready to get support for Galleries. I hope to start the development of this in 1 to 1.5 week.

Laurent.

SoC :: Ribbons :: Weekly Report #6 (with Screenshot and Screencast)

Last week was my first week without exam since the beginning of the development of Ribbons. As a consequence, I’ve been able to advance at a far better pace. The following tasks have been completed:

• Addition of the ability to add shortcuts widgets to the main Ribbon (the Menu button in the screenshot)
• Addition of the expansion button to groups (the + buttons in the screenshot)
• Addition of ToolPack (I’ve no idea whether the name sucks or not), this make it possible to create a single row of buttons, which are joined together in a single block (see the screenshot).
• Support for an icon in Button.
• Updated layout logic for both Ribbon, and RibbonGroup.

The known bugs:

• I have troubles with the Visible property of widgets. I will have to study how it works because it changes to True automatically.
• It seems I can’t change the Child property of a Bin widget once it has been assigned. I experimented this problem recently in Button.
• The Button widget should override the fore color of its child when the background is painted.
• The expand button in RibbonGroup can be placed on top of the label (the size requisition is right however), but shouldn’t.

The mandatory screenshot (at revision 798):

The screencast:

http://groups.google.com/group/mono-soc-2007/web/Ribbons-r798.ogg (87 KiB)

Laurent.

SoC :: Ribbons :: Weekly Report #5

Hello!

This week, I have been working on the implementation of events for the ribbon widget (which should be complete now), polished the design, and started the implementation of the button widget. The button is used both standalone or in a toolbar. In the short-term, I will implement the support for popup menus in button, and implement toolbars.

The good news is that my exams are now over. I have obtained my master degree in computer sciences with great distinction.

I will post screenshots next week.

Laurent.