RFC: simplification in configuration dialogs dvlpt

[nicolas.hadacek at free.fr]

 Le Mercredi 24 Avril 2002 00:28, Aaron J. Seigo a écrit : 
> On April 24, 2002 03:00 pm, nicolas.hadacek at free.fr wrote: 
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > as promised here is my proposition for some code simplification 
> > for all configuration UI in KDE. The approach is similar to what KAction 
> > achieved. 
> 
> interesting. 
> 
> how does it integrate with Designer (or other RAD-type tools)? 
 
well I do not use such tools but KUIConfig does not create widgets for you so 
I think it is quite orthogonal to Designer use. 
 
> how do you manage layout specifics? e.g. if i have a bunch of radio buttons 
> that i want in a 3x3 grid , is that posible with this or would i need to 
> hand code that and then associate it? 
 
it has nothing to do with layout of widgets (this is the tedious/difficult 
part of configuration GUI and this can not be automated imho ; in short Tackat 
cannot be automated :) 
 
> how do you add QWhatsThis / QTooltip info to widgets? 
 
this is not implemented in the current version but will be very simple to do. 
 
> how do you create child/parent relationships between control widgets, such 
> as "when this checkbox is checked, this slider is enabled. when it is 
> unchecked, it is disabled"? 
 
this is up to the programmer : no change here. 
 
> i only gave the header a brief scan, so apologies in advance if the answers 
> are all bleedingly obvious given a thorough understanding of the classes 
> involved. 
 
I am here to explain and learn from comments :) 
 
cu, 
Nicolas