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+package toolkit
+
+// passes information between the toolkit library (plugin)
+//
+// This is the only thing that is passed between the toolkit plugin
+//
+// what names should be used? This is not part of [[Graphical Widget]]
+// Event() seems like a good name. 
+//	Event is used too much: web dev, cloud, etc
+//	I'm using "Action". Maybe it should really be
+//	"Interaction" as per wikipedia [[User interface]]
+//
+// TODO: convert this to a protobuf (?)
+//
+
+type WidgetType int // Button, Menu, Checkbox, etc.
+type ActionType int // Add, SetText, Click, Hide, Append, Delete, etc
+
+type Action struct {
+	ActionType ActionType
+	WidgetType WidgetType
+
+	WidgetId int
+	ParentId int
+
+	Text string  // what is visable to the user
+	Name string  // a name useful for programming
+
+	// This is how the values are passed back and forth
+	// values from things like checkboxes & dropdown's
+	B	bool
+	I	int
+	S	string
+
+	// This is used for things like a slider(0,100)
+	X      int
+	Y      int
+
+	// This is for the grid size & widget position
+	W      int
+	H      int
+	AtW    int
+	AtH    int
+
+	// Put space around elements to improve look & feel
+	Margin	bool
+
+	// Make widgets fill up the space available
+	Expand	bool
+
+	A	any // switch to this or deprecate this? pros/cons?
+}
+
+const (
+	Unknown WidgetType = iota
+	Root	// the master 'root' node of the binary tree
+	Flag	// used to send configuration values to plugins
+	Window	// in certain gui's (ncurses), these are tabs
+	Tab	// internally, this is a window
+	Frame	// deprecate?
+	Grid	// like drawers in a chest
+	Group	// like the 'Appetizers' section on a menu
+	Box	// a vertical or horizontal stack of widgets
+	Button
+	Checkbox // select 'on' or 'off'
+	Dropdown
+	Combobox // dropdown with edit=true
+	Label
+	Textbox	// is this a Label with edit=true
+	Slider // like a progress bar
+	Spinner // like setting the oven temperature
+	Separator // TODO
+	Image // TODO
+	Area // TODO
+	Form // TODO
+	Font // TODO
+	Color // TODO
+	Dialog // TODO
+	Stdout // can be used to capture and display log output
+)
+
+const (
+	Add ActionType = iota
+	Delete
+	Get
+	Set
+	GetText
+	SetText
+	AddText
+	Show
+	Hide
+	Enable
+	Disable
+	Margin
+	Unmargin
+	Pad
+	Unpad
+	Append
+	Move
+	Dump
+	User // the user did something (mouse, keyboard, etc)
+	InitToolkit // initializes the toolkit
+	CloseToolkit // closes the toolkit
+	UserQuit // the user closed the GUI
+	EnableDebug // open the debugging window
+)
+
+func (s WidgetType) String() string {
+	switch s {
+	case Root:
+		return "Root"
+	case Flag:
+		return "Flag"
+	case Window:
+		return "Window"
+	case Tab:
+		return "Tab"
+	case Frame:
+		return "Frame"
+	case Grid:
+		return "Grid"
+	case Group:
+		return "Group"
+	case Box:
+		return "Box"
+	case Button:
+		return "Button"
+	case Checkbox:
+		return "Checkbox"
+	case Dropdown:
+		return "Dropdown"
+	case Combobox:
+		return "Combobox"
+	case Label:
+		return "Label"
+	case Textbox:
+		return "Textbox"
+	case Slider:
+		return "Slider"
+	case Spinner:
+		return "Spinner"
+	case Separator:
+		return "Separator"
+	case Image:
+		return "Image"
+	case Area:
+		return "Area"
+	case Form:
+		return "Form"
+	case Font:
+		return "Font"
+	case Color:
+		return "Color"
+	case Dialog:
+		return "Dialog"
+	case Stdout:
+		return "Stdout"
+	case Unknown:
+		return "Unknown"
+	}
+	return "WidgetType.String() Error"
+}
+
+func (s ActionType) String() string {
+	switch s {
+	case Add:
+		return "Add"
+	case Delete:
+		return "Delete"
+	case Get:
+		return "Get"
+	case Set:
+		return "Set"
+	case GetText:
+		return "GetText"
+	case SetText:
+		return "SetText"
+	case AddText:
+		return "AddText"
+	case Show:
+		return "Show"
+	case Hide:
+		return "Hide"
+	case Enable:
+		return "Enable"
+	case Disable:
+		return "Disable"
+	case Margin:
+		return "Margin"
+	case Unmargin:
+		return "Unmargin"
+	case Pad:
+		return "Pad"
+	case Unpad:
+		return "Unpad"
+	case Append:
+		return "Append"
+	case Move:
+		return "Move"
+	case Dump:
+		return "Dump"
+	}
+	return "ActionType.String() Error"
+}