2008-06-10 Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi@openedhand.com>

* clutter/clutter-sections.txt: Update with the new API.

	* clutter/subclassing-ClutterActor.sgml: Update with the new
	size negotiation API.
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2008-06-10 Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi@openedhand.com>
* clutter/clutter-sections.txt: Update with the new API.
* clutter/subclassing-ClutterActor.sgml: Update with the new
size negotiation API.
2008-06-09 Chris Lord <chris@openedhand.com>
* cogl/cogl-sections.txt:

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@ -255,15 +255,15 @@ clutter_container_lower_child
clutter_container_sort_depth_order
<SUBSECTION>
clutter_container_find_child_property
clutter_container_list_child_properties
clutter_container_class_find_child_property
clutter_container_class_list_child_properties
clutter_container_child_set_property
clutter_container_child_get_property
clutter_container_child_set
clutter_container_child_get
<SUBSECTION>
clutter_container_get_child_data
clutter_container_get_child_meta
<SUBSECTION Standard>
CLUTTER_TYPE_CONTAINER
@ -275,21 +275,21 @@ clutter_container_get_type
</SECTION>
<SECTION>
<FILE>clutter-child-data</FILE>
<TITLE>ClutterChildData<TITLE>
ClutterChildData
ClutterChildDataClass
clutter_child_data_get_container
clutter_child_data_get_actor
<FILE>clutter-child-meta</FILE>
<TITLE>ClutterChildMeta</TITLE>
ClutterChildMeta
ClutterChildMetaClass
clutter_child_meta_get_container
clutter_child_meta_get_actor
<SUBSECTION Standard>
CLUTTER_TYPE_CHILD_DATA
CLUTTER_CHILD_DATA
CLUTTER_IS_CHILD_DATA
CLUTTER_CHILD_DATA_CLASS
CLUTTER_IS_CHILD_DATA_CLASS
CLUTTER_CHILD_DATA_GET_CLASS
CLUTTER_TYPE_CHILD_META
CLUTTER_CHILD_META
CLUTTER_IS_CHILD_META
CLUTTER_CHILD_META_CLASS
CLUTTER_IS_CHILD_META_CLASS
CLUTTER_CHILD_META_GET_CLASS
<SUBSECTION Private>
clutter_child_data_get_type
clutter_child_meta_get_type
</SECTION>
<SECTION>
@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ CLUTTER_ACTOR_IS_REACTIVE
<SUBSECTION>
ClutterActorBox
ClutterActorFlags
ClutterRequestMode
ClutterGeometry
CLUTTER_CALLBACK
ClutterCallback
@ -343,22 +344,32 @@ clutter_actor_realize
clutter_actor_unrealize
clutter_actor_paint
clutter_actor_queue_redraw
clutter_actor_queue_relayout
clutter_actor_destroy
clutter_actor_request_coords
clutter_actor_query_coords
clutter_actor_event
clutter_actor_pick
clutter_actor_should_pick_paint
<SUBSECTION>
clutter_actor_allocate
clutter_actor_get_allocation_coords
clutter_actor_get_allocation_box
clutter_actor_get_allocation_geometry
clutter_actor_get_allocation_vertices
clutter_actor_get_preferred_size
clutter_actor_get_preferred_width
clutter_actor_get_preferred_height
clutter_actor_get_paint_area
clutter_actor_set_fixed_position_set
clutter_actor_get_fixed_position_set
<SUBSECTION>
clutter_actor_set_geometry
clutter_actor_get_geometry
clutter_actor_get_coords
clutter_actor_set_size
clutter_actor_get_size
clutter_actor_set_position
clutter_actor_get_position
clutter_actor_get_abs_position
clutter_actor_set_width
clutter_actor_get_width
clutter_actor_set_height
@ -392,6 +403,7 @@ clutter_actor_raise
clutter_actor_lower
clutter_actor_raise_top
clutter_actor_lower_bottom
clutter_actor_get_stage
<SUBSECTION>
clutter_actor_set_depth
@ -399,15 +411,16 @@ clutter_actor_get_depth
clutter_actor_set_scale
clutter_actor_get_scale
clutter_actor_is_scaled
clutter_actor_get_abs_size
clutter_actor_apply_transform_to_point
clutter_actor_transform_stage_point
clutter_actor_apply_relative_transform_to_point
clutter_actor_get_transformed_position
clutter_actor_get_transformed_size
clutter_actor_get_paint_opacity
clutter_actor_get_abs_allocation_vertices
<SUBSECTION>
ClutterVertex
clutter_actor_get_vertices
clutter_actor_get_relative_vertices
clutter_actor_box_get_from_vertices
<SUBSECTION>
@ -444,7 +457,11 @@ clutter_actor_get_anchor_pointu
clutter_actor_move_anchor_pointu
clutter_actor_set_clipu
clutter_actor_get_clipu
clutter_actor_set_rotationu
