Teachpacks for How to Design Programs

# GUI

### gui.ss

The teachpack `gui.ss` provides the following operations:

- `show-window : -> true`
  to show the window
- `hide-window : -> true`
  to hide the window
- `create-window : (listof (listof gui-item)) -> true`
  to add gui-items to a window and to show the window
  each list of gui-items defines one row of gui items in the window
- `make-button : str (event% -> boolean) -> gui-item`
  to create a button with label and call-back function
- `make-message : str -> gui-item`
  to create an item that displays a message
- `draw-message : gui-item[message%] stri -> true`
  to display a message in a message item
  it earses the current message
- `make-text : str -> gui-item`
  to create an item (with label) that allows users to enter text
- `text-contents : gui-item[text%] -> str`
  to determine the contents of a text field
- `make-choice : (listof str) -> gui-item`
  to create a choice menu that permits users to choose from some string alternatives
- `choice-index : gui-item[choice%] -> num`
  to determine which choice is currently selected in a choice-item
  the result is the 0-based index in the choice menu

  Example 1:

      > (create-window (list (list (make-button "QUIT" hide-window))))

  A button appears on the screen. Click on the button and it will disappear.

      > (show-window)

  The frame reappears.

  Example 2:

      ; text1 : GUI-ITEM
      (define text1
        (make-text "Please enter your name"))

      ; msg1 : GUI-ITEM
      (define msg1
        (make-message (string-append "Hello, World" (make-string 33 #\SPACE))))

      ; Event -> true
      ; draws the current contents of text1 into msg1, prepended with "Hello, "
      (define (respond e)
        (draw-message msg1 (string-append "Hello, " (text-contents text1))))

      ; set up window with three "lines": a text field, a message, and two buttons
      ; fill in text and click OKAY
      (create-window
       (list
        (list text1)
        (list msg1)
        (list (make-button "OKAY" respond)
              (make-button "QUIT" hide-window))))