[fxruby-users] Q about combining behaviour of foursplit.rb and shutter.rb

[lyle at knology.net]

On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 22:14:05 +0200, Axel Etzold <AEtzold at gmx.de> wrote :

> So far, I've tried to change the {}-block of the ShutterButtons
> to achieve that:
> 
>     shutterItem = ShutterItem.new(@shutter, "Files, data, and pictures",
nil, LAYOUT_FILL_Y)
>     ShutterButton.new(shutterItem.content, "Expand dirlist",
fatBot).connect(SEL_COMMAND) { FX4Splitter::ID_EXPAND_TOPLEFT}
>     ShutterButton.new(shutterItem.content, "Expand cell file editor",
angryGuy).connect(SEL_COMMAND) { FX4Splitter::ID_EXPAND_BOTTOMLEFT}
>     ShutterButton.new(shutterItem.content, "Expand tuning curve plot",
sawBlade).connect(SEL_COMMAND) {  FX4Splitter::ID_EXPAND_TOPRIGHT}
>     ShutterButton.new(shutterItem.content, "Expand reconstruction plot",
redMacOS).connect(SEL_COMMAND) {FX4Splitter::ID_EXPAND_BOTTOMRIGHT}
>     ShutterButton.new(shutterItem.content, "Show all four",
redMacOS).connect(SEL_COMMAND) { FX4Splitter::ID_EXPAND_ALL }
>  
> But nothing happens.
> What should I do ?

Well, your message-handler blocks don't *do* anything (other than evaluate
the value of a constant like FX4Splitter::ID_EXPAND_TOPLEFT).

I think you want to modify them to call a function on the splitter, for example:

    ShutterButton.new(shutterItem.content,
      "Expand dirlist",
      fatBot).connect(SEL_COMMAND) {
        four_splitter.expanded = FX4Splitter::ExpandTopLeft
    }

Hope this helps,

Lyle