clutter_actor_get_rotationu
clutter_actor_move_byu
clutter_actor_get_transformed_positionu
clutter_actor_get_transformed_sizeu
<SUBSECTION>
clutter_actor_set_scalex
@ -516,8 +533,9 @@ ClutterStage
ClutterStageClass
CLUTTER_STAGE_WIDTH
CLUTTER_STAGE_HEIGHT
clutter_stage_new
clutter_stage_get_default
clutter_stage_new
clutter_stage_is_default
<SUBSECTION>
clutter_stage_set_color
@ -528,6 +546,7 @@ clutter_stage_show_cursor
clutter_stage_hide_cursor
clutter_stage_get_actor_at_pos
clutter_stage_ensure_current
clutter_stage_queue_redraw
clutter_stage_event
clutter_stage_set_key_focus
clutter_stage_get_key_focus
@ -564,9 +583,9 @@ CLUTTER_TYPE_STAGE
CLUTTER_STAGE_CLASS
CLUTTER_IS_STAGE_CLASS
CLUTTER_STAGE_GET_CLASS
CLUTTER_STAGE_TYPE
CLUTTER_TYPE_PERSPECTIVE
CLUTTER_TYPE_FOG
CLUTTER_STAGE_TYPE
<SUBSECTION Private>
ClutterStagePrivate
clutter_stage_get_type
@ -821,6 +840,8 @@ clutter_backend_get_double_click_time
clutter_backend_set_double_click_time
clutter_backend_get_double_click_distance
clutter_backend_set_double_click_distance
clutter_backend_set_font_options
clutter_backend_get_font_options
<SUBSECTION Standard>
CLUTTER_BACKEND
CLUTTER_IS_BACKEND
@ -1014,6 +1035,7 @@ clutter_key_event_symbol
clutter_key_event_code
clutter_key_event_unicode
clutter_keysym_to_unicode
<SUBSECTION Standard>
CLUTTER_TYPE_EVENT
<SUBSECTION Private>
@ -1028,6 +1050,7 @@ ClutterInitError
clutter_init
clutter_init_with_args
clutter_get_option_group
<SUBSECTION>
clutter_main
clutter_main_quit
@ -1044,6 +1067,9 @@ clutter_set_motion_events_enabled
clutter_get_motion_events_enabled
clutter_set_motion_events_frequency
clutter_get_motion_events_frequency
clutter_clear_glyph_cache
clutter_set_use_mipmapped_text
clutter_get_use_mipmapped_text
<SUBSECTION>
clutter_threads_set_lock_functions
@ -1102,10 +1128,10 @@ clutter_x11_remove_filter
<SECTION>
<FILE>clutter-win32</FILE>
<TITLE>Win32 Specific Support</TITLE>
clutter_win32_get_stage_from_window
clutter_win32_get_stage_window
clutter_win32_disable_event_retrieval
clutter_win32_set_stage_foreign
clutter_win32_get_stage_from_window
clutter_win32_get_stage_window
</SECTION>
<SECTION>

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@ -14,135 +14,524 @@
<title>Implementing a new actor</title>
<para>In order to implement a new #ClutterActor subclass the usual
machinery for subclassing a GObject should be used. After that, the
ClutterActor::query_coords() and ClutterActor::request_coords() virtual
functions should be overidden. Optionally, also the ClutterActor::paint()
virtual functions should be overridden.</para>
<para>The ClutterActor::query_coords() method of a #ClutterActor is
invoked when clutter_actor_query_coords() is called on an instance
of that actor class. It is used to return a #ClutterActorBox containing
the coordinates of the bounding box for the actor (the coordinates
of the top left corner and of the bottom right corner of the rectangle
that fully contains the actor). Container actors, or composite actors
with internal children, should call clutter_actor_query_coords() on
each visible child. Remember: the returned coordinates must be relative
to the parent actor.</para>
<note>All the coordinates are expressed using #ClutterUnit<!-- -->s,
the internal high-precision unit type, which guarantee sub-pixel
precision. #ClutterUnit has the same limitation that #ClutterFixed
has, see the <link linkend="clutter-Fixed-Point-Support">fixed point page</link>.</note>
<example id="clutter-actor-query-coords-example">
<para>This example shows how an actor class should override the
query_coords() virtual function of #ClutterActor. In this case,
the returned bounding box is the sum of the bounding boxes of all
the <structname>FooActor</structname> children.</para>
machinery for subclassing a #GObject should be used:</para>
<informalexample>
<programlisting>
static void
foo_actor_query_coords (ClutterActor *actor,
ClutterActorBox *box)
#define FOO_TYPE_ACTOR (foo_actor_get_type ())
