Re: GNOME::Selector

[Martin Baulig <martin home-of-linux org>]

jacob berkman <jacob ximian com> writes:

> > What I want to use GNOME::Selector for is at least:
> > 
> > * GnomeImageSelector
> > 
> >   This uses the standard GtkCombo in the entry widget (see the Anatomy diagram)
> >   and a GnomeIconList in the selector widget and it can pop up a file selector
> >   dialog (which is, of course, a component).
> 
> this is very similar to a file selector which is set to show images, and
> does image previewing.  so a better general purpose file selector can
> fill this role.  not only this, but it does this without any added
> api/complexity to the developer, or in fact the user, who has one less
> dialog type to learn.

This is what GnomeIconSelector was in GNOME 1.x except that it sucks a lot less.

> > * GnomeImageEntry
> > 
> >   This has two modes of operation - as pixmap or as icon entry.
> > 
> >   The icon entry is what was GnomeIconEntry in GNOME 1.x. The pixmap entry has
> >   the standard GtkCombo in the entry widget and an image preview in the preview
> >   area. Both of them can pop up a dialog with a GnomeImageSelector or another
> >   component in it.
> 
> this is just the image selector with a preview component, no?

This is what GnomePixmapEntry and GnomeIconEntry was in GNOME 1.x.

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