Hi Scott

thank you for your answer regarding image imports and the
attached changeSet. The graphics browser is just what I need!
It is really handy for populating projects ("slides" / worlds)
effectively.

Just for the record and because it might be interesting for others:
I added a line of code so that the resulting SketchMorph
has as a property giving the name of the file (without the extension)
it was created from.  I will use this name as I create
an html page of the layout of a World and I want to refer to the 
graphic by name. 

In fact I use Squeak for generating web pages
with DHTML functionality. Squeak objects then correspond to JavaScript
objects which implement certain functions. I know of course
that for a Squeaker like Alan Kay doing such a thing is
like working with MSDOS. He is right in a sense. But at 
the moment the product I'm working on has to obey
"standards" so I'm using Squeak as a generator - notably
something which others of us do at the moment as well
(e.g. generating Java class files). And the newer generation
of JavaScript is actually quite nice (1.5).

I changed  GraphicalDictionaryMenu>>handMeOne


"before"

handMeOne
	self currentHand attachMorph: (SketchMorph new form: (formChoices at:
currentIndex))




"after"

handMeOne
	
	| skm |
	skm _ SketchMorph new form: (formChoices at: currentIndex).

	skm setNamePropertyTo: self nameOfGraphic.     
	
	self currentHand attachMorph: skm


Then I can access the name of the SketchMorph by
   #knownName
anytime

Thanks again - your post just came in at a perfect time.

Cheers

-- Hannes




Scott Wallace <scott.wallace at squeakland.org> wrote:
> Hi, Hannes,
> 
> There is a tool in the image, called GraphicalDictionaryMenu, which 
> allows you to view, edit, and search any dictionary whose values are 
> Forms.  It's sort of like a DictionaryInspector, but you see the 
> actual graphics rather than a textual description of each element.
> 
> Two items in the morphic desktop's "help" menu bring up such a tool, 
> namely "graphical imports" (this is the answer to your specific 
> question) and "standard graphics library", which lets you browse 
> through the dictionary of graphics used by various widgets in the 
> Morphic UI.
> 
> By coincidence, I had occasion to revisit and use this tool very 
> recently, and I encountered the need for several further functions 
> and refinements, which I offer fwiw in the attached fileout, which 
> contains the following improvements:
> 
> *  The last keyword searched for is used as the default for 'find...'
> *  When there is no new match in a search, but the current item does 
> match that search, the tool flashes rather than claiming no match.
> *  'Find again' command added.
> *  Added 'Browse symbol references' command, to browse all references 
> to the key symbol of the currently-selected entry.
> *  Added 'Browse string references' command, to track down all 
> methods with string literals that may refer to the currently-selected 
> entry.
> *  Querying the StandardScriptingSystem for a form at a given key no 
> longer needlessly interns the key if it's not already interned.
> *  The tool's main menu now has a 'stay-up item'.
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
>    -- Scott