Re: [boost] [gui] The Big Picture

29 Dec 2004


      * Reece Dunn <msclrhd@hotmail.com> [2004-12-29 14:39]:
...
All of these UI object forms need to be supported, including bindings to 
different platforms/APIs. I see the basic UI object heirarchy as:
ui::object
      ui::frame
         ui::form
         ui::main_frame
         ui::popup
         ...
      ui::widget
         ui::textfield
         ui::textarea
         ui::button
         ui::grid
         ui::table
         ...
      ui::layout_manager
         ui::flow_layout
         ...
Here, I want to keep the UI object heirarchy as simple as possible. That 
is, the heirarchy is not dependant on platform specifics, but the UI 
object group to which the object belongs.
I'd steer clear of an object heirarchy. The requirements you put
    forward indicate that a hierarchy is the wrong abstaction. I
    don't see why a main_frame has to be a decendant of the same root
    object as a layout_manager.

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