NAME

FLTK-MT - a collection of widgets for FLTK

Author and collector: Matevz Tadel


REQUIREMENTS

FLTK-MT is supposed to work with FLTK-1.1. See http://www.fltk.org/.


ORIGIN OF CODE

Most of the widgets are abstractions of the stuff that I needed.

Some widgets were ruthlessly stolen from fltk-bazaar. The copyrights in sources are left intact (none prohibits further redistribution) and credits are given for each widget (or widget group).


Fl_SWM - Scaled Windows Manager

FILES: Fl_SWM.*

CLASSES: Fl_Scaled_Windows_Manager, Fl_SWM_Client

STRUCTS: SWM_Size_Range

For dumb window layouts based upon character width/height it is often desirable to change font size of some group of windows. One such window has to inherit from Fl_SWM_Client and it should be initially constructed in ``character'' coordinates (think dumb terminal). Then it should be adopted by some manager and at that moment it is resized in accordance with manager's current fontsize and other size parameters (extra vertical skip and unit width (width of 'X'+2 by default)).


Fl_MC_Widget - Mouse Control widget wrapper

FILES: Fl_MC_Widget.H

CLASSES: template<class T_Widget=Fl_Widget> class Fl_MC_Widget : public T_Widget

STRUCTS: Fl_MEVT

Templated extension of any widget. Overrides handle method and allows for an efficient callback mechanism for mouse events combined with modifier keys. For other events (and possibly also for some mouse events) the control is passed to the original handle method.

On the other hand ... this seems like a lot of crap.


Fl_File_Name - file name weed w/ file selctor

FILES: Fl_File_Name.*

CLASSES: Fl_File_Name

Fl_File_Name is just extension of a Fl_Input. Mouse-3 pops up a modal file selector using fl_file_chooser().

Modality sucks! Fl_File_Chooser creates all windows privately and sets modal on.

Ideally, Fl_File_Name would hold a static list of registered, fully configured Fl_File_Chooser-s. Right-drag would then offer a selection of them and set the last selected as default for next right-click.

Filter-out on File_Chooser would come handy, too.


Fl_RelGroup - relative children positioning

FILES: Fl_RelGroup.*

CLASSES: Fl_RelGroup

Just a wrapper for Fl_Group ... makes positions of all its children relative to the position of the group (like Fl_Window). I think this is the default for fltk-2.

Recently noticed strange behaviour. (After fltk-1.0.7, but haven't got around to investigate the problem. Sorry ... )


Fl_ScrollPack - scrollable output weed for tabular data

FILES: Fl_ScrollPack.*

CLASSES: Fl_ScrollPack

USES: Fl_SWM

EXAMPLE: scrollpack

Just a Scroll with a vertical Pack inside.


Fl_OutputPack - a scroll with limited number of output lines

FILES: Fl_OutputPack.*

CLASSES: Fl_OutputPack

USES: Fl_SWM

EXAMPLE: outputpack


Fl_Widget_Labeler - Dynamic allocation of label space

FILES: Fl_Widget_Labeler.*

CLASSES: Fl_Widget_Labeler

EXAMPLE: widget_labeler, scrollpack, swm

Fltk widgets have static labels. That is ... you're supposed to allocate space for them if you are creating them on the fly. Fl_Widget_Labeler allocates memory as needed in chunks (defaults to 4K). Fl_Widget_Labeler::label_widget(Fl_Widget*, const char*) copies a string to this buffer and sets widget label. Upon destruction the allocated chunks are released.

Fl_Widget_Labeler::labelf_widget(Fl_Widget* w, const char* fmt, ...) works as printf family.

Labels are truncated if longer than chunk size.


Fl_RGBA_Button/Chooser - Color chooser with alpha chanel

FILES: Fl_RGBA_Button.*, Fl_RGBA_Chooser.*

CLASSES: Fl_RGBA_Button, Fl_RGBA_Chooser

USES: Fl_SWM (optional)

ORIGIN: Matthias Melcher, Fltk-Bazaar. No license.


Fl_LED_Button - Button that looks like a led

FILES: Fl_LED_Button.*

CLASSES: Fl_LED_Button

ORIGIN: Yves Usson, Fltk-Bazaar. No license.