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

I've tried to achieve this challenge, and I'm very disapointed by the result. Indeed, when the animation starts it is very very jerky. My former colleagues told me that in my original work, the animation was not present
(the sizes change in a single operation).

I've tried to understand why the result is so bad :
1) Font sizes are integer, so even if you want to move your label size from 16 pixels to 20 pixels in 500ms, it's not smooth
2) We need to layout the label and the text widget

I keep working on it, but I just wanted to keep you informed

Laurent



2018-03-21 22:16 GMT+01:00 Lars Vogel <lars.vogel@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
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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