[L2Ork-dev] ontop and resizable window properties

[Jonathan Wilkes]

On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 12:42 AM Ivica Ico Bukvic <ico at vt.edu> wrote:
>
> Thanks. This may be a Windows issue or the fact that it uses 0.14.7. Any
> chance you can provide a quick  example change inside the pdgui.js that
> can test this? I tried messing with the manifest, as well as passing
> variables to the window creation and none of it worked. BTW, I noticed
> nw has a frame option which could allow for the creation of fake but
> nonetheless consistent window bars (for the sake of consistent sizing
> across different OSs).
>
> Similarly, the way I got around of tkpath's also somewhat finicky
> scrollbars is that I built my own inside it (yeah, I am that big of a
> glutton for punishment...) which in turn resulted in semi-transparent
> scrollbars that did not mess anymore with patch being covered by
> scrollbars. Something for us to consider, as well? Needless to mention,
> it could look more... contemporary?
>
> On a related note, is there a new binary release of nw.js for Windows
> and if so, why are we not using that by default?

Yes. download the SDK version (comes with devTools) here:

https://nwjs.io/

What you can do is:

1. Download the binary archive
2. Unzip it or whatever
3. You should end up with a big long directory name that contains the binaries
4. Move that directory to Program Files/Purr Data/bin
5. Notice there is a directory in Program Files/Purr Data/bin named "nw"
6. Delete that directory
7. Rename the big long directory name you moved here to "nw"

-Jonathan

>
> Best,
>
> Ico
>
> On 6/9/2020 10:58 PM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 9:30 PM Jonathan Wilkes <jon.w.wilkes at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 8:05 PM Ivica Ico Bukvic <ico at vt.edu> wrote:
> >>> Jonathan,
> >>>
> >>> Are these even possible to implement inside nw.js? I have been searching
> >>> to solve resizable first and stumbled across a number of bug-reports
> >>> inside nw community pointing to this still being an unresolved issue.
> >>>
> >>> The two are used in L2Ork to prevent students from messing with the
> >>> window size and to ensure that relevant windows always remain on top of
> >>> others in case there are unwanted pop-ups during a performance.
> >> I would check with the most recent version of nw.js.
> >>
> >> If you download it and just click on the nw binary it will bring up a window
> >> where you can right-click it and open devTools. There you can experiment
> >> with the "resizable" method, setMaximumSize, setMinimumSize, etc.
> > Btw-- can confirm all three methods work correctly on my Debian laptop.
> >
> > -Jonathan
> >
> >> -Jonathan
> >>
> >>> Best,
> >>>
> >>> Ico
> >>>
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> Director, Creativity + Innovation
> Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology
>
> Virginia Tech
> Creative Technologies in Music
> School of Performing Arts – 0141
> Blacksburg, VA 24061
> (540) 231-6139
> ico at vt.edu
>
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> www.performingarts.vt.edu
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