[mythtv] Using the RemoteEdit element
Paul Harrison
mythtv at dsl.pipex.com
Sun Feb 18 10:30:48 UTC 2007
Jeremy Gillick wrote:
> I'm trying to build a plugin and am having trouble making a
> <remoteedit> element appear. Here's how it looks in my -ui.xml:
>
> <remoteedit name="search_field" draworder="1">
> <font>normal</font>
> <area>10,10,100,50</area>
> <context>1</context>
> </remoteedit>
>
> And my .cpp code:
>
> MythEzrecord::MythEzrecord(MythMainWindow *parent, QString windowName,
> QString themeFilename, const char *name)
> : MythThemedDialog(parent, windowName, themeFilename, name)
> {
> UIRemoteEditType *search = getUIRemoteEditType("search_field");
> search->createEdit(this);
> search->setText("search box");
>
> //UIKeyboardType *keyboard = getUIKeyboardType("keyboard");
> }
>
> I also have a <textarea> and <keyboard> in the same <container> and
> they show up perfectly. I'm also having the same problem when I try
> to add a <textbutton> to my ui.
>
> As it's probably pretty obvious, I'm pretty new to MythTv development
> and C++. I have a background in Java and web application development
> and this is my first project with C++, so I'm try as hard as I can to
> get up to speed.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Jeremy
>
You probably don't need the <context>1</context> line that is most
likely your problem.
You also need to make sure you defined a font called 'normal' over wise
things wont work as intended.
Paul H.
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