gui

Making a Web Gui to design a Garden Layout

I would like to design a web page Gui where users can design a simple interactive garden. The user would pick a template design and receive price estimates based on the design template and the dimensions entered. I'd like the user to be able to move items such as plants, stones and be able to adjust the dimensions of the grass, paving....

Beginner video capture and processing/Camera selection

I'll soon be undertaking a research project in real-time event recognition but have no experience with the programming aspect of video capture (I'm an upperclassman undergraduate in computer engineering). I want to start off on the right foot so advice from anyone with experience would be great. The ultimate goal is to track events such ...

GUI for Build Process

Hi All, I've just implemented build and deploy process which consists of java files, ant script and cmd files. In the process, a release manager will have to check out source, hit the build.cmd button and then carry a zip file over to a server. I am wondering if it is worthwhile to make a GUI for it? So that the release manager does n...

A problem with JTabbedPane

I have an application that includes a JTabbedPane and two tabs with some components. My problem is when I click on another tab, it's components do not appear immediately; but when the mouse courser moves over each component (JCheckBox, JButton and so on) of the tab, the components will appear but not correctly (see below image). T...

Java findout if current platform supports windowing

Is there way to find out if Java is running on a platform which supports windowing of any kind? I know that you could possibly figure it out by reading in the environment variables, but that might prove to be rather difficult with all the possible combinations. ...

Creating a sliding frame containing widgets in tkinter in python

I am trying really hard to make a sliding frame containing widgets in tkinter in python. There is this frame inside a big window with different widgets. And as soon as i click on the next button on that frame the frame should slowly slide towards the left and vanish ultimately. As soon as it vanishes, i want new frame with widgets to com...

Object-oriented GUI development in python

Hey guys, new programmer here. I have an assignment for class and I'm stuck... What I need to do is a create a GUI that gives someone a basic arithmetic problem in one box, asks the person to answer it, evaluates it, and tells you if you're right or wrong... Basically, what I have is this: class Lesson(Frame): def __init__ (self, ...

Blackberry UI tool bar : fields alignment

i am developing custom toolbar manager, but i want to adjust the fields alignment to be centered not aligned to the left , any advice below is the code of toolbar package galaxy.bb.ui.container; import net.rim.device.api.ui.Color; import net.rim.device.api.ui.Graphics; import net.rim.device.api.ui.XYEdges; import net.rim.device.a...

Rendering sub tools on vertical toolbar

I was wondering how ex Photoshop and Expression Design render sub tools. These show up when for example you hold your mouse down on the fill tool, a sub menu comes up to your right with the fill and gradient tools. I'm just not sure how to go about this because this sub menu would essentially have to be an extension of my toolbar, but th...

Using repaint() method.

I'm still struggling to create this game : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2844190/choosing-design-method-for-ladder-like-word-game .I've got it almost working but there is a problem though. When I'm inserting a word and it's correct, the whole window should reload, and JButtons containing letters should be repainted with different st...

Which controls are being used?

Are there any tools available that allow you to 'look' at any given application and show you which WinForm controls are being used in that application? I happen to have an app which I like the GUI of, and I want to use a similar structure in my own app. Instead of developing these controls myself, it may be easier to buy them, if only I ...

CLIM tutorial, where?

I am thinking of using McClim for an application, where can I find a tutorial that covers buttons, keyboard/mouse I/O, drawing images, etc. STFW for mcclim tutorial and clim tutorial didn't help much. Any pointers? If such a tutorial doesn't exist, please point that out and I'll try to RTFM (maybe eventually write such a tutoriial) ...

How do I draw separators?

I am programming in C, using the Windows API, and would like to know how I could draw separators. I'm a total noob when it comes to writing GUI applications, so I may need a code example. Edit: Here's an illustration... ...

Dealing with external processes

I've been working on a gui app that needs to manage external processes. Working with external processes leads to a lot of issues that can make a programmer's life difficult. I feel like maintenence on this app is taking an unacceptably long time. I've been trying to list the things that make working with external processes difficult s...

Python: Networked IDLE/Redo IDLE front-end while using the same back-end?

Is there any existing web app that lets multiple users work with an interactive IDLE type session at once? Something like: IDLE 2.6.4 Morgan: >>> letters = list("abcdefg") Morgan: >>> # now, how would you iterate over letters? Jack: >>> for char in letters: print "char %s" % char char a char b char c char d char e char f char g M...

NetBeans create and instantiate programatically custom swing widgets

Hey! I have a problem I know how I would solve easily developing under eclipse - but not so easily developing under net beans. I want to create a custom swing widget - which I can instantiate by code as many as I need and attach them to my main panel. I have developed the rest of the GUI using the GUIBuilder. The problem is - im ...

Creating GUI for Bantumi game

I've written backend for simple Bantumi game. Now I'd like to create a simple GUI for it, so that it would look like this : How to start ? What layout should I use, and what type of component each element should be? Classes : Basket Player Game Main Shared ...

How does a GUI Framework work?

I have been all over the web looking for an answer to this, and my question is this: How does a GUI framework work? for instance how does Qt work, is there any books or wibsites on the topic of writing a GUI framework from scratch? and also does the framework have to call methods from the operating systems GUI framework? -- Thank you ...

How to use python to create a GUI application which have cool animation/effects under Linux (like 3D wall in Cooliris, compiz effects etc...)

Hi, I am not sure if my question title makes sense to you or not. I am seeing many cool applications which have cool animations/effects. I would like to learn how to use python to create this kind of GUI applications under Linux. "cool animation/effects" like 3D wall in Cooliris which is written in flash and compiz effects with opengl....

How to disable Center Key (CK) and let only Left Soft Key (LSK) be used in j2me

Hello everyone, I created a custom item in which I need to use the Center Key for the purpose of selecting and I am successfully able to use it with the keyPressed event using the keyCode as -5. The problem is, as soon as I press the CK, it also clicks on the command above the LSK and that causes the menu to pop up. Is there any way tha...