Scroll to navigation

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

NAME

Prima::Sliders - sliding bars, spin buttons, dial widgets, etc

DESCRIPTION

The module contains a set of unrelated widget classes that provide input and/or output of an integer value. That is the only thing common in these classes, which are:

        Prima::AbstractSpinButton
                Prima::SpinButton
                Prima::AltSpinButton
        Prima::SpinEdit
        Prima::Gauge
        Prima::PrigressBar
        Prima::AbstractSlider
                Prima::Slider
                Prima::CircularSlider

Prima::AbstractSpinButton

Provides a generic interface to the spin-button class functionality that includes events and range definition properties. Neither "Prima::AbstractSpinButton" nor its descendants store the integer value. These provide a mere possibility for the user to send the incrementing and decrementing commands.

The class is not usable directly.

Properties

The property manages a common internal state that doesn't have an exact meaning, as it is only defined in the descendant classes. For example, the state can be set to non-zero when the user performs a mouse drag action.

Events

Called when the user presses a part of the widget that is responsible for incrementing or decrementing commands. DELTA is an integer value that indicates how the associated value must be modified.
Called when the user finished the mouse transaction.

Prima::SpinButton

A rectangular spin button that consists of three parts, divided horizontally. The upper and the lower parts are push buttons associated with singular increment and decrement commands. The middle part, when dragged by the mouse, fires the "Increment" events with delta value, based on the vertical position of the mouse pointer.

Prima::AltSpinButton

A rectangular spin button that consists of two push-buttons, associated with singular increment and decrement commands. Compared to "Prima::SpinButton", the class is a bit less functional but has a more stylish look.

Prima::SpinEdit

The widget contains a numerical input line and a spin button. The input line value can be changed in three ways - either as a direct traditional keyboard input, as a result of the spin button actions, or as the mouse wheel response. The class provides properties for value storage and range selection.

Properties

If set, allows an empty string as a valid value

Default value: false

Selects the value modification rule when the increment or decrement action hits a range limit. If 1, the value is changed to the opposite limit value ( for example, if the value is 100 in the range 2-100, and the user clicks on the 'increment' button, the value is changed to 2 ).

If 0, the value does not change.

Default value: 0

Assigns the input line class.

A create-only property.

Default value: "Prima::InputLine"

Assigns the input line list of the notifications.

A create-only property.

Assigns a hash of properties passed to the input line during the creation.

A create-only property.

Sets the upper limit for "value".

Default value: 100.

Sets the lower limit for "value".

Default value: 0

Determines the multiplication factor for incrementing and decrementing actions of the mouse wheel.

Default value: 10

Assigns the spin-button class.

A create-only property.

Default value: "Prima::AltSpinButton"

Assigns the spin-button list of the delegated notifications.

A create-only property.

Assigns a hash of properties passed to the spin-button during the creation.

A create-only property.

Determines the multiplication factor for incrementing and decrementing actions of the spin-button.

Default value: 1

Selects the integer value in the range from "min" to "max". The value is reflected in the input line.

Default value: 0.

Methods

Simultaneously sets both "min" and "max" values.

Events

Called when "value" is changed.

Prima::Gauge

An output-only widget class, displays a progress bar and an eventual percentage string. Useful as a progress indicator.

Properties

Selects the width of the border around the widget.

Default value: 1

Sets the upper limit for "value".

Default value: 100.

Sets the lower limit for "value".

Default value: 0

Selects the style of the border around the widget. Can be one of the following "gr::XXX" constants:

        gr::Sink    - 3d sunken look
        gr::Border  - uniform black border
        gr::Raise   - 3d raised look
    

Default value: "gr::Sink".

Selects the threshold value used to determine if the changes to "value" are reflected immediately or are deferred until the value is changed more significantly. When 0, all calls to "value" result in an immediate repaint request.

Default value: 0

Selects the integer value between "min" and "max", reflected in the progress bar and eventual text.

Default value: 0.

If 1, the widget is drawn vertically and the progress bar moves from bottom to top. If 0, the widget is drawn horizontally and the progress bar moves from left to right.

Default value: 0

Methods

Simultaneously sets both "min" and "max" values.

Events

Converts the integer VALUE into a string format and stores it in the REF scalar reference. Default stringifying conversion is identical to a call to sprintf("%2d%%").

Prima::ProgressBar

Displays a progress bar

Properties

Sets the upper limit for "value".

Default value: 100.

Sets the lower limit for "value".

Default value: 0

Selects the integer value between "min" and "max", reflected in the progress bar and an eventual text.

Default value: 0.

Methods

Simultaneously sets both "min" and "max" values.

Prima::AbstractSlider

The class provides the basic functionality of a sliding bar, equipped with tick marks. The tick marks are supposed to be drawn alongside the main sliding axis or the dialing circle, and provide visual feedback for the user.

The class is not usable directly.

Properties

A boolean flag, selects the way notifications are executed when the user mouse-drags the sliding bar. If 1, the "Change" notification is executed as soon as "value" is changed. If 0, "Change" is deferred until the user finishes the mouse drag; instead, the "Track" notification is executed when the bar is moved.