#define FOO_ACTOR(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), FOO_TYPE_ACTOR, FooActor))
#define FOO_IS_ACTOR(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), FOO_TYPE_ACTOR))
#define FOO_ACTOR_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), FOO_TYPE_ACTOR, FooActorClass))
#define FOO_IS_ACTOR_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((klass), FOO_TYPE_ACTOR))
#define FOO_ACTOR_GET_CLASS(obj) (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((obj), FOO_TYPE_ACTOR, FooActorClass))
typedef struct _FooActor
{
FooActor *foo_actor = FOO_ACTOR (actor);
GList *child;
ClutterActor parent_instance;
} FooActor;
/* Clutter uses high-precision units which can be converted from
* and into pixels, typographic points, percentages, etc.
*/
ClutterUnit width, height;
typedef struct _FooActorClass
{
ClutterActorClass parent_class;
} FooActorClass;
/* initialize our size */
width = height = 0;
G_DEFINE_TYPE (FooActor, foo_actor, CLUTTER_TYPE_ACTOR);
for (l = foo_actor-&gt;children; l != NULL; l = l-&gt;next)
static void
foo_actor_class_init (FooActorClass *klass)
{
}
static void
foo_actor_init (FooActor *actor)
{
}
</programlisting>
</informalexample>
<para>The implementation of an actor roughly depends on what kind
of actor the class should display.</para>
<para>The implementation process can be broken down into sections:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>size requisition</term>
<listitem><para>used by containers to know how much space
an actor requires for itself and its eventual
children.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>size allocation</term>
<listitem><para>used by containers to define how much space
an actor should have for itself and its eventual
children.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>painting and picking</term>
<listitem><para>the actual actor painting and the "picking"
done to determine the actors that received events</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
<para>Container actors should also implement the #ClutterContainer
interface to provide a consistent API for adding, removing and iterating
over their children.</para>
<refsect1 id="actor-size-requisition">
<title>Size requisition</title>
<para>Actors should usually implement the size requisition virtual
functions unless they depend on explicit sizing by the developer,
using the clutter_actor_set_width() and clutter_actor_set_height()
functions and their wrappers.</para>
<para>The size requisition is split into two different phases: width
requisition and height requisition.</para>
<para>The <classname>ClutterActor</classname>::get_preferred_width() and
<classname>ClutterActor</classname>::get_preferred_height() methods of a
#ClutterActor are invoked when clutter_actor_get_preferred_width() and
clutter_actor_get_preferred_height() are respectively called on an instance
of that actor class. They are used to return the preferred size of the
actor. Container actors, or composite actors with internal children,
should call clutter_actor_get_preferred_width() and
clutter_actor_get_preferred_height() on each visible child inside
their implementation of the get_preferred_width() and get_preferred_height()
virtual functions.</para>
<para>The get_preferred_width() and get_preferred_height() virtual
functions return both the minimum size of the actor and its natural
size. The minimum size is defined as the amount of space an actor
must occupy to be useful; the natural size is defined as the amount
of space an actor would occupy if nothing would constrain it.</para>
<note><para>The natural size must always be greater than, or equal
to the minimum size. #ClutterActor will warn in case this assumption
is not respected by an implementation.</para></note>
<para>The height request may be computed for a specific width, which
is passed to the implementation, thus allowing height-for-width
geometry management. Similarly, the width request may be computed
for a specific height, allowing width-for-height geometry management.
