Is there a button property that is analogous to swing's tool tip? I want the user to be able to long press a button and see a message describing the button, but I can't find any such property. (The button doesn't and can't have a visible name.) Tool tips are so useful to users, so I assumed there must be one, but I can't find it.
The ToastBar (https://www.codenameone.com/blog/toastbar-gaussian-blur.html) might work.
There was also an old demo using the GlassPane for a tutorial overlay which allowed some quite neat effects. Can't find it on the CN1 website now though.
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Examples I have found show OPEN/PIN and CLOSE (a la side-nav/menu) but nothing that includes a hover or a floating state. Think JIRA side menu, where the left panel overlaps the page contents/backlog table, where youhover and look where you are and then it closes on you....that comes the closest to an example to what I'm looking for.
Example of Jira panel
Only, I'd like to have a 3-click + hover system:
1-click to pin (ie: have page contents responsive 'stick' to the panel)
1-click to float (ie: have page contents scroll behind the floating open panel)
1 click to close.
I'd also like the ability to hover over the closed panel and have it open.
I know I'm asking a lot....
If you find an example, I need to be able to see a working example of react libraries without a dev computer - I'm on a mac. We're building a component library together and I need to see what's out there and available as a source (starting point) so that we can then discuss tweaks and changes for our use.
I love sites like this: https://www.ag-grid.com/react-data-grid/
or this: https://reactjsexample.com/
That provide me with a menu and examples to click though so that I can speak intelligently with my team and have proper visuals and examples.
Anything you find that has this functionality would be great... thank you!
Marlene
In the sencha documentation page, when I click a class, a class tap appears, and there will be a toobar up there usually features two buttons (are they buttons) "properties" and "methods". When the mouse is on these two buttons, a overall properties/methods list will appear.
It seems that list is dynamically generated. Can anyone please help. I'd like to do a similar page on my site, but I don't know how to do this.
Sencha uses JSDuck (https://github.com/senchalabs/jsduck) to generate the documentation. There are instructions in the repo regarding how to add your own classes to it, and it's pretty easy to do. Additionally, you should be able to see the source for how they are handling the menus/dropdowns.
A WinForms program will inevitably send notification to user. There are two types of notifications:
Important: user needs to take action on it
Non-Important: kind of like "there is something going on, and you might want to pay attention".
It's pretty common that MessageBox is used for both of the two types. But recently I found MessageBox is kind of annoying: it steals user's focus and user has to click to dismiss it. I want to know what's the alternatives for MessageBox and their pros/cons?
To start, here is some idea:
Statusbar: not easy to display lengthy notification
taskbar notification: does people think it's evil since most internet ads popup use that approach?
floating statusbar: Chrome/IE9/Evernote use similar floating statusbar, which is hidden when there is no link address or no message.
Chrome UI: Infobar and Status Bubble
IE9: Notification bar
We implemented a mechanism similar to taskbar notification, but placed in some coordinates inside a WinForms control.
This has some advantages:
You have some context about where (location) the notification is shown and why.
It is non modal, so it not blocks the GUI.
It's easy to implement using a owned form without border.
You can place it wherever you want.
You can show a link label with a short explanation and show help, other dialos, or link some actions if the user needs further explanation. The user experience is improved.
But I recommend using notifications only for informative messages.
You must take into account some tips about the messagebox:
It's the standard way to show information to the user.
It should be user to notify an error message or a warning. The messagebox ensures that the user, at least, clicked ok. So the user is aware that something happens. Yes, maybe he didn't read the message, but at lease he saw an error or warning.
It is possible that the user ignores other reporting mechanisms.
Hope it helps.
I have been working on a C# WinForms solution using the WebBrowser control on a form.
At this time it has three modes: Prompt; Countdown Prompt; Countdown Timer and Combo(box) prompt.
Using the webbrowser control allows HTML to be used which gives you free selection of Fonts; Colors and sizes.
I'd share what I have if I only knew how to share a solution instead of a code snippet.
What I've got works and has two parts, the designer and the prompt itself.
If an admin will contact me I can provide a download link and they can review to see what they think.
When I have 2 apps open and one has the focus but I want to execute a command in the other app, it requires a click to regain focus and another to execute the command. Is there some good reason why I couldn't take focus on MouseOver? I'm working with a WPF app if that is pertinent. TIA
EDIT: Oddly enough the MouseOvers work without focus.
I would not recommend doing this. This is not a standard way of working in Windows, so you will confuse your users. People are used to clicking into an application (or tabbing) to provide focus.
However, this is a configurable setting via the Accessability Tools in Windows. It can be enabled by choosing "Activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse" globally. Let your users specify this behavior if they want it.
The setting is configurable at a system-wide level. You should never ever override the user's current setting regarding this.
MS Windows Vista -- focus follows mouse (There's also a link on how to do it on XP.)
Edit: Normally, you can click a button on a form and both bring focus to the window and click it at the same time. The origins of the current setting "eating" the initial mouse click that brings focus to a window started as a fix to a bug in the Ribbon UI. The discussion is somewhere in this video: The Story of the Ribbon. Sorry I can't narrow it down more than that, but at least the video is a great insight and work watching - maybe you can send a message to Jensen Harris if you need a faster answer.
Edit 2: I just added a button to a WPF window, and I'm able to click it as long as I can see it - whether or not the window has focus.
You can take focus on MouseOver manually
I don't know what this is called in SL, but I would like to replicate this functionality. If you go to this site: http://www.mscui.com/PatientJourneyDemonstrator/PrimaryCareAdmin.htm and click on the "Show Details" button located on the top, right-hand corder of the screen. When you click on this, there should be a "Scene Details" button-like feature on the right side. When you click on this, this is what I would like to implement. Can someone direct me please? Either to an online article, etc...
I'm not precisely sure what feature of the site you'r referring to (I'm blind so the description doesn't make much sense to me). However, two useful links - some of the MSCUI source code is available on Codeplex http://mscui.codeplex.com. Also, the Silverlight developer/designer on this project created Blacklight http://blacklight.codeplex.com which includes visual assets to use with Silverlight.
Although I don't know the specifics of the implementation, as far as I can guess, this is done by having a second Grid that follows the Grid for the page. Then, simply change the visiblity on the "guide" grid when the button toggles.
I believe that is simple, although it'll require you to work to figure out the positioning of the underlying page - but it's more flexible. With Blend it'll be easy.
Alternatively you could have a ton of additional UI elements on the page next to their respective controls, and either Tag or name them in a way that you can iterate over them to control visibility and interaction.
I think you're talking about a the grey overlay with a modal window on top. I think the best way to do that in Silverlight 3 is with the ChildWindow control.