gui

iPhone GUI like the build-in iPod application

Need a GUI with many tabs (TabBarController and UITabBar) and one fullscreen view, e.g. a view with player in the native iPod app. It's possible to show last from any tab. Currently use last iPhone SDK 3.0. I tried many approaches, e.g. create Utility and put TabBarController on the flipside, but it throw an exception, because of there ...

Building windows forms in C

So far, I've been able to create a window in C, and add a button and edit box to that window. But, where can I find an exhaustive list of the system classes for all the form controls? I can't remember where I found BUTTON and EDIT--is there a LABEL? LISTBOX? CHECKBOX? COMBOBOX? etc. Then, how would I use those built in windows functions...

Graphics-based C++ GUI Framework?

Hey, all. I'm looking for a good, free graphics-based UI/GUI framework. Let's say I want to create the iPhone or Palm Pre from the ground up. How would I, using what UI framework? (Forget that Apple has created this and that libraries in the past :) just the best way to express what exactly I'm looking for.) In essence, I'm looking fo...

To close or not to close: a dialog application when "Escape" is pressed

For dialog applications traditional behavior has been to close the application when "Escape" is pressed. However some users complain about this as they often press the key by mistake. What's your approach? 1) Close the application 2) Do nothing 3) Pop an "Are you sure you want to quit?" message (possibly with a "Don't show this again" ...

Best way to get the name of a button that called an event?

In the following code (inspired by this snippet), I use a single event handler buttonClick to change the title of the window. Currently, I need to evaluate if the Id of the event corresponds to the Id of the button. If I decide to add 50 buttons instead of 2, this method could become cumbersome. Is there a better way to do this? import ...

Can I embed the Simulink interface in a MATLAB GUI?

I would to display the Simulink workspace in a MATLAB GUI window. This is cosmetic as I know well that Simulink operates fine without this addition. However, I have no idea how to have a space in a GUI where the Simulink workspace can be displayed. Effectively, the GUI would form a thick frame around the Simulink workspace. Please le...

What tools are available for designing Web UI?

Sometimes we use Photoshop, other times MS Visio. Is there any tool to design the User Inteface that is intuitive and easy to use? Also, is there any best practices. What we want to accomplish is a simple and easy to see image of how the actual UI should look. We don't want to deal with any programming at this point, since this is do...

How do I build a diagramming application in .NET?

I want to write a GUI seating application that allows users to draw and annotate simple "maps" of seating areas. The end result would probably look something a little like Visio, but specifically for manipulating my "seating" data model rather than producing files. In Java-land, there's the Graphical Editing Framework (GEF) -- is there...

UI for a Desktop App

I have a desktop application . The functionality is complete, but user interface requires a lot of work. I am looking for UI tools.My current operating system is Windows and application is required to run on both Windows and Linux. Can you guys recommend any? The software is customized file management application for a specific client,...

What are the best practices for building a front panel interface?

I have been asked to package an application in appliance form factor and would like to understand best practices around building a front panel interface. I am looking for guidance around: Design of the UI and menu system Making this type of code portable to multiple types of hardware Having a Java application send status information to...

GUI programming in Scala

I'm trying to learn Scala, and I'd like to learn by writing a simple swing app, but I'm unsure what GUI programing looks like in a functional world, and specifically when using Scala. Any pointers, or tutorials, or gotchas when coming from an OO/Java background would be really welcome. ...

When using jQuery and Fade is there a way to prevent the surrounding content from "jumping" downwards?

I'd really love the surrounding content to "scroll" up/down in like when using Scroll - but would also love the appropriate div to "fade" in. ...

I have an unintended delay in playing a Mix_Chunk

So I am trying to learn SDL and creating a small game. When the user presses the space bar, it should play a sound. This works, but the sound takes about .5 seconds to play... How would I fix this? I've checked the actual file to see if the delay was just part of it, and that turned out to not be the case. SDL with c++ on win vista. He...

PythonCard - Can I launch a CustomDialog Stand Alone?

I have a CustomDialog I made to let the user configure settings. Normally I want this to be launched from a menu item within the main application which works fine. But during the install, I want to launch just the dialog to let the user configure the settings. Is there a way I can have both? ...

How to update a MATLAB GUI in the background?

I have a MATLAB GUI and a separate application that writes data to a file. I'd like my MATLAB GUI to check the file periodically, and update the GUI when it changes. In Java, I'd use a SwingUtils.Timer(sp?) object to do something like this. Does MATLAB have timer functionality? I could write a java class and do it I suppose, but want ...

Showing/hiding image upon mouse over of table row via jquery traversal?

I have some rows of a table (ick!) such as: <tr id="similar_story"> <td class="title"><a href="/">Title</a> <a href="../"><img id="srcimg" src="source.png" style="display:none"></a></td> </tr> this is repeated x times [for each similar story], and when a user hovers over the .class row I want #srcimg (for that row) to appear. When t...

Using timer for updating GUI: why it doesn't work?

Hi, I am creating an appication for video recording and I overlayed the video preview with labels txtStatus and txtTime. The camera button starts/stops the timer which periodically calls the UpdateGUI method. Running the debug I can see the timer is working - it calls updateGUI method every second but the method doesn't update the cont...

Language to write a Windows application that doesn't take up a lot of space

I need to write a Windows XP/Vista application, main requirements: Just one .exe file, without extra runtime, like Air, .Net; posstibly a couple of dlls. Very small file size. The application is for network centric usage, similar to ICQ or Gtalk clients. ...

Free schedule/timetable GUI library for .NET

Does anyone know of any good free libraries providing Windows Forms controls for displaying schedules/timetables in .NET? I'm really looking for something similar to what the guy who asked this question was seeking, with a couple of differences: I don't need any help organizing the underlying data or generating the schedule (that's all...

Is there a better way to load in a big animation?

Maybe not really big, but a hundred frames or something. Is the only way to load it in by making an array and loading each image individually? load_image() is a function I made which loads the images and converts their BPP. expl[0] = load_image( "explode1.gif" ); expl[1] = load_image( "explode2.gif" ); expl[2] = load_image( "explode3.g...