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Prima::Outlines(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Prima::Outlines(3)

NAME

Prima::Outlines - tree view widgets

SYNOPSIS

        use Prima qw(Outlines Application);
        my $outline = Prima::StringOutline-> create(
                items => [
                        [ 'Simple item' ],
                        [ 'Embedded items', [['#1'], ['#2']]],
                ],
        );
        $outline-> expand_all;
        run Prima;


        my $outline = Prima::StringOutline-> create(
                iconStyle => 'triangle',
                ...
        );

DESCRIPTION

The module provides a set of widget classes designed to display tree-like structures. "Prima::OutlineViewer" presents a generic class that contains the basic functionality and defines the interface for the class descendants, which are "Prima::StringOutline", "Prima::Outline", and "Prima::DirectoryOutline".

Prima::OutlineViewer

Presents a generic interface for browsing tree-like lists. Each node in a linked list represents an item. The format of the node is predefined, and is an anonymous array with the following definitions of its indices:

#0
Item id in an unspecified format. The simplest implementation, "Prima::StringOutline", treats the scalar as a text string. The more complex classes store references to arrays or hashes here. See the "items" article of a concrete class for the format of the node record.
#1
Reference to a child node. "undef" if there is none.
#2
A boolean flag, which selects if the node is to be shown as expanded, e.g. all of its immediate children are visible.
#3
Width of an item in pixels.

The indices above 3 should not be used because eventual changes to the implementation of the class may use these. The general idea is that the data at index #0 should be self-sufficient to define an item.

To support a custom format of the node the following notifications should be overloaded: "DrawItem", "MeasureItem", and "Stringify". Since "DrawItem" is called for every item, a gross method "draw_items" can be overloaded instead. See also Prima::StringOutline and Prima::Outline.

The class employs two ways to address an item, index-wise and item-wise. The index-wise counts only the visible ( non-expanded ) items and is represented by an integer index. The item-wise addressing cannot be expressed by an integer index, and the full node structure is used as a reference. It is important to use a valid reference here since the class does not always perform the check if the node belongs to the internal node list due to speed reasons.

"Prima::OutlineViewer" is a descendant of "Prima::Widget::GroupScroller" and "Prima::Widget::MouseScroller", so some of their properties and methods are not described here.

The class is not usable directly.

Properties

If set to 1, changes "itemHeight" automatically according to the widget font height. If 0, does not influence anything. When "itemHeight" is set explicitly, changes value to 0.

Default value: 1

If 1, allows the items to be dragged interactively by pressing the Control key together with the left mouse button. If 0, item dragging is disabled.

Default value: 1

If 1, draws dotted tree lines left to the items.

Default value: 1

Manages the way the user selects multiple items and is only actual when "multiSelect" is 1. If 0, the user must click each item to mark it as selected. If 1, the user can drag the mouse or use the "Shift" key plus arrow keys to perform range selection; the "Control" key can be used to select individual items.

Default value: 0

Selects the focused item index. If -1, no item is focused. It is mostly a run-time property, however, it can be set during the widget creation stage given that the item list is accessible at this stage as well.
Sets the image that is to be displayed when a tree branch is collapsed
Sets the image that is to be displayed when a tree branch is expanded
Sets visual style, one of: "default", "plusminus", or "triangle".

The default style is set in $Prima::Outlines::default_style and is currently 'plusminus', however, it can be overridden by "skin". The default style for the current default skin "flat" is 'triangle'.

Width in pixels of the indent between item levels.

Default value: 12

Selects the height of the items in pixels. Since the outline classes do not support items with various heights, changes to this property affect all items.

Default value: default font height

Provides access to the items as an anonymous array. The format of an item is described in the opening article ( see Prima::OutlineViewer ).

Default value: []

If 0, the user can only select one item, which is also reported by the "focusedItem" property. If 1, the user can select more than one item. In this case, the "focusedItem"'th item is not necessarily selected. To access the selected item list, use the "selectedItems" property.

