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== GUI frameworks ==
Deprecated: this only applied to the winforms client
The default framework used by OpenPetra.org at the moment is Windows.Forms. This is due to quite a lot of existing code that has already been written for Petra using Winforms.
 
For a discussion and comparison of several GUI frameworks, see [[GUI Frameworks Comparison]]
 
== GUI internationalisation ==
see [[Comparison I18N]]
 
== Code Generation ==
* [[Code Generation for GUI vs WYSIWYG design of GUI]]
* [[Documentation GUI generation with YAML]]
 
== GUI Style guide ==
* see eg. http://library.gnome.org/devel/hig-book/stable/ GNOME Human Interface Guidelines 2.2
 
== General screen types and layouts ==
* Special screens (unique): Login screen, Intranet Export, etc
* main screens: provide the menus that the user needs to get to all the appropriate screens
* CRUD operations for single table (Create, Read, Update, Delete: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Create,_read,_update_and_delete)
* Find screens
* Export screens
* Complex Edit screens, with many tabs etc
* Assistants: guide the user through complex operations
* report parameter screens: the user selects the options for a report to run
 
* [[Architecture Edit screens]]
 
== Controls / Widgets ==
These controls have been quite useful or will become more important:
* Grid
** icons, checkboxes in columns
** load from datatable
** refresh data
** select row or column
** delayed data loading
** at the moment only used readonly
** sort by column
** tooltips for row
** for Windows.forms, we are using [http://www.codeplex.com/sourcegrid/ DevAge SourceGrid] (MIT license, compatible to GPL)
 
* Edit Field for Partner Key with Search button
 
* Toolbar
** show tooltips for the toolbar buttons
 
* Balloon special non modal message boxes http://www.codeproject.com/KB/miscctrl/balloonnet.aspx (CPOL license, problem with GPL)
 
* Statusbar/Tooltips
** TODO explanation is taken from the Shared Datastore, the help text from petra.xml
** Edit fields: if you tab into a field, or click with the mouse into it, the explanation should be displayed in the statusbar
** Edit fields: if you hover with the mouse over an edit field, the tooltip should display the explanation
** buttons work the same as the edit fields
** menu items: no tooltip, no statusbar info
** toolbar buttons: show tooltips
** using 3rd party control: [http://www.codeproject.com/KB/miscctrl/statusbartext.aspx EWSoftware.StatusBarText]@CodeProject (Problem: CodeProject license not compatible to GPL? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_Project_Open_License_(CPOL) Wikipedia CPOL])
 
* Groupbox that can be collapsed
** save space
** tooltip on the +/-
** shortcut key to collapse/open
** yellow background for part of the groupbox text when it is collapsed (subcaption, partner class)
 
* Restore the window state and position
 
* XP Style Task Panel

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