By default, every #ClutterActor uses the height-for-width geometry
management, but the setting can be changed by using the
#ClutterActor:request-mode property.</para>
<note><para>The clutter_actor_get_preferred_size() function will
automatically check the geometry management preferred by the actor
and return its preferred size depending on it and on the natural
size.</para></note>
<para>The size requisition starts from the #ClutterStage and it is
performed on every child of the stage following down the hierarchy
of the scene graph.</para>
<note><para>The size requisition should not take into account the
actor's scale, rotation or anchor point unless an actor is performing
layout management depending on those properties.</para></note>
<note><para>All the sizes are expressed using #ClutterUnit<!-- -->s, the
internal high-precision unit type, which guarantees sub-pixel precision.
#ClutterUnit currently has the same limitations that #ClutterFixed has,
see the <link linkend="clutter-Fixed-Point-Support">fixed point page</link>.
</para></note>
<example id="clutter-actor-get-width-request-example">
<title>Width requisition implementation of a container</title>
<para>This example shows how an actor class should override the
get_preferred_width() virtual function of #ClutterActor. In this case,
the returned widths are the union of the extents of all the
<classname>FooActor</classname> children.</para>
<para>The get_preferred_height() implementation would be similar to the
get_preferred_width() implementation, so it is omitted.</para>
<programlisting>
static void
foo_actor_get_preferred_width (ClutterActor *actor,
ClutterUnit for_height,
ClutterUnit *min_width_p,
ClutterUnit *natural_width_p)
{
GList *l;
ClutterUnit min_left, min_right;
ClutterUnit natural_left, natural_right;
min_left = 0;
min_right = 0;
natural_left = 0;
natural_right = 0;
for (l = children; l != NULL; l = l-&gt;next)
{
ClutterActor *child_actor = child-&gt;data;
ClutterActor *child = l->data;
ClutterUnit child_x, child_min, child_natural;
/* we consider only visible actors */
if (CLUTTER_ACTOR_IS_VISIBLE (child_actor))
child_x = clutter_actor_get_xu (child);
clutter_actor_get_preferred_width (child, for_height,
&amp;child_min,
&amp;child_natural);
if (l == children)
{
ClutterActorBox child_box = { 0, };
/* First child */
min_left = child_x;
natural_left = child_x;
min_right = min_left + child_min;
natural_right = natural_left + child_natural;
}
else
{
if (child_x &lt; min_left)
min_left = child_x;
clutter_actor_query_coords (child_actor, &amp;child_box);
width += child_box.x2 - child_box.x2;
height += child_box.y2 - child_box.y1;
if (child_x &lt; natural_left)
natural_left = child_x;
if (child_x + child_min &gt; min_right)
min_right = child_x + child_min;
if (child_x + child_natural &gt; natural_right)
natural_right = child_x + child_natural;
}
}
box-&gt;x2 = box-&gt;x1 + width
box-&gt;y2 = box-&gt;y1 + height;
/* The request is defined as the width and height we want starting from
* our origin, since our allocation will set the origin; so we now need
* to remove any part of the request that is to the left of the origin.
