I agree completely with David. A more sophisticated (and "user oriented"
rather than tool-developer-oriented) model would be of great benefit. What
you really want is the ability to take an existing layout and then move
things around it in the widget hierarchy. As it is (so far as I can see)
tools like wxDesigner require you to start over from the top down again.
But doing UI design is so interactive itself, and a trial and error (or
"try this, see what it looks like, then try that") approach is so
important, that the ability to easily reconfigure stuff by dragging and
dropping, moving stuff in the hierarchy, etc. is extremely important. Such
functionality is, of course, a bit more complex to implement 
.
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Director and Principal Scientist, New Applications
Data Exploration Sciences
GlaxoSmithKline Inc.
(919) 483-8456
not entirely true. You can move stuff in wxDesigner by cut and paste.
Given - this is not the most convenient way of doing it.
UC
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On Tuesday 22 July 2003 10:32 am, gary.h.merrill@gsk.com wrote:
I agree completely with David. A more sophisticated (and "user oriented"
rather than tool-developer-oriented) model would be of great benefit. What
you really want is the ability to take an existing layout and then move
things around it in the widget hierarchy. As it is (so far as I can see)
tools like wxDesigner require you to start over from the top down again.
But doing UI design is so interactive itself, and a trial and error (or
"try this, see what it looks like, then try that") approach is so
important, that the ability to easily reconfigure stuff by dragging and
dropping, moving stuff in the hierarchy, etc. is extremely important. Such
functionality is, of course, a bit more complex to implement 
.
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You can also use drag and drop on the widget hierarchy in the left-hand
pane. Admittedly, it is sometimes a bit reluctant to drop things in
exactly the place you want them, but changing the settings of the insert
sizer before/after and the sizer append/make-child buttons often helps.
David Hughes
Forestfield Software Ltd
www.forestfield.co.uk
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On Tuesday 22 July 2003 10:32 am, gary.h.merrill@gsk.com wrote:
> I agree completely with David. A more sophisticated (and "user
> oriented"
> rather than tool-developer-oriented) model would be of great benefit.
> What
> you really want is the ability to take an existing layout and then
> move
> things around it in the widget hierarchy. As it is (so far as I can
> see)
> tools like wxDesigner require you to start over from the top down
> again.
> But doing UI design is so interactive itself, and a trial and error
> (or
> "try this, see what it looks like, then try that") approach is so
> important, that the ability to easily reconfigure stuff by dragging
> and
> dropping, moving stuff in the hierarchy, etc. is extremely important.
> Such
> functionality is, of course, a bit more complex to implement .
not entirely true. You can move stuff in wxDesigner by cut and paste.
Given - this is not the most convenient way of doing it.
UC
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