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# haxe-ui
  • b
    + i have a nice styling function:
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    var s:Style = {width: 10, height: 200}
s.applyTo(component, c1, c2, c3, c4, c5)
  • b
    me too 🙂
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    css
.component, #c1, #c2, #c3, #c4, #c5 {
  width: 10px;
  height: 10px;
}
  • b
    and i would argue "mine" is "better" since i get to do: "#c1.someStyle:hover" too :-p
  • b
    (by "mine" i ofc mean css's 🙂 )
  • b
    i think thats what i dont like so much about code only approaches, you just end up reinventing the wheel, i mean, its fine obviously, but your applyTo function is exactly what the css engine is there help with (style components / groups of components)... i mean, its totally fine not to use it, but why not if its there and has more features?
  • b
    and then ofc there is seperation, i dont like having style code mixed with my layout code that is mixed with my code code
  • b
    it just becomes cumbersome and unwieldy as an application grows. Now, ofc, you can organize your code to not have your layout, style and code all in the same file(s), but a) you'll probably still do it anyway and b) its exactly what the xml / css / hx stuff in haxeui does for you
  • b
    but anyway, as said before, its all about personal pref... there isnt a "right" way, and haxeui doesnt impose anything on you
  • b
    fyi, i want the same exact thing, for probably the same exact reason:
  • b
    ie, i have an "icon" field and in order to see what the icon is, i have to open the list... which is shitty
  • m
    I want that too 👍
  • b
    yeah, i guess ill add it sooner rather than later then since thats three of us 🙂 I dont even think it would be hard since all the bits are already there tbh, using item-renderers in all buttons could open up quite a lot of possibilities
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    xml
<button>
    <item-renderer>
        <hbox>
            <checkbox id="checked" />
            <vbox>
                <label id="mainText" />
                <label id="subText" />
            </vbox>
            <image id="someImage" />
        </hbox>
    </item-renderer>
</button>
  • b
    ... stuff like that would be possible
  • m
    I believe that a sort of a checkbox button is perhaps useful for gaming UI (maybe?! 😉)
  • b
    sure, i mean, could be totally useless in that example, but the idea of having complex components inside a button is neat (and potentially useful, like in the example of the dropdown button)
  • m
    yeah, opens up all sort of possibilities
  • b
    i actually forgot, its already possible: http://haxeui.org/builder/?hcjpic
  • b
    though the item renderer is still a better idea, since then it can just take the data from the selected listitem (from the dropdown) and just "plug" it into the item renderer on the button
  • m
    nice, I need to update my haxeui knowledge to keep up with all the features and bells!
  • b
    thats been there forever tbh, i just never remember
  • m
    exactly, the fact that it's been there forever and never crossed my mind to try it, is enough for me to start playing a little more with haxeui in different use cases (different of my current needs) to see the extent of most of the features and get use to them 😉
  • b
    well, if you find out anything interesting.. let me know! 😄
  • b
    😅
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    xml
    <button>
        <box width="200">
            <label text="Now THIS is a button!" horizontalAlign="right" verticalAlign="top" style="margin-top: 5px;" />
            <tabview width="100%">
                <box text="Page" width="100%">
                    <scrollview width="100%" height="100">
                        <slider pos="0" />
                        <slider pos="25" />
                        <slider pos="50" />
                        <slider pos="75" />
                        <slider pos="100" />
                    </scrollview>
                </box>
            </tabview>
        </box>
    </button>
  • b
    heh heh
  • m
    tbh, I believe that, as you know, my current project uses a good portion of the features of haxeui, but somehow it keeps amazing me with new approaches and uses that I wouldn't think of
  • m
    heheh funky
  • e
    I'm creating an app with haxeui with an openfl backend, would it make sense for the app to also have an html backend or would it be better for the app to simply use openfl to create a html webpage
  • b
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