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Outline is a container of pages.
- implements:
IOutline - extends:
AbstractOutline
Description
Typically a Desktop holds multiple outlines. They represent different entry points for the navigation within the application.
Every outline contains Pages, represented as a tree which allows to navigate within the application.
Screenshot
Here the main window of an outline based application with 3 outlines:
Properties
Defined with getConfiguredXxxxxx() methods.
TODO
Add a description of the more important properties (ore the properties specific to this element)
Add a description of the more important properties (ore the properties specific to this element)
Events
Defined with execXxxxxx() methods.
- CreateChildPages: most important event, possibility to add instances of the pages contained at the root of the outline.
Events for user interactions and tree events:
- InitTree
- DisposeTree
- UserDrag
- UserDrop
- AcceptSelection
- NodeClick
- NodeAction
- ContextNodeChanged
TODO
group the event (user interaction, tree, node events ?) and add a description for each group
group the event (user interaction, tree, node events ?) and add a description for each group