TraitsUI 6.0 User Manual

• TraitsUI 6.0 User Manual
• Introduction
  • The Model-View-Controller (MVC) Design Pattern
    • The Model: HasTraits Subclasses and Objects
    • The View: View Objects
    • The Controller: Handler Subclasses and Objects
  • Toolkit Selection
  • Structure of this Manual
• The View and Its Building Blocks
  • The View Object
  • Contents of a View
    • The Item Object
    • Subclasses of Item
    • The Group Object
    • Subclasses of Group
• Customizing a View
  • Specifying Window Type: the kind Attribute
    • Stand-alone Windows
    • Wizards
    • Panels and Subpanels
  • Command Buttons: the buttons Attribute
  • Other View Attributes
• Advanced View Concepts
  • Internal Views
    • Defining a Default View
    • Defining Multiple Views Within the Model
  • Separating Model and View: External Views
  • Displaying a View
    • configure_traits()
    • edit_traits()
    • ui()
  • The View Context
    • Multi-Object Views
  • Include Objects
• Controlling the Interface: the Handler
  • Backstage: Introducing the UIInfo Object
  • Assigning Handlers to Views
    • Binding a Singleton Handler to a View
    • Linking Handler and View at Edit Time
    • Creating a Default View Within a Handler
  • Handler Subclasses
    • Controller Class
    • ModelView Class
  • Writing Handler Methods
    • Overriding Standard Methods
    • Reacting to Trait Changes
    • Implementing Custom Window Commands
• Introduction to Trait Editor Factories
  • Specifying an Alternate Trait Editor Factory
    • Initializing Editors
  • Specifying an Editor Style
    • The ‘simple’ Style
    • The ‘custom’ Style
    • The ‘text’ Style
    • The ‘readonly’ style
    • Using Editor Styles
• The Predefined Trait Editor Factories
  • Basic Trait Editor Factories
    • ArrayEditor()
    • BooleanEditor()
    • ButtonEditor()
    • CheckListEditor()
    • CodeEditor()
    • ColorEditor()
    • CompoundEditor()
    • CSVListEditor()
    • DefaultOverride()
    • DirectoryEditor()
    • EnumEditor()
    • FileEditor()
    • FontEditor()
    • HTMLEditor()
    • ImageEnumEditor()
    • InstanceEditor()
    • ListEditor()
    • ListStrEditor()
    • NullEditor()
    • RangeEditor()
    • RGBColorEditor()
    • SetEditor()
    • ShellEditor()
    • TextEditor()
    • TitleEditor()
    • TupleEditor()
    • ValueEditor()
• Advanced Trait Editors
  • CustomEditor()
  • DropEditor()
  • DNDEditor()
  • KeyBindingEditor()
  • TableEditor()
    • Specifying Columns
    • Managing Items
    • Editing the Table
    • Defining the Layout
    • Defining the Format
    • Other User Interactions
  • TabularEditor()
    • Advantages
    • Disadvantages
    • TabularAdapter
    • The Tabular Editor User Interface
  • TreeEditor()
    • Defining Nodes
    • Defining Operations on Nodes
    • Defining the Format
  • ArrayViewEditor()
  • DataFrameEditor()
  • HistoryEditor()
  • ImageEditor()
• “Extra” Trait Editor Factories
  • AnimatedGIFEditor()
  • FlashEditor()
  • IEHTMLEditor()
  • LEDEditor()
• Advanced Editor Adapters
  • The TreeEditor and TreeNodes
    • Specializing TreeNode Behaviour
    • ITreeNodes and ITreeNodeAdapters
    • ObjectTreeNodes and TreeNodeObjects
    • Examples
  • The TabularAdapter Class
    • The TabularAdapter columns Trait
    • The Core TabularAdapter Interface
    • Creating a Custom TabularAdapter
    • Examples
  • The ListStrAdapter Class
• Tips, Tricks and Gotchas
  • Getting and Setting Model View Elements
    • trait_views()
    • trait_view()
• Appendix I: Glossary of Terms
• Appendix II: Editor Factories for Predefined Traits