[GROOVY-328] Create action without parent

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-beta-4
• Fix Version/s: 1.0-beta-6
• Assignee: Guillaume Sauthier
• Reporter: Rapheal Kaplan
• Created: 26/Mar/04 14:46
• Updated: 14/Jul/04 16:58
• Resolved: 14/Jul/04 16:58

Description

Currently in SwingBuilder it is not possible to create an action object in SwingBuilder without assigning it to a parent. This make it more difficult to create an action and assign it to multiple widgets. Currently, it can somewhat awkwardly like this:

builder.frame() {
actions = [:]

menuBar() {
menu( text: "File" ) {
actions.exit = menuItem( action(name: "Exit",
closure:

{ System.exit(0) }

)
)
}
}

button( action: actions.exit )
}

The problem is the form is less clear and requires you to create this map object. It might be nicer to have a section in the builder where actions are declared seperately and stored referred to by variable names:

builder.frame() {
// Action Section
exit = action( name:"Exit", closure:

{System.exit(0)}

)

// Menu Section
menuBar() {
menu( text:"File" )

{ menuItem( action:exit ) }

}

// Content
button( action: exit )
}