Default value: 0

Horizontal offset of the item list in pixels.
ARRAY is an array of integer indices of the selected items. Note, that these are the items visible on the screen only. The property doesn't handle the selection status of the collapsed items.

The widget keeps the selection status on each node, visible and invisible ( e.g. the node is invisible if its parent node is collapsed). However, "selectedItems" accounts for the visible nodes only; to manipulate the node status or both visible and invisible nodes, use "select_item", "unselect_item", and "toggle_item" methods.

If 1, allows activation of a hint label when the mouse pointer is hovered above an item that does not fit horizontally into the widget inferiors. If 0, the hint is never shown.

See also: makehint.

Default value: 1

Selects the first item drawn.

Methods

Sets item indices from ARRAY in selected or deselected state, depending on the FLAG value, correspondingly 1 or 0.

Note, that these are the items visible on the screen only. The method doesn't handle the selection status of the collapsed items.

Only for the multi-select mode.

Performs expansion ( 1 ) or collapse ( 0 ) of the INDEXth item, depending on the EXPAND boolean flag value.
Recalculates the node tree and item dimensions. Used internally.
Deletes LENGTH children items of NODE at OFFSET. If NODE is "undef", the root node is assumed. If LENGTH is "undef", all items after OFFSET are deleted.
Deletes NODE from the item list.
Removes selection from all items.

Only for multi-select mode.

Called from within the "Paint" notification to draw items. The default behavior is to call the "DrawItem" notification for every visible item. PAINT_DATA is an array of arrays, where each consists of the parameters passed to the "DrawItem" notification.

This method is overridden in some descendant classes, to increase the speed of the drawing routine.

See DrawItem for PAINT_DATA parameters description.

Traverses all items for NODE and finds if it is visible. If it is, returns two integers: the first is the item index and the second is the item depth level. If the node is not visible, "-1, undef" is returned.
Returns the text string associated with the INDEXth item. Since the class does not assume the item storage organization, the text is queried via the "Stringify" notification.
Returns the width in pixels of the INDEXth item, which is a cached result of the "MeasureItem" notification, stored under index #3 in a node.
Returns two scalars corresponding to the INDEXth item: the node reference and its depth level. If INDEX is outside the list boundaries, an empty array is returned.
Returns two scalars, corresponding to the NODE: its parent node reference and offset of the NODE in the parent's immediate children list.
Returns the text string associated with the NODE. Since the class does not assume the item storage organization, the text is queried via the "Stringify" notification.
Returns width in pixels of the INDEXth item, which is a cached result of the "MeasureItem" notification, stored under index #3 in a node.
Expands all nodes under NODE. If NODE is "undef" the root node is assumed. If the tree is large, the execution can take a significant amount of time.
Inserts one or more ITEMS under NODE with OFFSET. If NODE is "undef", the root node is assumed.
Traverses the item tree and calls the ACTION subroutine on each node. If the FULL boolean flag is 1, all nodes are traversed. If 0, only the expanded nodes are traversed.

ACTION subroutine is called with the following parameters:

#0
Node reference
#1
Parent node reference; if "undef", the node is the root.
#2
Node offset in the parent item list.
#3
Node index.
#4
Node depth level. 0 means the root node.
#5
A boolean flag, set to 1 if the node is the last child in the parent node list, set to 0 otherwise.
#6
Visibility index. When "iterate" is called with "FULL = 1", the index is the item index as seen on the screen. If the item is not visible, the index is "undef".

When "iterate" is called with "FULL = 1", the index is always the same as "node index".

Returns 1 if an item is selected, 0 if it is not.

The method can address the item either directly ( ITEM ) or by its INDEX in the screen position.

Controls hint label of the INDEXth item. If a boolean flag SHOW is set to 1, the "showItemHint" property is 1, and the item index does not fit horizontally in the widget inferiors, then the hint label is shown. By default, the label is removed automatically as soon as the user moves the mouse pointer away from the item. If SHOW is set to 0, the hint label is hidden immediately.
Returns the index of an item that occupies the horizontal axis at Y in the widget coordinates. If HEIGHT is specified, it must be the widget height; if it is not, the value is fetched by calling "Prima::Widget::height". If the value is known, passing it to "point2item" thus achieves some speed-up.
Selects all items.

