From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/26021 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: fields (widgets) in PDF layer Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:20:30 +0100 Message-ID: <43F621FE.7000600@wxs.nl> References: <43F5FF49.9030603@gmx.net> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1140204054 798 80.91.229.2 (17 Feb 2006 19:20:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 19:20:54 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Fri Feb 17 20:20:50 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FAB9h-0000ny-92 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:20:37 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A253C1279B; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:20:36 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 28490-03; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:20:33 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6A391277E; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:20:32 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0307F1277E for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:20:32 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 28492-06 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:20:30 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail.pragma-ade.net (dsl-212-84-128-085.solcon.nl [212.84.128.85]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id CE5D512778 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:20:30 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [10.100.1.102] (unverified [10.100.1.102]) by controller-1 (SurgeMail 3.5b3) with ESMTP id 6101 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:20:30 +0300 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: <43F5FF49.9030603@gmx.net> X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com r=-274017400 X-Authenticated-User: hagen@controller-1 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:26021 Archived-At: Peter Rolf wrote: > Hi all! > > I've searched for an answer some time ago > > http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20051230.132510.4dba9fed.en.html > > Meanwhile I've solved the problem and the solution is quite simple. Only > some minor changes are needed, to bound the state of fields to the state > of their surrounding PDF layer. I attached a 'small' example file and > two diff files for patching. > > So what is this good for? For example think about multilayered control > fields (stack), which appear in the form of a tabular box (one tab > active at a time). Every tab can contain any kind of interactive field. > No more mouse interaction (and ugly gfx glitches) with hidden fields, if > the surrounding PDF layer is switched off. > So what you propose is to have an automatic relationship between layers and widgets? > To Hans: > - Dunno if the name \currentPDFlayer is o.k., or if there is a better > place for it's (re)initialisation. > - The fields are still active (only hidden), if the outer layer is > deactivated (nested). Is the outer layer not part of the child layers > OCMG? Reading the PDF reference manual is much harder than reading your > sources... > So it's up to you, if and how this is added. > What you do basically comes down to having a default connection between the layers key of widgets and the current layer. This is ok but need to be a configurable feature. I'll think about it. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------