Re: Ada_GUI

["Jeffrey R.Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.acm.org.not>]

On 2022-04-05 18:26, AdaMagica wrote:
> While the features as far as available are quite easy to use and fulfil all basic needs of a gui, it's extremely cumbersome to get a halfway nice layout.

The layout is solely automatic, at least for now. The combination of display 
areas and alignment can make up for its limitations in many cases, but for those 
designs where they don't, Ada GUI is not currently a suitable choice.

You could open an issue with a description of what you're unable to achieve, and 
ideas for an interface to achieve it, if you'd like this to be considered.

> A few questions:
> The icon in Set_Up is not displayed. Why?

The icon is always displayed for me; the file is always in the working 
directory, given as a simple file name. If the file is not in the working 
directory then a path is needed. Without more detail I cannot guess why you 
don't get it.

> Is it possible to define Text_Boxes read only?

It would be possible to add such a feature for the modifiable text widgets, and 
I will treat this as a feature request, but you might like to use a 
Background_Text for read-only output.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"When danger reared its ugly head, he bravely
turned his tail and fled."
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