The unit.Value is a struct and thus more inconvenient to use than its
underlying float32 type. In addition, most uses don't need a general
value, but rather a specific unit given by the context. This change
replaces unit.Value with two float32 units, Dp and Sp. It also changes
variables and parameters of unit.Value to a specific unit type matching
the context. That is, unit.Dp everywhere except for text sizes which are
in Sp.
Switching to typed float32s has multiple advantages
- They can be constants:
const touchSlop = unit.Dp(16)
- Casting untyped constants is no longer necessary:
insets := layout.UniformInset(16)
- Calculation with values is natural:
func (s ScrollbarStyle) Width() unit.Dp {
return s.Indicator.MinorWidth + s.Track.MinorPadding + s.Track.MinorPadding
}
The main API change is that calls to gtx.Px must be replaced with either
gtx.Dp or gtx.Sp depending on the unit.
Idea by Christophe Meessen.
Signed-off-by: Elias Naur <mail@eliasnaur.com>
Change the definition of Widget from the implicit
type Widget func()
to the explicit functional
type Widget func(gtx layout.Context) layout.Dimensions
The advantages are numerous:
- Clearer connection between the incoming context and the output dimensions.
- Returning the Dimensions are impossible to omit.
- Contexts passed by value, so its fields can be exported
and freely mutated by the program.
The only disadvantage is the longer function literals and the many "returns".
What tipped the scales in favour of the explicit Widget variant is that type
aliases can dramatically shorten the literals:
type (
C = layout.Context
D = layout.Dimensions
)
widget := func(gtx C) D {
...
}
Note that the aliases are not part of the Gio API and it is up to each user
whether they want to use them.
Finally the Go proposal for lightweight function literals,
https://github.com/golang/go/issues/21498, may remove the disadvantage
completely in future.
Context becomes a plain struct with only public fields, and its Reset is
replaced by a NewContext convenience constructor.
Signed-off-by: Elias Naur <mail@eliasnaur.com>
Package ui is now only about units except for the Config.Now method.
Remove Now and rename Config to Converter. Add layout.Config to
replace the old ui.Config.
Signed-off-by: Elias Naur <mail@eliasnaur.com>
Elias Naur