[Cuis-dev] Props library and a PreferenceNG browser tool

[Mariano Montone]

Hi Ken,

thank you.

I'll look at your package and see if I get some new ideas from there.


        Mariano

El 26/5/22 a las 14:45, ken.dickey at whidbey.com escribió:
> On 2022-05-26 09:25, Mariano Montone via Cuis-dev wrote:
>
>> Props is a library I've developed for specifying properties for any 
>> kind of object, and then providing the tools for editing them.
>>
>> The "philosophy" behind it being that any object can have properties, 
>> and we should be able to edit them with tools.
>>
>
> Mariano,
>
> Nice work.
>
> One problem which comes up again and again is that, in general, 
> properties may have complex invariants to maintain.
>
> The good thing about _visual_ properties is that they are frequently 
> simple values (Integer, Point, Color).
>
> My solution was to add descriptions of visual properties (which I 
> called 'MetaProperties').
>
> If you require 'UI-Tools', you get the MetaProperties package which 
> adds editing for visual properties (NB: NOT all properties) with 
> associated editors/choosers.  Editing and visual property Drag and 
> Drop is available from a Morph's Menu.
>
> I also did a simple VisualPropertyEditor which optionally shows all 
> Morph ivars and properties (but no editing).
>
> I think your editing of properties is great, so please keep 
> developing.  You might also want to combine ideas in/with the 
> MetaProperties package.
>
> Good on ya,
> -KenD
> ==========================================================
> Feature require: 'UI-Tools'.
>
> ellipse := EllipseMorph new.
> ellipse openInWorld.
> (VisualPropertyEditor forMorph: ellipse) openInWorld.
> ==========================================================
> The Drag'n Drop/Editable properties are in purple.
> In the attached graphic, the VisualPropertyEditor is below
> and the Morph's menu is to the right of the workspace.
> ==========================================================
>
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