Modal Interfaces > Transmediaton: Starting to test an alternative approach to building a custom browser for this experience based on the three inter-dependant panes, to see if I can understand ports better.

repository/Grafoscopio/GrafoscopioBrowser.class.st

@@ -74,13 +74,7 @@ GrafoscopioBrowser >> addFileToRepository [
 GrafoscopioBrowser >> bodyForTransmediaOn: constructor [
 	"Shows the body of a transmedia type of node"
 
-	"(constructor text)
+	constructor custom: self panelBrowserForTransmediaton.
-       title: 'Cuerpo | Body ';
-		 format:[:eachNode |
-          (eachNode body) isNil
-              ifTrue: [ '' ]
-              ifFalse: [ eachNode body]]."
-	constructor custom: self panelBrowserForTransmedia.
 ]
 
 { #category : #'graphical interface' }
@@ -138,6 +132,106 @@ browser
 	 transformed: [:node :text | node header: text asString]
 ]
 
+{ #category : #'graphical interface' }
+GrafoscopioBrowser >> buildBrowserForTransmediaton [
+"Main method for building the interface for trees and its nodes"
+
+browser := GLMTabulator new
+	title: 'Transmediaton | Grafoscopio'.
+
+"browser
+    column: [:c | 
+		c 	row: #tree;
+			row: #nodeHeader] span: 2;
+    column: [ :c |
+              c row: #nodeBody span: 2] span: 4."
+browser 
+	updateOn: GLMItemAdded from: #yourself;
+	updateOn: GLMItemRemoved from: #yourself.
+		
+	browser
+		column: #one;
+		column: #two;
+		column: #three.
+	(browser transmit)
+		to: #one;
+		andShow: [ :a | a tree display: [ :x | 1 to: x ] ].
+	(browser transmit)
+		to: #two;
+		from: #one;
+		andShow: [ :a | a tree display: [ :x | 1 to: x * 2 ] ].
+	(browser transmit)
+		to: #three;
+		from: #two;
+		andShow: [ :a | 
+					(a text)
+						display: [ :x | 1 to: x * 3 ];
+						populate: #focus
+							on: $f
+							entitled: 'Focus'
+							with: [ :list | list selection ] ].
+	(browser transmit)
+		toOutsidePort: #focus;
+		from: #three port: #focus.
+	(browser transmit)
+		to: #one port: #selection;
+		fromOutsidePort: #focus.
+	(browser transmit)
+		to: #two port: #selection;
+		fromOutsidePort: #focus.
+	browser openOn: 4
+]
+
+{ #category : #'graphical interface' }
+GrafoscopioBrowser >> buildBrowserForTransmediaton: aTree [
+"Main method for building the interface for trees and its nodes"
+
+browser := GLMTabulator new
+	title: 'Transmediaton | Grafoscopio'.
+
+"browser
+    column: [:c | 
+		c 	row: #tree;
+			row: #nodeHeader] span: 2;
+    column: [ :c |
+              c row: #nodeBody span: 2] span: 4."
+browser 
+	updateOn: GLMItemAdded from: #yourself;
+	updateOn: GLMItemRemoved from: #yourself.
+		
+	browser
+		column: #one;
+		column: #two;
+		column: #three.
+	(browser transmit)
+		to: #one;
+		andShow: [ :a | a tree display: [ :x | 1 to: x ] ].
+	(browser transmit)
+		to: #two;
+		from: #one;
+		andShow: [ :a | a tree display: [ :x | 1 to: x * 2 ] ].
+	(browser transmit)
+		to: #three;
+		from: #two;
+		andShow: [ :a | 
+					(a text)
+						display: [ :x | 1 to: x * 3 ];
+						populate: #focus
+							on: $f
+							entitled: 'Focus'
+							with: [ :list | list selection ] ].
+	(browser transmit)
+		toOutsidePort: #focus;
+		from: #three port: #focus.
+	(browser transmit)
+		to: #one port: #selection;
+		fromOutsidePort: #focus.
+	(browser transmit)
+		to: #two port: #selection;
+		fromOutsidePort: #focus.
+	browser openOn: aTree
+]
+
 { #category : #'graphical interface' }
 GrafoscopioBrowser >> buildBrowserLandscape [
 
@@ -173,7 +267,9 @@ browser
 (browser transmit)
     to: #tree;
     andShow: [:a | self treeForTransmediatonOn: a].
+
 "Creating a self updatable body pane"
+
 (browser transmit)
     to: #nodeBody;
     from: #tree;
@@ -511,7 +607,7 @@ GrafoscopioBrowser >> openWorking [
 ]
 
 { #category : #'graphical interface' }
-GrafoscopioBrowser >> panelBrowserForTransmedia [
+GrafoscopioBrowser >> panelBrowserForTransmediaton [
 	"**Experimental feature.**
 	 Opens grafoscopio in several 'modes'. Each mode corresponds to a operation way, with an specific interface.
 	We will start with a 'transmediaton' mode to let the people create some transmedia content.
@@ -529,7 +625,10 @@ GrafoscopioBrowser >> panelBrowserForTransmedia [
 				format:[:eachNode |
           		(eachNode body) isNil
               		ifTrue: [ '' ]
-              		ifFalse: [ eachNode body]].  ].
+              		ifFalse: [ eachNode body]]].
+	(browser transmit)
+		from: #original;
+		toOutsidePort: #text.
 	(browser transmit)
 		to: #transmediado;
 		andShow: [ :a | 
@@ -632,14 +731,14 @@ GrafoscopioBrowser >> treeForTransmediatonOn: constructor [
                           (eachNode header) isNil
                              ifTrue: [ '' ]
                              ifFalse: [ eachNode header ]];
-      "Adding nodes"
+      "Adding/Removing nodes"
       act: [:treePresentation | 
 			   (treePresentation selection) isNotNil
 					ifTrue: [treePresentation selection addNodeAfter].
 				 treePresentation update]
       icon: GLMUIThemeExtraIcons glamorousZoomIn  				
 	   entitled: 'Add node';
-      "Removing nodes"						
+						
 		act: [:treePresentation |
 				(treePresentation selection isNotNil)
 					ifTrue: [(treePresentation selection parent)