Re: Proposal for GTK+ advanced formatted entry and spinner

[Itai Bar-Haim <itaibh gmail com>]

The problem with the GtkTextBuffer as I see it is that it will take
alot of coding to implement a formatted entery and especially a
formatted spinner. Just to make it clear, an (not ver good, but
somewhat explanatory) example for a formatted spinner can be seen in
the MS-Windows Date and Time Properties window (double click the
task-bar clock).

Using a GtkTextBuffer it would require to insert several UI elements
into the buffer, and connect them somehow. Another problem it will
bring is that formatted entry and spinbutton should be a simple,
one-liner element, not a buffer. It should be used to assist the user
in handling well-formed small pieces of data, like date, time, ip
address, and other, user defined data (I am developing a system that
include geographic elements, so I could also use it for Lat/Long
element, and several grid elements, each with a different format).

Perhaps there should be another widgets, like there are GtkEntry and
GtkCompletionEntry, there will also be GtkFormattedEntry and
GtkFormattedSpinner.


Please let me know what you think, and if there is a different place I should post this idea.

Thanks,
Itai.

P.S. Hans, sorry for the double post, I'm still getting used to this mailing-list conversation thing and how it works... :)