What's up, RMers?

[DerVVulfman]

There are things to touch up of course...

  I have a dedicated class for all graphics. And the buttons for the new scrolling listbox does not use what I used in the previous scrollbar.  So I either migrate these new buttons to that class, or see how to adapt the old ones to work.

  I don't have an '@index' value set up.  Based on the other listbox, it assumes you 'click' the desired data and it just takes it now.  There's nothing as yet to define the index position at start... as in an assumed default data.  So there's that to likewise accomplish.

  And I need to ensure that clicking on the scrollbar doesn't interfere with any currently highlighted/selected data.

  But with what I have accomplished, replacing the combobox (or dropdown list box) may be readily be made in much the same fashion.

I still haven't dealt with migrating the graphics to the dedicated class, and I haven't dealt with separating list/scrollbar detection. BUT I do have a functional @index value setup.

I also ensure the following properties are completely functional:

object.width = value in pixels

Width of the widget

object.height = value in pixels

Height of the widget

object.font_name = font filename

Font/text style in use

object.font_size = font/text size

Size of the font

object.font_bold = true/false

Is the font boldfaced or not?

object.font_italic = true/false

Is the font italicized or not?

object.font_color = Color.new value

What color is the text in the list

object.font_highlight = Color.new value

Color of the text if highlighted

object.highlight = Color.new value

Color of the highlight bar

object.fill = Color.new value

Background color if no background image is used

object.image = image filename

Bacground image that scrolls with the text

object.image_stretch = true/false

Does the image stretch or tile?

object.data = defined array of new/replacement data

Replaces the widget's data list

object.add_item(text, data [index [,enabled]])

Can add an individual formatted data item

object.disable_item(index)

Yep.  A listed item can be disabled

object.enable_item(index)

And yep, the reverse

object.enabled?(index)

Just returns true or false if a data item is enabled

object.delete_item(index)

Just as it says

object.clear_list

Erases all the data

object.clear_selection

This 'UN' highlights whatever is highlighted

Heckuva list, eh?  Well, I still have some things to take care of.

object.border = Color.new value

Color of the widget border

object.border_outline = true/false

Does a border outline exist?

THIS ... doesn't function properly.  The premise is to make an outline around the entire widget or not.  Its gonna take a little more effort.  But doable.

And when I  (1) change the size of the font, (2) add/remove items from the list or (3) change the height of the list, the scroll bar's increment system needs to be recalculated.

BUT, at least I know what's needed.