Author: Mats Bengtsson <[email protected]>
State: Withdrawn
Type: Project
Tcl-Version: 8.5
Vote: Pending
Created: 07-Feb-2001
Obsoleted-By: 152
Post-History:
Abstract
This is a replacement for the tk_messageBox on the Macintosh with a native implementation which is compliant with the Appearance Manager in Mac OS 8 and later.
Rationale
The present (in 8.3.2p1 and earlier) tk_messageBox on the Macintosh is non-movable, and lacks many features that are required to be compliant with Mac OS 8 and later. Non-movable dialogs should be abandoned in a multitasking environment. This TIP presents a step to extend the native appearance on the Macintosh.
Reference Implementation
The proposed change is now implemented as a loadable extension (in C) on Macintosh, and can be downloaded at http://hem.fyristorg.com/matben/download/MovableAlerts.sit . This extension requires Tk 8.3.2p1 or later due to the changed stub loading mechanism. The core of the code should go in the tkMacDialog.c file. Some additional changes are necessary in order to load the new tk_messageBox and not the old, script based tk_messageBox. Also, need to check for the presence of the Appearance manager:
if (Appearance Manager)
use native (new) messageBox
else
use present script based messageBox
All functionality from the documentation that are applicable are implemented, with some exceptions:
* There is a _-finemessage_ option to support the native
text message set in a smaller font below the main message.
* Both _-message_ and _-finemessage_ option are truncated at
255 characters.
* Buttons appear from right to left instead of vice versa.
* There is always a default button.
All these deviations are consistent with the look-and-feel of Mac OS 8.0 and on. Existing scripts using tk_messageBox are compatible with the new tk_messageBox.
Open questions:
* Name of extra option _-finemessage_
* Name of the two C functions in the implementation
* How to make the core code call the new code instead of
the original, script implemented
Copyright
This document has been placed in the public domain