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RAP Theme Editor

Revision as of 05:48, 17 August 2008 by Mathias.schaeffner.googlemail.com (Talk | contribs) (Prospective Features)

Abstract

The goal of this project is to provide an Eclipse Plug-In that handles RAP theme files. At the moment RAP theme files have to be edited in a normal text editor. That is fault-prone and definitely not userfriendly. So beside syntax checking the Theme Editor will provide a graphical user interface to change several properties and values for RAP themes in an easier way.

This project is part of 2008 Google Summer of Code.

Participants:

  • Mentor: Ralf Sternberg
  • Student: Mathias Schaeffner

Features

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Glass.gif Needs some investigation/research

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Ok green.gif Bug fixed / Feature added

  • Multipage Editor with 3 tabs (widgets tab, rules tab, source tab) for editing all parts of a RAP theme file Ok green.gif
  • loading supported widgets and their possible properties dynamically through the *.theme.xml files associated with each RAP widget Ok green.gif
  • synchronization between GUI-tabs and source tab Ok green.gif
  • dialogs that handle input of certain property types, e.g. ColorDialog, FontDialog, FileDialog Ok green.gif
  • Redo/Undo functionality Ok green.gif
  • source editor, so that theme files can be edited by hand as well Ok green.gif
  • Problem Marker in source tab Ok green.gif
  • syntax coloring in source tab Ok green.gif
  • contribution to standard Outline view Ok green.gif
  • content assist in source editor Ok green.gif
  • text hover in source editor Ok green.gif

Widgets Tab

Rules Tab

Source Tab

Property Dialogs

Prospective Features

  • preview for all widgets in order to see directly an visual impact when changing a property
  • improvement in image selection dialog, e.g. scale preview of selected image
  • ability to register custom widgets in order to style them as well
  • css parser modifications: properies should be written from the model into the file exactly the way they were parsed (e.g. different formats of color values: #ff0000 or red )
  • element hierarchy in *.theme.xml files: This xml structure should correspond with the one in the widget tree in widget tab.
  • Button, which will start the RAP application instantly with the currently opened theme file
  • preference page for editor wide settings: e.g. syntax coloring, settings for content assist, widget preview, ...

Getting the Source

SVN: https://eclipse-incub.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/eclipse-incub/org.eclipse.rap.themeeditor

Screenshots

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