Class: VR::Col::BlobCol

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Includes:
GladeGUI
Defined in:
lib/treeview/columns/BlobCol.rb

Overview

The BlobCol class is a simple text editor for editing strings of data:

It is a very useful class when you want to display and edit long strings
of data in a VR::ListView.  To create a coulmn of long strings in a VR::ListView,
simply define the column type as VR::Col::BlobCol:

 @view = VR::ListView.new(:name => String, :quote => VR::Col::BlobCol)
 row = @view.add_row
 row[:name] = "Eric"
 row[:quote] = VR::Col::BlobCol.new("I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.  - Umberto Eco) ")

The above listview will only display the first 20 characters of the quote, so
it won't destroy the appearance of the listview.  When a user clicks on the
quote column, a window like the one above will appear.

See the example project, "listview_objects" for more.

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Attributes included from GladeGUI

#builder

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods included from GladeGUI

#extract_key, #get_glade_active_record, #get_glade_all, #get_glade_variables, #load_glade, #parse_signals, #set_drag_drop, #set_glade_active_record, #set_glade_all, #set_glade_hash, #set_glade_variables, #show_glade, #try_to_select_text_in_combobox, #window1__destroy

Constructor Details

#initialize(text, length_to_display = 20) ⇒ BlobCol

Returns a new instance of BlobCol



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# File 'lib/treeview/columns/BlobCol.rb', line 30

def initialize(text, length_to_display = 20)
  @length_to_display = length_to_display
  @text = text
end

Instance Attribute Details

#edited_callback ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute edited_callback.



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# File 'lib/treeview/columns/BlobCol.rb', line 25

def edited_callback
  @edited_callback
end

#length_to_display ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute length_to_display.



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# File 'lib/treeview/columns/BlobCol.rb', line 25

def length_to_display
  @length_to_display
end

#text ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute text.



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# File 'lib/treeview/columns/BlobCol.rb', line 25

def text
  @text
end

Instance Method Details

#<=>(text_col) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/treeview/columns/BlobCol.rb', line 57

def <=>(text_col)
  self.text <=> text_col.text
end

#before_show ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/treeview/columns/BlobCol.rb', line 35

def before_show()
  @builder["window1"].resize 650, 360
end

#buttonCancel__clicked(*args) ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/treeview/columns/BlobCol.rb', line 53

def buttonCancel__clicked(*args) # :nodoc:
  @builder["window1"].close
end

#buttonSave__clicked(*args) ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/treeview/columns/BlobCol.rb', line 48

def buttonSave__clicked(*args) # :nodoc:
  get_glade_variables()
  @builder["window1"].close
end

#to_s ⇒ Object

The to_s method outputs the string that is shown in the VR::ListView. By default

it will display the first 20 characters of the string.  If you
want to change the number of characters it displays, change the
value of the length_to_display variable.



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# File 'lib/treeview/columns/BlobCol.rb', line 44

def to_s
  (@text.size > @length_to_display ? @text[0, @length_to_display - 4] + "..." :  @text).gsub("\n"," ")
end