[wx-dev] adding auto-complete test on widgets sample

[Armel Asselin]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vadim Zeitlin" <vadim at wxwidgets.org>
To: <wx-dev at lists.wxwidgets.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 11:03 PM
Subject: Re: [wx-dev] adding auto-complete test on widgets sample


>
> On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:34:56 +0200 Armel Asselin <armel.asselin at orange.fr> 
> wrote:
>
> AA> I am currently in order to try to add auto-complete in the widgets 
> sample.
> AA> from what I see there are already specific field which would have 
> interest
> AA> in auto-complete (directory selector field, BTW, it makes me wonder if 
> there
> AA> is a possible notion of AutoCompleteFileNames(wx??Directory)...)
>
> You mean to complete the file names relative to some directory? If so, I
> don't think that this is natively supported by any of the platforms.
hum no rather to complete only with directories names, sorry i was not 
clear.

> AA> we were somewhat ok to add a combobox per test (fixed list, filename, 
> async
> AA> list), but in the widgets sample it would seem more natural to me to 
> have
> AA> some kind of integration with existing fields (filename => file 
> selector,
> AA> fixed list => simple combo...).
> AA> maybe not, what do you think of that?
>
> I definitely agree that it would be nicer to be able to configure
> completion on any existing controls. Maybe a virtual GetTextEntry()
> returning NULL by default could be added to WidgetsPage class and then a
> menu for setting up different kinds of completion for GetTextEntry() of 
> the
> current page could be added?
yes, ok, and we would add a menu item per auto-completion test, under a new 
menu Widgets / Auto-completion ?

>
> Regards,
> VZ

Regards
Armel