Documentation on mode definition XML

[nwb159]

Hello,

I was just wondering if someone could point me to some documentation for
the XML schema used when defining modes. I have found the window system
Javadoc...

http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-windows/org/openide/windows/doc-files/api.html

... and while this alludes to the mode XML, it does not go into details
of how to define new modes.

Many thanks.

[Hermien Pellissier]

Hi,

The easiest way to do this is with the new window layout designer. Have a look at Geertjan's blog post:

https://blogs.oracle.com/geertjan/entry/netbeans_ide_7_1_window 

Best wishes,

Hermien PELLISSIER

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:46 PM, nwb159 <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hello,

I was just wondering if someone could point me to some documentation for the XML schema used when defining modes. I have found the window system Javadoc...

http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-windows/org/openide/windows/doc-files/api.html

... and while this alludes to the mode XML, it does not go into details of how to define new modes.

Many thanks.

[Geertjan Wielenga-3]

On 02/22/2012 03:46 PM, nwb159 wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I was just wondering if someone could point me to some documentation
> for the XML schema used when defining modes. I have found the window
> system Javadoc...
>
> http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-windows/org/openide/windows/doc-files/api.html 
>
>
> ... and while this alludes to the mode XML, it does not go into
> details of how to define new modes.
>
> Many thanks.

Use the New Window Layout wizard in the IDE.

Gj

[nwb159]

This looks great - a great feature to complement the platform.

Unfortunately, for the time being, this is not an option as the NB platform application doesn't support 7.1 as yet.

Is there an alternative that might work for me in the mean-time?

On 22/02/12 14:53, Hermien Pellissier wrote:

Hi,

The easiest way to do this is with the new window layout designer. Have a look at Geertjan's blog post:

https://blogs.oracle.com/geertjan/entry/netbeans_ide_7_1_window 

Best wishes,

Hermien PELLISSIER

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:46 PM, nwb159 <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hello,

I was just wondering if someone could point me to some documentation for the XML schema used when defining modes. I have found the window system Javadoc...

http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-windows/org/openide/windows/doc-files/api.html

... and while this alludes to the mode XML, it does not go into details of how to define new modes.

Many thanks.

[Hermien Pellissier]

Hi,

I would suggest creating a new platform application to play around with, and see what the output of the wizard looks like. Then you can duplicate the structure in your older application.

Note that the mode file(s) are also referenced in the layer file - don't forget to duplicate that too. :)

Best wishes,

Hermien

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 5:27 PM, nwb159 <[hidden email]> wrote:

This looks great - a great feature to complement the platform.

Unfortunately, for the time being, this is not an option as the NB platform application doesn't support 7.1 as yet.

Is there an alternative that might work for me in the mean-time?

On 22/02/12 14:53, Hermien Pellissier wrote:

Hi,

The easiest way to do this is with the new window layout designer. Have a look at Geertjan's blog post:

https://blogs.oracle.com/geertjan/entry/netbeans_ide_7_1_window 

Best wishes,

Hermien PELLISSIER

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:46 PM, nwb159 <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hello,

I was just wondering if someone could point me to some documentation for the XML schema used when defining modes. I have found the window system Javadoc...

http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-windows/org/openide/windows/doc-files/api.html

... and while this alludes to the mode XML, it does not go into details of how to define new modes.

Many thanks.

[nwb159]

This works to some extent. For instance, I can borrow some modes from the generated XML files. However, I think there's some difficulty in using the built in modes. I could over come this by redefining all the modes, including things like explorer. However, would I have to do this in all modules that wish to dock top components into explorer, since the mode XML is imported though a moudle's layer.

Some documentation of the mode XML would be really helpful, at least to understand what the <constraints> and <path> elements do, since these seem to have the greatest bearing on where the new mode appears.

On 22/02/12 15:31, Hermien Pellissier wrote:

Hi,

I would suggest creating a new platform application to play around with, and see what the output of the wizard looks like. Then you can duplicate the structure in your older application.

Note that the mode file(s) are also referenced in the layer file - don't forget to duplicate that too. :)

Best wishes,

Hermien

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 5:27 PM, nwb159 <[hidden email]> wrote:

This looks great - a great feature to complement the platform.

Unfortunately, for the time being, this is not an option as the NB platform application doesn't support 7.1 as yet.

Is there an alternative that might work for me in the mean-time?

On 22/02/12 14:53, Hermien Pellissier wrote:

Hi,

The easiest way to do this is with the new window layout designer. Have a look at Geertjan's blog post:

https://blogs.oracle.com/geertjan/entry/netbeans_ide_7_1_window 

Best wishes,

Hermien PELLISSIER

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:46 PM, nwb159 <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hello,

I was just wondering if someone could point me to some documentation for the XML schema used when defining modes. I have found the window system Javadoc...

http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-windows/org/openide/windows/doc-files/api.html

... and while this alludes to the mode XML, it does not go into details of how to define new modes.

Many thanks.

[Geertjan Wielenga-3]

On 02/22/2012 05:25 PM, nwb159 wrote:

This works to some extent. For instance, I can borrow some modes from the generated XML files. However, I think there's some difficulty in using the built in modes. I could over come this by redefining all the modes, including things like explorer. However, would I have to do this in all modules that wish to dock top components into explorer, since the mode XML is imported though a moudle's layer.

Some documentation of the mode XML would be really helpful

http://www.netbeans.org/dtds/mode-properties2_0.dtd

Gj

, at least to understand what the <constraints> and <path> elements do, since these seem to have the greatest bearing on where the new mode appears.

