Required Widgets

by Mike Pinkerton (pinkerton@netscape.com)
Last updated: Sat Feb 20 00:58:37 PST 1999

Part of the XPToolkit relies on widgets to do the jobs. Some widgets can be written on top of GFX, others should be written as wrappers around OS-native UI elements. The line can be drawn on a platform by platform basis because everything hides behind the nsIWidget API and a factory to create them.

A note on native Widgets

A general requirement that we have on widgets is the ability to apply CSS styles to them from an HTML page (in addition to the styles applied from the platform-specific stylesheet). As a result, this may limit our ability to use native widgets where we normally would like to (for size/speed/true look-and-feel reasons). In the future, we also need to be able to z-order and composite widgets. While we may not meet this requirement for initial versions, we want to move into the world where we can. Again, this may limit our ability to use native widgetry.

Contents

• Form Widgets
• Additional Dialog Widgets
• General Widgets
• Über Widgets

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Form Widgets

Widgets required for the layout engine. While these say Steve Dagley as the owner, he really acts more as a coordinator between the layout group and XPToolkits.

Additional Dialog Widgets

General Widgets

Über Widgets

Kudos to Simon Fraser for providing all the graphics and enumerating out all the widgets needed for Composer. Thanks!!!

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maintained by Mike Pinkerton (pinkerton@netscape.com)