Thread: Harmattan UI framework development is opened
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conny is offline conny
2010-03-16 , 07:27
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Originally Posted by dubik View Post
Sometimes you need togglable button, sometimes checkbox and sometimes switch. They all have the same semantics but different look. Thats why there is setViewType(...). So setCheckable can't decide which view you want. I think by default you get togglable button.
Ok, then setViewType() should be enough?! What will setCheckable(true) do on a push button?

Originally Posted by dubik View Post
Regarding text..I will check with people who made it. But most likely there is no way to fix it. You may want to have text on the left, right, top or bottom, with spacer in between or not and so on. It's too complex to solve for general case.
In this regard I really like the HildonCheckButton. I think it's a great idea to put the label inside the button. This way it is clear, that the label can be used to toggle the button and while tapping the button the change of state can be seen.

Of course, if you want to be super flexible on where/how the label should be placed a simple constructor with a string is not enough. On the other hand I think that in 95% of the cases people want to have a checkbox and a label on its right side. And the label should be clickable to change the check state of the button.

So how about doing a CheckButton that would be a composite of CheckBox and Label. CheckBox can then be used in cases where a CheckButton is not enough.