gui

Blackberry - Loading/Wait screen with animation

Is there a way to show "Loading" screen with animation in blackberry? Options: PME animation content multithreading + set of images + timer/counter standard rim api some other way Any of this? Thanks! ...

Which is better tool for Blackberry application development?

Hi, Which gui development option gives a optimized and faster gui for Blackberry applications? BB tools,J2ME tools,or any other UI toolkit like LWUIT ? ...

What's the difference between Control.Select() and Control.Focus()?

In WinForms, to set focus to a specific control, I always seem to wind up calling Control.Select() and Control.Focus() to get it to work. What is the difference, and is this the correct approach? ...

Customizing a TabControl for the Closing of Individual Tabs

My scenario is the following: I am working on a winforms application in C# that has a button inside the main page of a tabcontrol that will generate another tabpage each time that it is clicked. Each new tabpage will contain a layout defined by a user control. My Questions are: How can I allow the user to then close one of the tabs ...

Implementation of a user managment dialog in Java

I need a window for my application that allows the user to: see currently existing users create new users change permissions delete users view users details While trying to find a perfect way to create a good user experience, I stumbled upon various different approaches: Dialog Based, Tree Based, etc... I've decided to go with that:...

hi.. help needed in creating Buttons and Icons in open gl

hi.. i m trying to make an editor using Open GL.. similar to MS paint you can say, with a panel and all.. problem is i m not able to find material on how to create Buttons and icons.. P.S - i did find out about GLUI that provides such entities.. but i am not allowed to use anythiing other than GLUT.. Source code, if provided, will be...

Syntax Highlighting in a ListBox

Hi all, I've searched the web and I can't seem to find anything that will work for me. I've seen plenty of discussion, and even some fairly extensible open-source tools, for code editors that provide line numbers and syntax highlighting. Here's my dilemma... I'm working on a "digital code review" project in C#.NET that allows users t...

introduction to swt with out drag and drop designer?

I'm interested in writing a small Java application using SWT. I'm a blind individual though so can't use the tipical drag and drop controls in an IDE approach. Pointers to an introduction of SWT with examples in creating interfaces through code would be appreciated. ...

Good, simple configuration library for large c++ project?

We are developing a rather large project in C++, where many components require configuration parameters. We would like to use a central place to configure everything (like a registry), preferably with a nice and simple GUI (e.g. like Firefox's about:config) and a simple API. I am pretty sure this that many applications have this kind o...

SWT layout problem - padding for labels possible ?

I am using GridLayout in my SWT GUI app. I have the following GridData defined for each grid cell. The grid cell itself is just a label. GridData gridData = new GridData(); gridData.horizontalAlignment = GridData.FILL; gridData.grabExcessHorizontalSpace = true; gridData.grabExcessVerticalSpace = true; gridData.height...

Editable ListView

I am looking to create an editable ListView in a C# winforms application where a user may double click on a cell in order to change its contents. It would be great if someone could provide my with some guidance and/or an example. I am not looking to use any commercial products. ...

HTML/JavaScript UI widgets GUI builder

I've heard and used some of the libraries like Ext JS, qooXdoo, jQuery UI, dijit. I know there are unofficial attempts to create GUI builders but they are not really great. Any chance there is a HTML/JavaScript UI widget library with a decent GUI builder? ...

What is the best UI control for users who need to change language on the fly?

Obviously a subjective question but I figure this site has built up a multinational audience so hopefully there will be some good insight. The option I am thinking of going with is a combo box with flag images to indicate which language you want to view your application. Pros Everyone recognizes images so you don't have to worry abou...

Concurrency Question

I am writing an application in java (1.6) using swing. I currently have a JXBusyLabel on a JXLayer over the content area of my program acting as a busy indicator. I want to provide a way to allow others working with me to create a task that pops up the busy label while it's executing. The catch is, the task must be cancel-able. What is t...

How to debug wxpython applications?

I'm trying wxpython for the first time. I've wrote a GUI for a python program and when I run it, it produces some error in the GUI, but the GUI disappears very quickly, quickly enough for me to be unable to read the error info. Is there any log that I can check for the error message? (I'm running Mac OS X) or any other way? Thanks in a...

In Qt how do I get a button press to set a spinbox to a certain value?

I'm trying to get to grips with Qt's signal and slots mechanism. I have an app with a QPushButton and a QSpinBox. When I click the button I want the spinbox to change to 20. What signal and slot do I need to set up? The code below shows the app, the connect function is the one I am having trouble with. As I understand it the setValue(in...

How to clone StackOverFlow JQuery Interface?

Is there any opensource samples of JQuery usages of StackOverFlow-like sites...... Any help in this direction?? ...

Advanced GUI Possible in Java?

Perhaps a philosophical question. I’ve seen some interesting visuals lately in GUIs, mostly on native platform APIs. I know that “it’s just software” and that likely, with enough work, anything can be done with pixels. The question is (finally!), is Java really an option for doing fancy things with a GUI. Seems like a silly thing I g...

How can I use listeners to access other elements?

I'm setting up a GUI where I need to take information inputted from form elements and manipulate the information. This requires me to use some elements to access others. For example, I have an input box (JTextField) and a button (JButton) beside it. When the button is pressed, I need to be able to manipulate the text entered into the in...

A good (and free) VCL GUI alternative

I've got a project with a rather messy VCL codebase built on Borland C++ Builder 6. I intend to rewrite most parts of it since it's hardly maintainable in it's current state. I'm looking for a good and free alternative to VCL. It is a Windows-only closed source commercial project. So main requirements are: Free for commercial closed-s...