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Re: Toolbar

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  • Subject: [mg105696] Re: Toolbar
  • From: Albert Retey <awnl at gmx-topmail.de>
  • Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:15:58 -0500 (EST)
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Hi,

> WRI has been a bit slow in implementing the latest fashion of GUI
> gadgets sported in Adobe or MS commercial software (for example). Let
> us not forget that powerful palettes only came with V.6 and expecially
> with V.7. Dockable palettes still do not exists and collapsible
> palettes neither.
> 
>> Since version 6 it is also quite easy to make your own toolbar (per
>> notebook though)....
> 
> I disagree in part with Albert on this: it is indeed possible to make
> toolbars, but it is not too easy because:
> 1 it is not very well documented (where is the info page on BoxData?)
> 2 there are no serious examples in the documentation (See for ex. the
> DockedCell info o page)

True, it might not be that easy, especially because one has to learn
about the new Dynamic stuff before successfully writing more complicated
stuff. The fact that DockedCells are basically undocumented is actually
another story, but for someone who doesn't know the difference might be

> I am afraid to say that most people learn how to make docked cells or
> complex GUI interfaces only by looking at code posted here or
> elsewhere, written by WRI staff/insiders.
> Officially released code examples or videotrainings do not exists. Am
> I wrong?

I don't know, I have learned a lot here, on the other hand I think the
tutorials on Dynamic and Manipulate have almost all information in them
that I know. The problem with these is that most of the more advanced
parts do assume fairly good knowledge of Mathematica, and especially the
Evaluation process.

cheers,

albert


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