I left one step out.
While still hovered over the one you just made small, press "b" to browse its hierarchy. DirectoryEntry pops up. Drag #name and #fileSize to the one you made small. Now Shift+click for its tool menu and select "as list entry".
Before you can do the next step, below, you have to remember the just-created list-entry. So Shift+right click on the list entry and select "manage views...". Place the mouse-pointer into the first black-box of the message, "Remember view as: [ ] for all kinds of: [ ]" so that the box highlights green. These black boxes are "parameter-holders" for invoking messages that require parameters.
Now type 'list entry' INCLUDING the quotes in the left box. You may drop any object or type any valid Smalltalk expression into them. You may click in the right box to select DirectoryEntry. Because both boxes are populated, the message is automatically executed. You may now close this "dialog" by pressing "x" while the outer blue box is highlighted.
NOW, you may do this step, below..
Finally, right-click on the actual Collection object, carefully getting outside that black border (its ScrollPane or something) but still on the Collection so that it is outlined in green (this part is a little tricky), and select "elements view | list entry".
Thanks and it works "rather" great! :-)
On Aug 31, 2005, at 12:10 AM, Chris Muller wrote:
I left one step out.
While still hovered over the one you just made small, press "b" to browse its hierarchy. DirectoryEntry pops up. Drag #name and #fileSize to the one you made small. Now Shift+click for its tool menu and select "as list entry".
I'm using Mac and there's no right click and etc. I can make right click equivalent with Ctrl+Click but I cannot make shift+right click with shift + ctrl + click. This is my biggest problem. Maybe this is my fault?
Before you can do the next step, below, you have to remember the just-created list-entry. So Shift+right click on the list entry and select "manage views...". Place the mouse-pointer into the first black-box of the message, "Remember view as: [ ] for all kinds of: [ ]" so that the box highlights green. These black boxes are "parameter-holders" for invoking messages that require parameters.
Now type 'list entry' INCLUDING the quotes in the left box. You may drop any object or type any valid Smalltalk expression into them. You may click in the right box to select DirectoryEntry. Because both boxes are populated, the message is automatically executed. You may now close this "dialog" by pressing "x" while the outer blue box is highlighted.
Hmm, I cannot find 'x' for this box. But this is not that big problem anyway.
NOW, you may do this step, below..
Finally, right-click on the actual Collection object, carefully getting outside that black border (its ScrollPane or something) but still on the Collection so that it is outlined in green (this part is a little tricky), and select "elements view | list entry".
right-clicking on collection object is rather tricky. But this works great(again) !
Thanks again. Maui is very interesting. I think except some menu selecting problem(for me, Mac user) Maui is what I want to have.
I'm using Mac and there's no right click and etc. I can make right click equivalent with Ctrl+Click but I cannot make shift+right click with shift + ctrl + click. This is my biggest problem. Maybe this is my fault?
Not at all. And I should have used Squeak's platform-independent terminology for the mouse buttons.
The shift + yellow-click is only a short-cut to the "tools" menu. I didn't know Mac users couldn't do this. Not a problem, you can still get to the tools menu one of two other ways:
- Yellow-click (or press Esc) and then select "tools (t)" - simply hover over the object and press "t" on the keyboard.
message is automatically executed. You may now close this "dialog" by pressing "x" while the outer blue box is highlighted.
Hmm, I cannot find 'x' for this box. But this is not that big problem anyway.
Ah, I was referring to "x" on the keyboard. :)
Also, if you press "l" or select "labelled" from the menu, it will make the object look more like a "window".
As you may have noticed, Maui has extensive keyboard support, allowing quick, two-handed operation of the UI. You don't have to press any command-key modifier either (i.e., Alt), just hover over the object you want to send a command so that it is outlined in green, then press the command on the keyboard.
right-clicking on collection object is rather tricky. But this works great(again) !
Yes. Since you must use the keyboard anyway to do this (Ctrl), I'm sure you will enjoy the short-cut command keys better with time.
Thanks again. Maui is very interesting. I think except some menu selecting problem(for me, Mac user) Maui is what I want to have.
One more tip, if you load the Connectors framework, all representations of the same identical object on-screen will be connected when you hover over them. This can be very handy as you build up a complex domain model with shared objects.
Thanks for your interest, Chris
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