[wx-dev] Re: Fityk GSoC project (wxFileCtrl/custom wxFileDialog)

[Marcin Wojdyr]

On 5/1/07, Vadim Zeitlin <vadim at wxwindows.org> wrote:
>  As a wx developer, I'd obviously like to avoid having the same, or
> similar, code both in wx itself and outside. Having an old and non-native
> version in wx and a new, better and native version outside is even worse.
> So I definitely hope that the results of this work could be integrated in
> wx and this means that reusing the existing control should, of course, be
> seriously considered.

Yes, that's our goal - to have a new control in wx. The question is if
the new control should replace the old one, or it should only use the
old one. If you and Robert think the old one should we replaced, it's
probably a good idea.
The new wxFileCtrl should contain a filter list, so the generic file
dialog would also have to be modified.
I don't remember how the wxGenericFileDialog looks like, but if
nothing has changed since
this screenshot was taken:
http://www.wxwidgets.org/images/screens/dialogs_x11_05.jpg
the layout of the dialog would have to change, so the filter is just
below the listctrl.

And what about backward compatibility of the current wxFileCtrl? It's
not documented, but is anyone using it outside of the generic file
dialog?

Diaa, do you have any comments?

Marcin

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