Chapter 16Graphical User Interfaces.ppt

Next lecture The next three lectures will show how the standard vector is implemented using basic low-level language facilities. This is where we really get down to the hardware and work our way back up to a more comfortable and productive level of programming. * Stroustrup/Programming Chapter 16Graphical User Interfaces Bjarne Stroustrup /Programming Overview Perspective I/O alternatives GUI Layers of software GUI example GUI code callbacks * Stroustrup/Programming I/O alternatives Use console input and output A strong contender for technical/professional work Command line interface Menu driven interface Graphic User Interface Use a GUI Library To match the “feel” of windows/Mac applications When you need drag and drop, WYSIWYG Event driven program design A web browser – this is a GUI library application HTML / a scripting language For remote access (and more) * Stroustrup/Programming Common GUI tasks Titles / Text Names Prompts User instructions Fields / Dialog boxes Input Output Buttons Let the user initiate actions Let the user select among a set of alternatives e.g. yes/no, blue/green/red, etc. * Stroustrup/Programming Common GUI tasks (cont.) Display results Shapes Text and numbers Make a window “look right” Style and color Note: our windows look different (and appropriate) on different systems More advanced Tracking the mouse Dragging and dropping Free-hand drawing * Stroustrup/Programming GUI From a programming point of view GUI is based on two techniques Object-oriented programming For organizing program parts with common interfaces and common actions Events For connecting an event (like a mouse click) with a program action * Stroustrup/Programming Layers of software When we build software, we usually build upon existing code * Our program Our GUI/Graphics interface library FLTK The operating system Graphics GUI facilities Device driver layer Example of a layer Provides services Uses services Stroustrup/Programming GUI example Window with two