[aaaaapo]

I've been wondering what the heck is this EControlPane, ETitlePane etc. stuff in appuif module.

The Documentation (1.4.5 PDF, Chapter 5.1.4 Application Type) says following:

layout(layout_id)
Note: Available from S60 2ndEd FP3 onwards (inclusive).
Returns as a tuple the size and the position of the requested layout id. The logical lay-
outs are outlined partly in Figure 5.2. The position is given from the top left corner. The
layout id can be one of the constants defined in module appuifw.

EScreen: Screen.
EApplicationWindow: Window that fills the entire screen.
EStatusPane: Indicates common components for most of the applications.
...

This doesn't help too much, so I wrote a simple script which shows a list of those Esomething entries. And after pressing select button it shows a TopWindow where appuifw.app.layout(appuifw.Esomething) says it should stay.

Here is the script:

# Aapo Rista 2009 (public domain)

import appuifw
import e32
import TopWindow
import graphics

def show_layout_window(text, size, position, color):
    """Show a TopWindow instance in 'position'."""
    topwin = TopWindow.TopWindow()
    topwin.size = size
    topwin.position = position
    topwin.corner_type = 'square'
    topwin.background_color = 0x0000ff
    topwin.shadow = 0
    img = graphics.Image.new(size)
    img.clear(fill=color) 
    img.text((0, 15), text, font=(u"Series 60 Sans", 15), fill=0x000000)
    topwin.add_image(img, (0,0))
    topwin.show()
    return topwin

def get_layout_ids():
    """Put all Esomething attributes found from appuifw to a list."""
    layout_ids = []
    for layout in dir(appuifw):
        if layout.startswith("E"):
            layout_ids.append(unicode(layout))
    return layout_ids

def show_layout():
    """Show requested appuifw.Esomething on the screen."""
    layout = layout_ids[layout_listbox.current()]
    text = layout
    try:
        (size, position) = appuifw.app.layout(eval("appuifw.%s" % (layout)))
        topwin = show_layout_window(text, size, position, 0xffff00)
    except:
        topwin = show_layout_window("FAILED: " + text, (150, 50), (20, 100), 0xff0000)
    e32.ao_sleep(0.5)
    topwin.hide()

def exit_key_handler():
    app_lock.signal()

layout_ids = get_layout_ids()
layout_listbox = appuifw.Listbox(layout_ids, show_layout)
appuifw.app.body = layout_listbox
app_lock = e32.Ao_lock()
appuifw.app.exit_key_handler = exit_key_handler
app_lock.wait()

[croozeus]

Hi Aaaapo,

Why not add it to the Wiki, with few comments?

Best Regards,
Croozeus

[aaaaapo]

Originally Posted by croozeus

Why not add it to the Wiki, with few comments?

http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.ph...Layout_Example

Not much comments yet, though. But hey, it's a wiki, isn't it? :-)

[croozeus]

Originally Posted by aaaaapo

http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.ph...Layout_Example

Not much comments yet, though. But hey, it's a wiki, isn't it? :-)

Thanks, its good!

[marcelobarrosalmeida]

I only could check your code today. Really interesting for displaying messages without conflict with user interface. Sometime ago I was trying to put a topwindow in my screen and all tested position seemed terrible.