*/
if (min_left &lt; 0)
min_left = 0;
if (natural_left &lt; 0)
natural_left = 0;
if (min_right &lt; 0)
min_right = 0;
if (natural_right &lt; 0)
natural_right = 0;
g_assert (min_right &gt;= min_left);
g_assert (natural_right &gt;= natural_left);
if (min_width_p)
*min_width_p = min_right - min_left;
if (natural_width_p)
*natural_width_p = natural_right - min_left;
}
</programlisting>
</example>
</programlisting>
</example>
</refsect1> <!-- actor-size-requisition -->
<refsect1 id="actor-size-allocation">
<title>Size allocation</title>
<para>The <classname>ClutterActor</classname>::allocate() method of a
#ClutterActor is invoked when clutter_actor_allocate() is called on an
instance of that actor class. It is used by a parent actor to set the
coordinates of the bounding box for its children actors. Hence,
container actors, or composite actors with internal children, should
override the allocate() virtual function and call clutter_actor_allocate()
on each visible child.</para>
<para>Each actor can know from their allocation box whether they
have been moved with respect to their parent actor. Each child will
also be able to tell whether their parent has been moved with respect
to the stage.</para>
<note><para>The allocate() virtual function implementation will be
notified whether the actor has been moved, while clutter_actor_allocate()
will usually be invoked with a boolean flag meaning that the parent
has been moved.</para></note>
<example id="container-allocate-example">
<title>Allocation of a container</title>
<para>In this example, <classname>FooActor</classname> acts like a
horizontal box with overflowing, like a toolbar which will display
more children as it expands. The children falling outside of the
allocated area will fade out; the children falling inside the
same area will fade in.</para>
<programlisting language="C">
static void
foo_actor_allocate (ClutterActor *actor,
const ClutterActorBox *box,
gboolean absolute_origin_changed)
{
FooActor *foo_actor = FOO_ACTOR (actor);
ClutterUnit current_width;
GList *l;
/* chain up to set the allocation of the actor */
CLUTTER_ACTOR_CLASS (foo_actor_parent_class)-&gt;allocate (actor, box, absolute_origin_changed);
current_width = foo_actor-&gt;padding;
for (l = foo_actor-&gt;children;
l != NULL;
l = l-&gt;next)
{
FooActorChild *child = l-&gt;data;
ClutterUnit natural_width, natural_height;
ClutterActorBox child_box = { 0, };
/* each child will get as much space as they require */
clutter_actor_get_preferred_size (CLUTTER_ACTOR (child),
NULL, NULL,
&amp;natural_width, &amp;natural_height);
/* if the child is overflowing, we just fade it out */
if (current_width + natual_width &gt; box-&gt;x2 - box-&gt;x1)
foo_actor_fade_child (foo_actor, child, 0);
else
{
current_width += natural_width + priv-&gt;padding;
child_box.x1 = current_width;
child_box.y1 = 0;
child_box.x2 = child_box.x1 + natural_width;
child_box.y2 = child_box.y1 + natural_height;
/* update the allocation */
clutter_actor_allocate (CLUTTER_ACTOR (child),
&amp;child_box,
absolute_origin_changed);
/* fade the child in if it wasn't visible */
foo_actor_fade_child (foo_actor, child, 255);
}
}
}
</programlisting>
</example>
<para>An actor should always paint inside its allocation. It is,
however, possible to paint outside the negotiated size by overriding
the <classname>ClutterActor</classname>::get_paint_area() virtual
function and setting the passed #ClutterActorBox with their
<emphasis>untransformed</emphasis> paint area. This allows writing
actors that can effectively paint on an area different in size and
position from the allocation area.</para>
<para>The <classname>ClutterActor</classname>::get_paint_area() method of
a #ClutterActor is internally invoked when clutter_actor_get_paint_area()
is called on an instance of that actor class. The get_paint_area()
virtual function must return the untransformed area used by the
actor to paint itself; clutter_actor_get_paint_area() will then
proceed to transform the area coordinates into the frame of reference
of the actor's parent (taking into account anchor point, scaling
and rotation).</para>
<note><para>The default paint area is the allocation area of the
actor.</para></note>
<example id="container-actor-paint-area-example">
<title>Implementation of get_paint_area()</title>
<para>In this example, <classname>FooActor</classname> implements
the get_paint_area() virtual function to return an area equivalent
to those of its children plus a border which is not taken into