On 22/02/12 15:31, Hermien Pellissier wrote:

Hi,

I would suggest creating a new platform application to play around with, and see what the output of the wizard looks like. Then you can duplicate the structure in your older application.

Note that the mode file(s) are also referenced in the layer file - don't forget to duplicate that too. :)

Best wishes,

Hermien

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 5:27 PM, nwb159 <[hidden email]> wrote:

This looks great - a great feature to complement the platform.

Unfortunately, for the time being, this is not an option as the NB platform application doesn't support 7.1 as yet.

Is there an alternative that might work for me in the mean-time?

On 22/02/12 14:53, Hermien Pellissier wrote:

Hi,

The easiest way to do this is with the new window layout designer. Have a look at Geertjan's blog post:

https://blogs.oracle.com/geertjan/entry/netbeans_ide_7_1_window 

Best wishes,

Hermien PELLISSIER

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:46 PM, nwb159 <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hello,

I was just wondering if someone could point me to some documentation for the XML schema used when defining modes. I have found the window system Javadoc...

http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-windows/org/openide/windows/doc-files/api.html

... and while this alludes to the mode XML, it does not go into details of how to define new modes.

Many thanks.

[Geertjan Wielenga-3]

On 02/22/2012 05:29 PM, Geertjan Wielenga wrote:

On 02/22/2012 05:25 PM, nwb159 wrote:

This works to some extent. For instance, I can borrow some modes from the generated XML files. However, I think there's some difficulty in using the built in modes. I could over come this by redefining all the modes, including things like explorer. However, would I have to do this in all modules that wish to dock top components into explorer, since the mode XML is imported though a moudle's layer.

Some documentation of the mode XML would be really helpful

http://www.netbeans.org/dtds/mode-properties2_0.dtd

Plus, an example: https://blogs.oracle.com/geertjan/entry/creating_a_new_split_in

Gj

Gj

, at least to understand what the <constraints> and <path> elements do, since these seem to have the greatest bearing on where the new mode appears.

On 22/02/12 15:31, Hermien Pellissier wrote:

Hi,

I would suggest creating a new platform application to play around with, and see what the output of the wizard looks like. Then you can duplicate the structure in your older application.

Note that the mode file(s) are also referenced in the layer file - don't forget to duplicate that too. :)

Best wishes,

Hermien

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 5:27 PM, nwb159 <[hidden email]> wrote:

This looks great - a great feature to complement the platform.

Unfortunately, for the time being, this is not an option as the NB platform application doesn't support 7.1 as yet.

Is there an alternative that might work for me in the mean-time?

On 22/02/12 14:53, Hermien Pellissier wrote:

Hi,

The easiest way to do this is with the new window layout designer. Have a look at Geertjan's blog post:

https://blogs.oracle.com/geertjan/entry/netbeans_ide_7_1_window 

Best wishes,

Hermien PELLISSIER

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:46 PM, nwb159 <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hello,

I was just wondering if someone could point me to some documentation for the XML schema used when defining modes. I have found the window system Javadoc...

http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-windows/org/openide/windows/doc-files/api.html

... and while this alludes to the mode XML, it does not go into details of how to define new modes.

Many thanks.

[nwb159]

Cheers guys. A little trial and error later and I have my mode docking below the built in explorer...

Here are the constraints.

   <constraints>
    <path orientation="horizontal" number="20" weight="0.5"/>
    <path orientation="vertical" number="100" weight="0.5"/>
  </constraints>

I really appreciate all your help.

On 22/02/12 16:41, Geertjan Wielenga wrote:

On 02/22/2012 05:29 PM, Geertjan Wielenga wrote:

On 02/22/2012 05:25 PM, nwb159 wrote:

This works to some extent. For instance, I can borrow some modes from the generated XML files. However, I think there's some difficulty in using the built in modes. I could over come this by redefining all the modes, including things like explorer. However, would I have to do this in all modules that wish to dock top components into explorer, since the mode XML is imported though a moudle's layer.

Some documentation of the mode XML would be really helpful

http://www.netbeans.org/dtds/mode-properties2_0.dtd

Plus, an example: https://blogs.oracle.com/geertjan/entry/creating_a_new_split_in

Gj

Gj

, at least to understand what the <constraints> and <path> elements do, since these seem to have the greatest bearing on where the new mode appears.

On 22/02/12 15:31, Hermien Pellissier wrote:

Hi,

I would suggest creating a new platform application to play around with, and see what the output of the wizard looks like. Then you can duplicate the structure in your older application.

Note that the mode file(s) are also referenced in the layer file - don't forget to duplicate that too. :)

Best wishes,

Hermien

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 5:27 PM, nwb159 <[hidden email]> wrote:

This looks great - a great feature to complement the platform.

Unfortunately, for the time being, this is not an option as the NB platform application doesn't support 7.1 as yet.

Is there an alternative that might work for me in the mean-time?

On 22/02/12 14:53, Hermien Pellissier wrote:

Hi,

The easiest way to do this is with the new window layout designer. Have a look at Geertjan's blog post:

https://blogs.oracle.com/geertjan/entry/netbeans_ide_7_1_window 

Best wishes,

Hermien PELLISSIER

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:46 PM, nwb159 <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hello,

I was just wondering if someone could point me to some documentation for the XML schema used when defining modes. I have found the window system Javadoc...

http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-windows/org/openide/windows/doc-files/api.html

... and while this alludes to the mode XML, it does not go into details of how to define new modes.

Many thanks.