[antoniog85]

hi,
i have to separate then screen into two parts.
The first is the main, with text and vertical scrollbar.
The second, more little (about two lines), must be always on the bottom of display (fixed).
Who can I do this?
Thank you.

[bogdan.galiceanu]

Hi,

I'm not sure I understand exactly but you can set appuifw.app.screen to 'large'; that way only the application's body and softkey labels are visible.

Perhaps it would help if you drew us a picture of what you want the screen to look like exactly. Or if you have a screenshot, that's even better.

[antoniog85]

Excuse me but I'm Italian.
You can find an image of screenshot here: http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/5635/senzanome1j.jpg
Thank you

[bogdan.galiceanu]

It's not possible to have that fixed part above menu1 and menu2, unfortunately. Not unless you draw everything on a canvas and only modify the top (the part with the scroll bar, which you would also have to draw).

[antoniog85]

Ok, but I dont't understand very well how can I modify only the top (the part with the scroll bar).
When I put a long text in the main part (on the top), the scrollbar scroll everything, also the part on the bottom...

[bogdan.galiceanu]

The only way to do it is if you display everything on a canvas. That means you have to draw the text (or whatever) and the fixed area and the scrollbar yourself. That way you can modify whatever part you want while the rest stays the same. It's not easy.

[mudkipz]

Very simple example of how to divide the screen

from graphics import *
from key_codes import *
import e32, appuifw

img=None

appuifw.app.screen='normal'

def handle_redraw(rect):
    if img:
        canvas.blit(img)
appuifw.app.body=canvas=appuifw.Canvas(redraw_callback=handle_redraw)
img=Image.new(canvas.size)

labeltext=u'Here is the top half of the window'
textrect=img.measure_text(labeltext, font='normal')[0]
text_img=Image.new((textrect[2]-textrect[0],textrect[3]-textrect[1]))
text_img.clear(0)
text_img.text((-textrect[0],-textrect[1]),labeltext,fill=0xffffff,font='normal')
labeltext2=u'Here is the bottom half of the window'
textrect=img.measure_text(labeltext2,font='normal')[0]
text_img2=Image.new((textrect[2]-textrect[0],textrect[3]-textrect[1]))
text_img2.clear(0)
text_img2.text((-textrect[0],-textrect[1]),labeltext2,fill=0xffffff,font='normal')


running=1

while running:
    img.clear(0)
    img.blit(text_img, (0,0))
    img.blit(text_img2, (0,-30))
    handle_redraw(())