Hi Chris,
First, thanks a LOT for the feedback. The more points of view I get the
better the control will ultimately be.
works great with tabbing into the control, not so hot with the mouse.
The control will move the cursor to the starting entry position if no data
has been entered yet. I'm thinking about having the cursor set to the first
empty position if there -has- been partial entry on clicking on the control
-- perhaps this would improve the user experience?
Date formats that don't accept almost any type of deliminator
Hmmm, the goal I am shooting for is that the user _doesn't have to_ type the
delimiters, only the digits. For the developer, it is helpful to know what
sort of delimiters will be coming back from the control so he doesn't have
to code for every possible configuration. Can you give me more detail on
this point?
I expect people to shut up and listen when I'm talking. It doesn't
happen,...
I feel your pain.
I prefer display formatting to take place after I've finished telling it
what I'm telling it.
Can you give me more info on this one? Do you mean that you prefer not to
see the mask characters in the control until you tab out of it?
Does the US standard 10-digit zip only use 9 digits?
Haha, yes. It's five-dash-four. The dash apparently counts as a "digit". Go
figure.
In rev 0.0.5 (to be posted soon), I have included autoformat codes that can
automatically format (size,mask,validation regex) the control based on a
single key e.g. "USZIP10". I will need some help defining international
autoformats. Interesting in helping?
Having said my piece, I love it so far.
Hey, thanks
Best Regards,
Jeff Childers
jchilders_98@yahoo.com
ps - how're things in Oz?
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-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Munchenberg [mailto:cjm@ava.com.au]
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 8:38 AM
To: wxPython-users@lists.wxwindows.org
Subject: Re: [wxPython-users] wxMaskedTextCtrl 0.0.4 (with fries!)
My 2c on the subject.
Having not given it any thought till it came up on the list, I've been
looking at the systems & programs I use - what I like, what annoys the crap
out of me.
I like to click or tab into an empty control & just type. Apart from the
first couple of time I use something, I have a pretty good idea of what I am
going to put into it. I don't want to worry about cursor positions etc. If I
get it wrong, wait till I've finished then tell me. Trying to put the cursor
in between brackets, or at the left or right end etc is just beyond my
powers of concentration while I'm thinking about the quickest way to get out
of work. Version 0.0.4 works great with tabbing into the control, not so hot
with the mouse.
Date formats that don't accept almost any type of deliminator (eg 01-01-03 =
1/1/3 = 1.1.3 = 01 01 2003 etc) The control should fit my thinking, not the
reverse.
I prefer display formatting to take place after I've finished telling it
what I'm telling it. I expect people to shut up and listen when I'm talking.
It doesn't happen, so could I please get it from my computer?
Having said my piece, I love it so far. One thing I don't understand. In
Australia, we don't have zip codes. Does the US standard 10-digit zip only
use 9 digits?
Chris Munchenberg
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Childers
To: 'wxPython-users@lists.wxwindows.org'
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 4:58 AM
Subject: RE: [wxPython-users] wxMaskedTextCtrl 0.0.4 (with fries!)
Paul,
Thanks for the feedback. Everything helps.
Re: Overwrite vs. insert
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I've thought about this. The way I have created the control, insert behavior
would have to be hand-coded and would have to contemplate handling
situations like a mask of AAA###. What happens when you insert into the
character region? I guess the characters would have to scroll just to where
the ### section starts, with the ###s not scrolled. Is this intuitive?
Anyway, I've put this off for a future version when a brainstorm suggests a
simpler way to handle this. Ideas and/or suggestions welcomed.
Re: StudlyCaps for MethodNames
-------------------------------
So noted!
Again, thanks for the feedback
Regards,
Jeff Childers
jchilders_98@yahoo.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Moore, Paul [mailto:Paul.Moore@atosorigin.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 11:31 AM
To: wxPython-users@lists.wxwindows.org
Subject: RE: [wxPython-users] wxMaskedTextCtrl 0.0.4 (with fries!)
From: Jeff Childers [mailto:jchilders@smartbusinessware.com]
For review: version 0.0.4 of wxMaskedTextCtrl.
Just had a quick look, out of curiosity more than anything else,
as I have no immediate need for the control.
But a couple of points:
1. I notice that overwrite mode is the default - is it possible
to switch to insert mode?
2. The method names - get_plainValue, for example - have a rather
strange use of case and underlines. I'd rather see it match the
wxPython standard, which is StudlyCaps, so we'd have
GetPlainValue...
But overall, it's very nice. Feel free to ignore the above comments,
as I say I probably won't need the control any time in the forseeable
future...
Paul.
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