This property can be used when the "Change" notification handler performs very slowly, so the eventual fast mouse interactions would not thrash down the program.

Default value: 1

A step range value used in "scheme" for marking the key ticks. See scheme for details.

Default value: 10

Sets the upper limit for "value".

Default value: 100.

Sets the lower limit for "value".

Default value: 0

If 1, the user cannot change the value by moving the bar or otherwise.

Default value: 0

Selects the tick marks representation along the sliding axis or the dialing circle. ARRAY consists of hashes, each for one tick. The hash must contain at least a "value" key with an integer value. The two additional keys "height" and "text", select the height of a tick mark in pixels, and the text is drawn near the mark, correspondingly.

If ARRAY is "undef", no ticks are drawn.

"scheme" is a property that creates a set of tick marks using one of the predefined scale designs selected by the "ss::XXX" constants. Each constant produces a different scale; some make use of the "increment" integer property that selects a step that is used to place additional text marks. As an example, the "ss::Thermometer" design with the default "min", "max", and "increment" values would look like this:

        0   10   20        100
        |    |    |          |
        |||||||||||||||....|||
    

The module defines the following constants:

        ss::Axis           - 5 minor ticks per increment
        ss::Gauge          - 1 tick per increment
        ss::StdMinMax      - 2 ticks at the ends of the bar
        ss::Thermometer    - 10 minor ticks per increment, longer text ticks
    

When the "tick" property is explicitly set, "scheme" is reset to "undef".

If 1, "value" cannot accept values that are not on the tick scale. When such a value is attempted to be set, it is rounded to the closest tick mark. If 0, "value" can accept any integer value in the range from "min" to "max".

Default value: 0

An integer delta for singular increment and decrement commands, and also a threshold for "value" when the "snap" value is 0.

Default value: 1

Selects an integer value between "min" and "max" and the corresponding sliding bar position.

Default value: 0.

Events

Called when the "value" value is changed, with one exception: if the user moves the sliding bar while "autoTrack" is 0, the "Track" notification is called instead.
Called when the user moves the sliding bar while the "autoTrack" value is 0; this notification is a substitute to "Change".

Prima::Slider

Presents a linear sliding bar, movable along a linear shaft.

Properties

In horizontal mode, sets extra margin space between the slider line and the widget boundaries. Can be used for fine-tuning text labels from ticks(), where the default spacing (0) or spacing procedure (drop overlapping labels) does not produce decent results.
If 1, the parts of the shaft are painted with different colors to increase visual feedback. If 0, the shaft is painted with the single default background color.

Default value: 0

The breadth of the shaft in pixels.

Default value: 6

One of the "tka::XXX" constants that correspond to the position of the tick marks:

        tka::Normal        - ticks are drawn on the left or the top of the shaft
        tka::Alternative   - ticks are drawn on the right or at the bottom of the shaft
        tka::Dual          - ticks are drawn both ways
    

The ticks' orientation ( left or top, right or bottom ) is dependent on the "vertical" property value.

Default value: "tka::Normal"

If 1, the widget is drawn vertically, and the slider moves from bottom to top. If 0, the widget is drawn horizontally, and the slider moves from left to right.

Default value: 0

Methods

Translates integer coordinates pair ( X, Y ) into the value corresponding to the scale, and returns three scalars:
If "undef", the user-driven positioning is not possible ( "min" equals to "max" ).

If 1, the point is located on the slider.

If 0, the point is outside the slider.

If "info" is 0 or 1, contains the corresponding "value".
Offset in pixels along the shaft axis.

Prima::CircularSlider

Presents a slider widget with a dialing circle and two increment/decrement buttons. The tick marks are drawn around the perimeter of the dial; the current value is displayed in the center of the dial.

Properties

If 1, the increment / decrement buttons are shown at the bottom of the dial, and the user can change the value either by the dial or by the buttons. If 0, the buttons are not shown.

Default values: 0

Determines the style of a value indicator ( pointer ) on the dial. If 1, it is drawn as a black triangular mark. If 0, it is drawn as a small circular knob.

Default value: 0

Methods

Converts integer value in the range from "min" to "max" into the corresponding angle, and returns two floating-point values: cosine and sine of the angle.
Converts integer value in the range from "min" to "max" into the point coordinates, with the RADIUS and dial center coordinates X and Y. Return the calculated point coordinates as two integers in the (X,Y) format.
Converts widget coordinates X and Y into value in the range from "min" to "max" and returns two scalars: the value and the boolean flag, which is set to 1 if the (X,Y) point is inside the dial circle, and to 0 otherwise.

Events

Converts integer VALUE into a string format and stores it in the REF scalar reference. The resulting string is displayed in the center of the dial.

The default conversion routine simply copies VALUE to REF as is.

AUTHOR

Dmitry Karasik, <dmitry@karasik.eu.org>, Anton Berezin <tobez@tobez.org>.

SEE ALSO

Prima, examples/fontdlg.pl

2024-02-01 perl v5.38.2