account by the size negotiation process.</para>
<programlisting>
static void
foo_actor_get_paint_area (ClutterActor *actor,
ClutterActorBox *box)
{
FooActor *foo_actor = FOO_ACTOR (actor);
if (!foo_actor-&gt;children)
{
/* if we don't have any children we return the
* allocation given to us
*/
clutter_actor_get_allocation_box (actor, box);
}
else
{
ClutterActorBox all_box = { 0, };
GList *l;
/* our paint area is the union of the children
* paint areas, plus a border
*/
for (l = foo_actor-&gt;children; l != NULL; l = l&gt;next)
{
ClutterActor *child = l-&gt;data;
ClutterActorBox child_box = { 0, };
clutter_actor_get_paint_area (child, &amp;child_box);
if (l == foo_actor-&gt;children)
all_box = child_box;
else
{
if (child_box.x1 &lt; all_box.x1)
all_box.x1 = child_box.x1;
if (child_box.y1 &lt; all_box.y1)
all_box.y1 = child_box.y1;
if (child_box.x2 &lt; all_box.x2)
all_box.x2 = child_box.x2;
if (child_box.y2 &lt; all_box.y2)
all_box.y2 = child_box.y2;
}
}
/* apply the border width around the box */
all_box.x1 -= (foo_actor-&gt;border_width / 2);
all_box.y1 -= (foo_actor-&gt;border_width / 2);
all_box.x2 += (foo_actor-&gt;border_width / 2);
all_box.y2 += (foo_actor-&gt;border_width / 2);
*box = all_box;
}
}
</programlisting>
</example>
</refsect1> <!-- actor-size-allocation -->
<refsect1 id="actor-painting-and-picking">
<title>Painting and picking</title>
<para>The <classname>ClutterActor</classname>::paint() method should be
overridden if the actor needs to control its drawing process, either by
using the Clutter GL and GLES abstraction library (COGL) or by directly
using the GL or GLES API.</para>
<note><para>Actors performing transformations should push the GL matrix
first and then pop the GL matrix before returning.</para></note>
<para>The ClutterActor::request_coords() method of a #ClutterActor
is invoked when clutter_actor_request_coords() is called on an instance
of that actor class. It is used to set the coordinates of the bounding
box for the actor. Container actors, or composite actors with internal
children, should override the request_coords() virtual function and call
clutter_actor_request_coords() on each visible child. Every actor class
overriding the request_coords() virtual function must chain up to the
parent class request_coords() method.</para>
<example id="simple-actor-paint-example">
<title>Paint implementation of a simple actor</title>
<para>In this example, the <classname>FooActor</classname>
implementation of the paint() virtual function is drawing a rectangle
with rounded corners with a custom color. The COGL API is used, to
allow portability between GL and GLES platforms.</para>
<programlisting>
static void
foo_actor_paint (ClutterActor *actor)
{
FooActor *foo_actor = FOO_ACTOR (actor);
ClutterColor color = { 0, };
ClutterUnit w, h, r;
<para>The ClutterActor::paint() method should be overridden if the
actor needs to control its drawing process, by using the GL API
directly. Actors performing transformations should push the GL matrix
first and then pop the GL matrix before returning. Container actors
or composite actors with internal children should do the same, and call
clutter_actor_paint() on every visible child:</para>
cogl_push_matrix ();
<para>When inside the ClutterActor::paint() method the actor is already
positioned at the coordinates specified by its bounding box; all the
paint operations should then take place from the (0, 0) coordinates.</para>
/* FooActor has a specific background color */
color.red = foo_actor-&gt;bg_color.red;
color.green = foo_actor-&gt;bg_color.green;
color.blue = foo_actor-&gt;bg_color.blue;
<example id="clutter-actor-paint-example">
<programlisting>
/* the alpha component must take into account the absolute
* opacity of the actor on the screen at this point in the
* scenegraph; this value is obtained by calling
* clutter_actor_get_paint_opacity().
*/
color.alpha = clutter_actor_get_paint_opacity (actor);
/* set the color of the pen */
cogl_color (&amp;color);
/* get the size of the actor with sub-pixel precision */
w = CLUTTER_UNITS_TO_FIXED (clutter_actor_get_widthu (actor));
h = CLUTTER_UNITS_TO_FIXED (clutter_actor_get_heightu (actor));
/* this is the arc radius for the rounded rectangle corners */
r = CLUTTER_UNITS_TO_FIXED (foo_actor->radius);
/* paint a rounded rectangle using GL primitives; the area of
* paint is (0, 0) - (width, height), which means the whole
* allocation or, if the actor has a fixed size, the size that
* has been set.