Only for multi-select mode.

Sets the selection flag of an item. If FLAG is 1, the item is selected. If 0, it is deselected.

The method can address the item either directly ( ITEM ) or by its INDEX. Only for the multi-select mode.

Selects an item.

The method can address the item either directly ( ITEM ) or by its INDEX. Only for the multi-select mode.

Toggles selection of an item.

The method can address the item either directly ( ITEM ) or by its INDEX. Only for the multi-select mode.

Deselects an item.

The method can address the item either directly ( ITEM ) or by its INDEX. Only for the multi-select mode.

Traverses an array of ITEMS and changes every node so that eventual scalars above index #3 are deleted. Also adds default values to a node if it contains less than 3 scalars.

Events

Called when NODE is expanded ( 1 ) or collapsed ( 0 ). The EXPAND boolean flag reflects the action taken.
Called when the user finishes the drag of an item from OLD_INDEX to NEW_INDEX position. The default action rearranges the item list according to the dragging action.
Called when the INDEXth item contained in NODE is to be drawn on CANVAS. X1, Y1, X2, Y2 coordinates define the exterior rectangle of the item in widget coordinates. SELECTED, FOCUSED, and PRELIGHT boolean flags are set to 1 if the item is selected, focused, or pre-lighted, respectively; 0 otherwise.
Stores the width of the NODE item in pixels into the REF scalar reference. LEVEL is the node depth as returned by "get_item" for the reference. This notification must be called from within the "begin_paint_info/end_paint_info" block.
Called when an item gets selected or deselected. The array passed contains a set of arrays for each item where each contains either an integer INDEX or the ITEM, or both. In case the INDEX is undef, the item is invisible; if the ITEM is undef, then the caller didn't bother to call "get_item" for speed reasons, and the receiver should call this function. The SELECTED flag contains the new value of the item.
Stores text string associated with the NODE item into the TEXT_REF scalar reference.

Prima::StringOutline

A descendant of the "Prima::OutlineViewer" class, provides a standard single-text-item widget. The items can be defined by supplying a text as the first scalar in the node array structure:

$string_outline-> items([ 'String', [ 'Descendant' ]]);

Prima::Outline

A variant of "Prima::StringOutline", with the only difference that the text is stored not in the first scalar in a node but as a first scalar in an anonymous array, which in turn is the first node scalar. The class does not define either format or the number of scalars in the array, and as such presents a half-abstract class.

Prima::DirectoryOutline

Provides a standard widget with the item tree mapped to the directory structure, so that each item is mapped to a directory. Depending on the type of the host OS, there is either a single root directory ( unix ), or one or more disk drive root items ( win32 ).

The node format is defined as follows:

#0
Directory name, string.
#1
Parent path; an empty string for the root items.
#2
Icon width in pixels, integer.
#3
Drive icon; defined only for the root items under Windows to reflect the drive type ( hard, floppy, etc ).

Properties

The number of horizontal equal-width images in the "closedIcon" property.

Default value: 1

Provides an icon representation for the collapsed items.
The number of horizontal equal-width images in the "openedIcon" property.

Default value: 1

Provides an icon representation for the expanded items.
Runtime-only property. Selects the current file system path.
Default value: 0

Methods

If the FILE_TYPE value is not specified, the list of all files in the current directory is returned. If FILE_TYPE is given, only the files of the types are returned. The FILE_TYPE is a string, one of those returned by "Prima::Utils::getdir" ( see "getdir" in Prima::Utils ).
Reads the file structure under PATH and returns a newly created hierarchy structure in the class node format. If the "showDotDirs" property value is 0, the dot-prefixed names are not included.

Used internally inside the "Expand" notification.

AUTHOR

Dmitry Karasik, <dmitry@karasik.eu.org>.

SEE ALSO

Prima, Prima::Widget, <examples/outline.pl>.

2024-02-01 perl v5.38.2