Re: extending functionality strategy

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Gevik Babakhani <pgdev@xs4all.nl> wrote:
>> Well the other way is to remove the item to be moved, and
>> re-insert it with a new index.
>
> I am actually experimenting with this. So far I have a custom widget
> (wxListItemArranger) which takes a wxListCtrl as ctor argument, and has 4
> ordering buttons. There is some event handing that are dynamically bound to
> the wxListCtrl. Ones I get the actual ordering working, (assuming wxListItem
> removing and inserting will result) I can send a small demonstration patch
> just for one wxListCtrl/wxListView. From there you guys can decide whether
> to continue implementing it for other wxListCtrls.

OK.

> ...snip...
>
>        wxListCtrl *listView = new
> wxListCtrl(this,wxID_ANY,wxDefaultPosition,wxDefaultSize,wxLC_REPORT |
> wxLC_SINGLE_SEL);
>        wxListItemArranger *lia = new
> wxListItemArranger(this,wxID_ANY,listView);

Why not just derive a new control from wxListView?

> All my wxWidgets frustrations flashback again.... (where are my heart attack
> pills)... Perhaps PGAdmin IV in QT4?
>

D'oh! Well, if it hadn't had such nasty licencing when we started
pgAdmin 3, we might have used it. As for pgAdmin IV, let us know when
you're 95% done :-p


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