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Introduction of multi-parameter type class for gui components
author Ron de Bruijn <rmbruijn@gmail.com>
date Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:24:01 +0200
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(* POPUPNAV provides a simple navigation menu which opens and
 * closes when the user clicks on an associated control. *)

con popupNav :: Type -> Type
(* The type of popping open navigation menus. *)

type formatCtl = {FormatMenu : xbody -> xbody -> xbody,
                  (* Allows for formatting the menu.  The first two parameters
                   * represent "holes" for the control and menu items and
                   * the result should be the desired menu xml.  The controls
                   * can be formatted with the options below, and the menu items
                   * will be placed as a chain of <li><a> ....</a></li> wrapped
                   * as given below.  The menu part appears and disappears according
                   * to the use of the controls. *)

                   WrapMenu : xbody -> xbody,
                   (* This allows for the wrapping of menu <li> ... </li> with some
                    * chrome that will appear and disappear. *)

                  OpenCtl : transaction unit -> xbody,
                  (* This should accept the transaction representing the opening of
                   * the menu and produce an xml control having this as action. *)

                  CloseCtl : transaction unit -> xbody}
                  (* This should accept the transaction representing the closing of
                   * the menu and produce an xml control having this as action. *)

val defaultFormat : formatCtl
(* Some reasonable default formats for the menu layout and controls. *)

val create : t ::: Type -> formatCtl -> Navbar.mode t -> Navbar.navBar t -> transaction (popupNav t)
(* Given instructions for formatting the display and a navbar, get a popup navigation. *)

val render : t ::: Type -> Navbar.mode t -> popupNav t -> xbody
(* Pretty prints a popup navigation as a piece of xml. *)