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Re: wxGrid boolean changes

 

Yes, you'd need python scripting turned on.

I will try to make a version that applies to the library tables for testing.

-Jon

On Thu, Mar 15, 2018, 07:32 Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I tried to test out your version, Jon, but I don’t have a Footprint
> Wizard.  (Is that because I have scripting turned off?)
>
> On 15 Mar 2018, at 01:16, Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I gave it a try and there is some strange behavior on Linux :-(
> Clicks on the checkboxes seem to sometimes get handled twice so the box
> quickly toggles between states.
> So, I don't think it should be merged as-is.
>
> Can you guys confirm that the behavior is good from my version (as
> implemented in the footprint wizard parameters table) on Mac/Windows?
> If so, I will work on a general solution based on that which can be used
> with the GRID_TRICKS mixin.
>
> -Jon
>
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 4:20 PM, Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Yep, only tested on OSX.
>>
>> Patch attached.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jeff.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 14 Mar 2018, at 19:56, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I'm assuming you only tested this on macos correct?  If so, please
>> submit a patch so we can test in on windows and linux.  I think the risk
>> is low but it shouldn't take long to test it.  If there aren't any
>> issues, then it can be merged so Jon can use and we wont have to rework
>> any code in v6.
>>
>> On 3/14/2018 3:52 PM, Jeff Young wrote:
>>
>> @Wayne, any opinion on this one?  Should I merge it or play it safe and
>> leave it in 6.0?
>>
>>
>>
>> On 14 Mar 2018, at 14:12, Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:jeff@xxxxxxxxx <jeff@xxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
>>
>> IIRC, it was tricky to get right because you can’t fire it when the
>> cell *does* have focus or wxWidgets gets itself tied in knots.  (It
>> turns out that’s OK because when it does have focus wxWidgets toggles
>> it with a single-click anyway.)
>>
>> It was also a bit tricky around reference counting.
>>
>> The current version has had a decent amount of testing in my 6.0
>> branch, so it’s good-to-go on Mac.  But after the teething troubles I
>> was hesitant to merge it given possible issues on other platforms.
>>
>> I do think we should add (2).  I'm happy for you to tackle it, Jon.
>>
>> (I’m also happy to merge my version to 5.0 first if others think it’s
>> worth the risk.)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>> On 14 Mar 2018, at 14:03, Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Jeff, it doesn't look like that big a change but if you think
>> it should wait I don't feel strongly, except that it might make
>> maintenance more annoying if we have one implementation in 5.0 and
>> one in 6.0.
>>
>> Anyone else have opinions on this?
>> I think (2) should be added to Jeff's implementation and I can
>> probably handle that unless you want to, Jeff
>>
>> -Jon
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 9:58 AM, Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:jeff@xxxxxxxxx <jeff@xxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
>>
>>    Hi Jon,
>>
>>    I implemented (1), (3) and (4) in 6.0.  It was tweaky enough that
>>    I don’t recommend it for 5.0 (but I don’t fee strongly).
>>
>>    You can see my implementation here:
>>
>> https://git.launchpad.net/~jeyjey/kicad/commit/?h=6.0&id=7dda85fdae21f162bd7413fdceb16e49698f31bf
>>    <
>> https://git.launchpad.net/~jeyjey/kicad/commit/?h=6.0&id=7dda85fdae21f162bd7413fdceb16e49698f31bf
>> >.
>>
>>    Cheers,
>>    Jeff.
>>
>>
>>    On 14 Mar 2018, at 13:50, Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>    <mailto:jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
>>
>>    Hi all,
>>
>>    I recently (2f86b497) changed the behavior of the wxGrid in the
>>    footprint wizard dialog to fix some issues with boolean
>>    (checkbox) parameters.
>>
>>    The default behavior from wxWidgets (at least in 3.0) is buggy
>>    in that the update events don't get sent out when you'd expect
>>    from the wxGridCellBoolEditor.
>>
>>    I have found that I can get behavior that makes sense to me by
>>    overriding event handlers for the grid itself, but I'd like to
>>    make a more generic fix that can be easily portable to other
>>    grids, since we will likely have more places to use checkboxes
>>    in grids in the future.
>>
>>    Before I go too far down that path, I wanted to check that the
>>    new footprint wizard grid behavior matches with everyone's
>>    expectations for how it should work:
>>
>>    1) you can toggle the checkbox on/off with a single left click
>>    2) you can also toggle with the spacebar if the cell is highlighted
>>    3) nothing happens for double click / right click / etc.
>>    4) if you click inside the cell (but outside the checkbox) the
>>    checkbox is also toggled for convenience
>>
>>    Thanks,
>>    Jon
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