*/
cogl_round_rectangle (0, 0, w, h, r, 5);
/* and fill it with the current color */
cogl_fill ();
cogl_pop_matrix ();
}
</programlisting>
</example>
<note><para>When inside the <classname>ClutterActor</classname>::paint()
method the actor is already positioned at the coordinates specified by
its parent; all the paint operations should take place from the (0, 0)
coordinates.</para></note>
<para>Container actors or composite actors with internal children should
also override the paint method, and call clutter_actor_paint() on every
visible child:</para>
<example id="container-actor-paint-example">
<title>Paint implementation of a container</title>
<para>In this example, <classname>FooActor</classname> is a simple
container invoking clutter_actor_paint() on every visible child. To
allow transformations on itself to affect the children, the GL modelview
matrix is pushed at the beginning of the paint sequence, and the popped
at the end.</para>
<programlisting>
static void
foo_actor_paint (ClutterActor *actor)
{
FooActor *foo_actor = FOO_ACTOR (actor);
GList *child;
/* by including &lt;clutter/cogl.h&gt; it's possible to use the internal
* COGL abstraction API, which is also used by Clutter itself and avoids
* changing the GL calls depending on the target platform (GL or GL/ES).
*/
cogl_push_matrix ();
for (child = foo_actor-&gt;children; child != NULL; child = child-&gt;next)
for (child = foo_actor-&gt;children;
child != NULL;
child = child-&gt;next)
{
ClutterActor *child_actor = child-&gt;data;
if (CLUTTER_ACTOR_IS_MAPPED (child_actor))
/* paint only visible children */
if (CLUTTER_ACTOR_IS_VISIBLE (child_actor))
clutter_actor_paint (child_actor);
}
cogl_pop_matrix ();
}
</programlisting>
</example>
</programlisting>
</example>
<para>When painting a blended actor, cogl_enable() should be called with
the %CGL_BLEND flag; or, alternatively, glEnable() with %GL_BLEND on
OpenGL.</para>
<note><para>A container imposing a layout on its children may
opt to use the paint area as returned by clutter_actor_get_paint_area()
instead of the allocation.</para></note>
<para>If the actor has a non-rectangular shape, or it has internal childrens
that needs to be distinguished by the events delivery mechanism, the
ClutterActor::pick() method should also be overridden. The ::pick() method
works exactly like the ::paint() method, but the actor should paint just
its shape with the passed colour:</para>
<para>If the actor has a non-rectangular shape, or it has internal
children that need to be distinguished by the events delivery mechanism,
the <classname>ClutterActor</classname>::pick() method should also be
overridden. The pick() method works exactly like the paint() method, but
the actor should paint just its shape with the passed colour:</para>
<example id="clutter-actor-pick-example">
<programlisting>
<example id="simple-actor-pick-example">
<title>Pick implementation of a simple actor</title>
<para>In this example, <classname>FooActor</classname> overrides the
pick() virtual function default implementation to paint itself with a
shaped silhouette, to allow events only on the actual shape of the actor
instead of the paint area.</para>
<programlisting>
static void
foo_actor_pick (ClutterActor *actor,
const ClutterColor *pick_color)
{
FooActor *foo_actor = FOO_ACTOR (actor);
guint width, height;
ClutterUnit w, h, r;
/* it is possible to avoid a costly paint by checking whether the
* actor should really be painted in pick mode
@ -150,32 +539,56 @@ foo_actor_pick (ClutterActor *actor,
if (!clutter_actor_should_pick_paint (actor))
return;
/* by including &lt;clutter/cogl.h&gt; it's possible to use the internal
* COGL abstraction API, which is also used by Clutter itself and avoids
* changing the GL calls depending on the target platform (GL or GL/ES).
