Re: [PD] hide/show controls at runtime

-- Federico Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: > > I like the idea of morphing, here's a quick test of the idea: > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > I wonder if we could include such functionality in a library of GUI > objects which can dynamically hide and reshape themselves... > > .hc > > > On Apr 18, 2006, at 2:50 AM, alexandre matheson wrote: > >> On closer inspection is isn't that difficult at all to store the >> previous states. See updated patch. >> <guithing.pd> >> >> On 17-Apr-06, at 8:42 PM, alexandre matheson wrote: >> >>> >>> On 17-Apr-06, at 7:59 PM, derek holzer wrote: >>> >>>> Roman Haefeli wrote: >>>> >>>>> i just checked the code: it seems like changing the page moves >>>>> some gui-objs out of the gop-window and others into the window >>>>> with [pos X Y(-messages. >>>> >>>> >>>> Send messages to resize your GUI objects to/from 0 width or 0 >>>> height. They effectively "don't exist" if they are zero pixels high >>>> or wide (although they still use some CPU resources). You could >>>> even do it with [line], so that they seem to fade out or drop down. >>> >>> >>> I tried this and it refused to resize below 2 by 8 on a hslider >>> which is too bad cause using line to make it morph is a really cool >>> idea. >>> >>> Maybe you could reuse the same gui objects for different parameters >>> by changing the send (see attached patch). The big problem with this >>> is storing the settings and having them recalled when you move from >>> one parameter to another. >>> <guithing.pd> >>> >>>> >>>> d. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> derek holzer ::: http://www.umatic.nl >>>> ---Oblique Strategy # 14: >>>> "Ask people to work against their better judgement" >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> PD-list@iem.at mailto:PD-list@iem.at mailing list >>>> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >>>> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >>>> >>> >>> regards, >>> Alexandre Matheson >>> amatheso@alcor.concordia.ca mailto:amatheso@alcor.concordia.ca >>> iChat: ealx@mac.com mailto:ealx@mac.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> PD-list@iem.at mailto:PD-list@iem.at mailing list >>> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >>> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >> >> >> regards, >> Alexandre Matheson >> amatheso@alcor.concordia.ca mailto:amatheso@alcor.concordia.ca >> iChat: ealx@mac.com mailto:ealx@mac.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PD-list@iem.at mailto:PD-list@iem.at mailing list >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > > "Looking at things from a more basic level, you can come up with a > more direct solution... It may sound small in theory, but it in > practice, it can change entire economies." > > - Amy Smith > >