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Re: [nebula-dev] Anyone created already a FloatingText widgets for SWT?

Great news Laurent, looking forward to it.

Best regards, Lars

On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 9:24 PM, Laurent Caron <laurent.caron@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Lars,
>
> Yep I use Gerrit, I'll push my changes.
>
> I think this component will be on "incubation" state, and will be available
> in the next version of Nebula.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Laurent
>
> 2018-03-20 20:32 GMT+01:00 Lars Vogel <lars.vogel@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>> Hi Laurent,
>>
>> great news indeed. Thanks a bunch for this work. In case you need a
>> bug, I opened https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=532680.
>>
>> > It is ok if I post the source code of the first preview ? (1 class + 1
>> > snippet)
>>
>> Sounds great. In case you are using Gerrit, you can also upload a
>> Gerrit change with the POC.
>>
>> Best regards, Lars
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 7:26 PM, Laurent Caron <laurent.caron@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Well first of all the bad news: the code seems to be lost by my previous
>> > company...
>> >
>> > And the good news: I've decided to implement a POC. I've just started
>> > the
>> > code.
>> >
>> > It is ok if I post the source code of the first preview ? (1 class + 1
>> > snippet)
>> >
>> > Laurent
>> >
>> > 2018-03-20 8:25 GMT+01:00 Lars Vogel <lars.vogel@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> >>
>> >> Great to hear, Laurent. Looking forward to your update.  :-)
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 9:31 PM, Laurent Caron
>> >> <laurent.caron@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > Hi Lars,
>> >> >
>> >> > First of all I'm happy you enjoyed the widgets... And happy that you
>> >> > it
>> >> > gives you new ideas for RCP Applications!
>> >> >
>> >> > I worked on this kind of widget in my previous company, as a POC that
>> >> > was
>> >> > unfortunately not used in production. The tool took 2 parameters: a
>> >> > label
>> >> > and a text widget.The animation started when the text widget had
>> >> > focus.
>> >> > The code was not very clean but it was functionnal.
>> >> >
>> >> > I have to contact my former colleagues to check if this work could be
>> >> > open
>> >> > sourced... Because it was not used, I do not think that it will be a
>> >> > problem.
>> >> >
>> >> > Please stay tuned,
>> >> >
>> >> > Laurent
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > 2018-03-19 13:19 GMT+01:00 Lars Vogel <lars.vogel@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Hello, my fellow Nebula developers,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Looking at the awesome new editions from Laurent to the Nebula
>> >> >> library
>> >> >> (many thanks to Laurent for that) triggered a desire for a new SWT
>> >> >> widget. ;-)
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Did someone in this group already created a "FloatingText" widget?
>> >> >> In
>> >> >> such a widget the message hint in the text fields animates to the
>> >> >> top
>> >> >> of the input field as soon as the user gives focus to it.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> This is heavily used in Android. See
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> https://www.androidhive.info/2015/09/android-material-design-floating-labels-for-edittext/
>> >> >> or an example video. IMHO it creates a very nice experience for
>> >> >> users
>> >> >> as it allows very condense UIs. Eclipse UIs could benefit quite a
>> >> >> bit
>> >> >> from that in my opinion.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> My current (lame) implementation is a compound composite wrapping a
>> >> >> label and a text field and moving the content of the text field to
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> label once the user gives focus to the text field.  I'm happy to
>> >> >> share
>> >> >> it, but it is really trivial and misses the animation.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Did someone already created such a FloatingText" widget? If not
>> >> >> would
>> >> >> my trivial widget interesting for Nebula, maybe as a starting point
>> >> >> for something more advanced? If yes, could you share your
>> >> >> implementation?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Best regards, Lars
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
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