*/
w = CLUTTER_UNITS_TO_FIXED (clutter_actor_get_widthu (actor));
h = CLUTTER_UNITS_TO_FIXED (clutter_actor_get_heightu (actor));
/* this is the arc radius for the rounded rectangle corners */
r = CLUTTER_UNITS_TO_FIXED (foo_actor->radius);
/* use the passed color to paint ourselves */
cogl_color (pick_color);
clutter_actor_get_size (actor, &amp;width, &amp;height);
/* paint a round rectangle */
cogl_round_rectangle (0, 0, w, h, r, 5);
/* it is also possible to use raw GL calls, at the cost of losing
* portability
*/
glEnable (GL_BLEND);
/* draw a triangular shape */
glBegin (GL_POLYGON);
glVertex2i (width / 2, 0 );
glVertex2i (width , height);
glVertex2i (0 , height);
glEnd ();
/* and fill it with the current color */
cogl_fill ();
cogl_pop_matrix ();
}
</programlisting>
</example>
</programlisting>
</example>
<section id="implementing-clutter-container">
<para>Containers should simply chain up to the parent class'
pick() implementation to get their silhouette painted and then
paint their children:</para>
<example id="container-actor-pick-example">
<title>Pick implementation of a container</title>
<para>In this example, <classname>FooActor</classname> allows the
picking of each child it contains, as well as itself.</para>
<programlisting>
static void
foo_actor_pick (ClutterActor *actor,
const ClutterColor *pick_color)
{
FooActor *foo_actor = FOO_ACTOR (actor);
/* this will paint a silhouette corresponding to the paint box */
CLUTTER_ACTOR_CLASS (foo_actor_parent_class)-&gt;pick (actor, pick_color);
/* clutter_actor_paint() is context-sensitive, and will perform
* a pick paint if the scene graph is in pick mode
*/
if (CLUTTER_ACTOR_IS_VISIBLE (foo_actor-&gt;child))
clutter_actor_paint (foo_actor-&gt;child);
}
</programlisting>
</example>
</refsect1> <!-- actor-painting-and-picking -->
<refsect1 id="implementing-clutter-container">
<title>Implementing Containers</title>
<para>
@ -192,6 +605,13 @@ foo_actor_pick (ClutterActor *actor,
</para>
<example id="clutter-actor-set-parent-example">
<title>Parenting an actor</title>
<para>In this example, <classname>FooActor</classname> has an internal
child of type <classname>BazActor</classname> which is assigned using a
specific function called foo_actor_add_baz(). The
<classname>FooActor</classname> instance takes ownership of the
<classname>BazActor</classname> instance and sets the parent-child
relationship using clutter_actor_set_parent().</para>
<programlisting>
void
foo_actor_add_baz (FooActor *foo_actor,
@ -208,14 +628,20 @@ foo_actor_add_baz (FooActor *foo_actor,
foo_actor->baz = baz_actor;
/* this will cause the initial floating reference to disappear,
* and add a new reference on baz_actor. foo_actor has now taken
* ownership of baz_actor
/* this will cause the initial floating reference of ClutterActor to
* disappear, and add a new reference on baz_actor. foo_actor has now
* taken ownership of baz_actor, so that:
*
* foo_actor_add_baz (foo_actor, baz_actor_new ());
*
* is a safe statement (no reference is leaked).
*/
clutter_actor_set_parent (CLUTTER_ACTOR (baz_actor),
CLUTTER_ACTOR (foo_actor));
/* emit a signal and notification */
g_signal_emit (foo_actor, foo_actor_signals[BAZ_CHANGED], 0, baz_actor);
g_object_notify (G_OBJECT (foo_actor), "baz");
}
</programlisting>
</example>
@ -228,43 +654,56 @@ foo_actor_add_baz (FooActor *foo_actor,
<varlistentry>
<term>ClutterContainer::add</term>
<listitem>
<para></para>
<para>The container actor should hold a pointer to the passed
#ClutterActor, call clutter_actor_set_parent() on it and then
emit the #ClutterContainer::actor-added signal to notify
handlers of the newly added actor.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>ClutterContainer::remove</term>
<listitem>
<para></para>
<para>The container actor should increase the reference count
of the passed #ClutterActor, remove the pointer held on the
child and call clutter_actor_unparent() on it; then, emit the
#ClutterContainer::actor-removed signal and decrease the
reference count.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>ClutterContainer::foreach</term>
<listitem>
<para></para>
<para>The container should invoke the callback on every
child it is holding.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>ClutterContainer::raise</term>
<listitem>
<para></para>
<para>The container should move the passed child on top
of the given sibling, or on top of the paint stack in
case the sibling is NULL.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>ClutterContainer::lower</term>
<listitem>
<para></para>
<para>The container should move the passed child below
the given sibling, or on the bottom of the paint stack
in case the sibling is NULL.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>ClutterContainer::sort_depth_order</term>
<listitem>
<para></para>
<para>The container should sort the paint stack depending
on the relative depths of each child.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</section>
</refsect1> <!-- implementing-clutter-container -->
</chapter>