GUIB spt for ttk under Tcl8.6b1

Dave Burns — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:47:49 -0000

GUIB Rev 153 contained partial support for Ttk widgets. The attached ZIP file "GUIB_ttk_mods.zip" contains modified rev153 sources that were tested under 8.6b1 (patthoyt's). A text file/script named "ttkTestStartup" contains changelog information and a description of remaining problems, to wit:

# GUIB Remaining Shortcomings & Issues after TTK spt is added for Tcl86b1:
#
# - For TTk option "-padding", there is no parsing & checking done in GUIB: accepts a string
# - New "Justify" toolbar GIF (images/justify_TTkDft.gif) for "TTk" Default has wrong background color
# - No testing was done on any platform other than MS windows, and only with Tcl86b1.
# - All testing was done without IWidget package available
# - Generated code testing was done ONLY for language=Tcl (no Perl et.al.)
#
# Remaining Outright Bugs
#
# - Occasionally an in-GUI resizing arrow fails to be initialized with it's "tag" (a "-1" gets
# assigned instead). This occurs either as the UI is saved or restored. It happened on a ttk
# labelframe with a ttk menubutton within it. This seems to be a problem that predates ttk changes,
# and results in an occasional "no slave in master" Tk error
#
# - The "center" value is not legal (in 8.6) for the value of the "-labelanchor" option (for Tk and TTk
# "labelframe" widget). Existing GUIB code is using the list of valid values for "-anchor" (which
# includes "center") rather than (a new, nonexistent type) "labelanchor" (which should not include
# "center").
#
# Changes:
#
# - Generalized spt for TTk,
# Files: src/ startup.tcl, wbuilder.tcl, menus.cmd, scroll.tcl, toolbar.tcl, properties.tcl, filters.tcl, subs.tcl, outline.tcl
# images/ justify_TTkDft.gif (NEW)
# Notes:
# + Changed the icon in the palette for Tk "labelframe" to match the icon used in Themed Tk for same
# + Added ttk::frame, ttk:labelframe and ttk:spinbox to Themed Tk lineup (spinbox implies 8.6)
# + Restrictions due to TTk 8.6b1 shortcomings/irregularities are handled ad-hoc,
# (particularly "-font" for ttk::entry vs. ttk::label)
# + For want of a knowledge of proper use of the tool to code "justify_TTkDft.gif",
# the text background of this (new) GIF file is white, rather than transparent.
#
# - Added "menubutton" to old Tk lineup (wbuilder.tcl)
# - Arranged to version the gui cache-filename to prevent re-using stale cache from other GUIB install (port.tcl)
# - Help file lookup failure under windows fixed (help.tcl)
# - Fixed failure to load previously-saved non-existent project file resulted in tcl error (save.tcl)
#
#

Also within that file are copies of tkChat sessions covering 8.6 remaining issues that prevent GUIB from functioning as fully as it might.

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