Re: [boost] [gui] The Big Picture

From: Alan Gutierrez (alan-boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-29 14:48:46

* Reece Dunn <msclrhd_at_[hidden]> [2004-12-29 14:39]:

> All of these UI object forms need to be supported, including bindings to 
> different platforms/APIs. I see the basic UI object heirarchy as:
> 
>    ui::object
>       ui::frame
>          ui::form
>          ui::main_frame
>          ui::popup
>          ...
>       ui::widget
>          ui::textfield
>          ui::textarea
>          ui::button
>          ui::grid
>          ui::table
>          ...
>       ui::layout_manager
>          ui::flow_layout
>          ...
> 
> Here, I want to keep the UI object heirarchy as simple as possible. That 
> is, the heirarchy is not dependant on platform specifics, but the UI 
> object group to which the object belongs.

    I'd steer clear of an object heirarchy. The requirements you put
    forward indicate that a hierarchy is the wrong abstaction. I
    don't see why a main_frame has to be a decendant of the same root
    object as a layout_manager.

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Alan Gutierrez - alan_at_[hidden]