Re: [vtp-dev] Themes

[Trip Gilman <trip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, you can respond to the mouse movement/hover type of interactions.
However, there is no animation engine to perform complex visual transitions.
A separate thread could be spawned to simulate this by periodically marking
the element as needing to be re-drawn.  Although I'd love to put one in
there, it just seemed a little over-kill for our purposes right now.

Trip


On 5/30/08 12:25 PM, "Randy Childers" <randy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Trip, is there enough mouseover-type feedback to allow for truly dynamic user
> interaction? (I'm thinking of that nifty application-launcher-type thing on
> Macs -- don't know the name of it -- that swells as the mouse passes by)  It
> would be great to be able to select a "mode" (like browse comments or inspect
> attached data) that would allow for immediate feedback as the mouse passes
> over, instead of requiring that the dialogs to be opened and closed when
> you're looking for something.
> 
> Randy
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Trip Gilman
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> Subject: [vtp-dev] Themes
> 
> I've committed a second theme to the codebase under the
> org.eclipse.vtp.desktop.editors.themes.mantis project.  There is a temporary
> preferences page at the root of the preferences dialog called "Graphical
> Editor" that lets you switch your theme.  You have to close and reopen your
> applications for the theme to take affect.
> 
>     I've tried to illustrate some of the capabilities of the theme system by
> changing the line pointer artwork, adding a directional tick to line
> segments, and changing the way the elements are visually displayed.  This is
> just the tip of the iceberg however as the theme system has full control
> over not only look but the feel of the elements on-screen.
> 
>     I'd like to open up discussion on how this capability might be extended
> to the dialogs that show the various properties of the elements as well.
> 
> Trip Gilman
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