[Moose-dev] Re: migrating to Roassal - custom shapes

Referring to the attached graph, what is the best way to approach the following in Roassal. Currently with Mondrian I produce a produce a custom shape using the forms builder in #mondrianShape, which is a method of my ModelRoot class. Referring to the attached graph, as an example this shows the class name "Substation" above the instance "SS1" and has a space for contained items to be displayed within it. | builder | builder := MOFormsBuilder new. builder column; center; fill; pref; grow. builder row; center; pref; fill; grow; row; center; pref; fill; grow; row; center; pref; fill; grow. builder x: 1 y: 1 add: ( MORectangleShape new text: #strippedClassName; textAlignment: #left; borderColor: Color white ) . builder x: 1 y: 2 add: ( MORectangleShape new text: #localName; textAlignment: #left ) . builder x: 1 y: 3 add: ( MORectangleShape new ) . builder x: 1 y: 3 add: ( MOChildrenShape new ) . ^builder shape In conjunction with the use of MOChildrenShape above, class ModelRoot also has method #addSubViewTo: which descends through contained classes - for example instance "primary" inside "T1" inside "SS2" inside "Figure 8..." aMOViewRenderer node: self using: self mondrianShape forIt: [ self children do: [ :child | child addSubViewTo: aMOViewRenderer. ] ] My initial issues in migrating this to Roassal are: 1. Roassal appears to not provide any methods that have "using:" in them. 2. Roassal appears to not support MOFormsBuilder It may be that I am accessing to much internal methods. The code above was the result of evolutionary hacking as I was learning Mondrian. I would be happy to re-architect if someone can advise best practice for Roassal. cheers -ben <MOFormsBuilder.png>_______________________________________________ Moose-dev mailing list Moose-dev(a)iam.unibe.ch https://www.iam.unibe.ch/mailman/listinfo/moose-dev