Toolbar Rewrite

A page to explore rewriting the Toolbox widget

Current Situation

Toolbars:

• Tools: Now a Flowbox
• Snapping: Now a Popover
• Main: (File ops, Undo/Redo, Copy/Paste, etc.) Two possible positions/orientations.
• Auxiliary : Changes depending on which tool is active.
• Changing toolbar orientation (currently only Main toolbar).

Classes:

• ToolboxFactory: Only static member functions and constants. Handles:
  • Creating toolboxes
  • Icon sizes
  • Setting which Auxiliary toolbar to show.
  • Desktop interface
• UXManager, UXManagerImpl
  • Controls if Main toolbar is on top or on right side.
• SPDesktopWidget
  • Tightly coupled and might need to be rewritten at the same time.
  • This widget should eventually be removed. Some functionality should go into InkscapeWindow and some into CanvasGrid.

Widget Structure

Tools

GtkEventBox  "ToolboxCommon"
  GtkBox     "ToolToolbox
     GtkFlowbox "tool-toolbox"
       GtkFlowboxChild
         GtkToggleButton
       GktFlowboxChild
         ...

Snap

GtkEventBox  "ToolboxCommon"
  GtkBox     "SnapToolbox
     GtkToolbar "snap-toolbox"
       GtkToggleToolButton
         GktToolButton
       GtkToolItem     "tool-item-advanced"
         GtkMenuButton "btn-advanced"
       GtkToolItem     "tool-item-simple"
         GtkMenuButton "btn-simple"

Main

GtkEventBox  "ToolboxCommon"
   GtkToolbar "CommandsToolbar"
     GtkToolButton  "FileNew"
       GtkButton
     GtkToolButton  "FileOpen"
       ...

Auxillary

GtkEventBox  "ToolboxCommon"
  GtkBox     "AuxToolBox"
    GtkGrid  "SelectToolbar"
       GtkToolbar "SubToolbar"
         GtkToolButton
          GtkButton
          ...
    GtkGrid  "NodeToolbar"
       ...