NODE: going down a rabbit hole

box.go

@@ -64,6 +64,38 @@ func add(box *GuiBox, newbox *GuiBox) {
 	log.Println("gui.add() END")
 }
 
+func (n *Node) NewBox(axis int, name string) *Node {
+	var newBox *GuiBox
+	var newNode *Node = n
+
+	newBox		= new(GuiBox)
+	// newBox.Window	= newNode.uiWindow
+	newBox.Name	= name
+
+	if (n.box == nil) {
+		panic("node.newBox() box == nil")
+	}
+	if (n.box == nil) {
+		// add a box here
+		newBox.node = n
+		n.box = newBox
+	} else {
+		// make a new box & a new node
+		newNode = makeNode(n, name, 111, 112)
+	}
+
+	var uiBox *ui.Box
+	if (axis == Xaxis) {
+		uiBox = ui.NewHorizontalBox()
+	} else {
+		uiBox = ui.NewVerticalBox()
+	}
+	uiBox.SetPadded(true)
+	newBox.UiBox = uiBox
+	add(n.box, newBox)
+	return newNode
+}
+
 func NewBox(box *GuiBox, axis int, name string) *GuiBox {
 	log.Println("gui.NewBox() START")
 	n := box.FindNode()

new-structs.go

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package gui
 
 import (
 	"log"
-	"time"
+	// "time"
 
 	// "github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func (n *Node) Append(child *Node) {
 	child.Dump()
 	log.Println("parent node:")
 	n.Dump()
-	time.Sleep(3 * time.Second)
+	// time.Sleep(3 * time.Second)
 }
 
 func (n *Node) List() {

window.go

@@ -96,9 +96,11 @@ func InitWindow(parent *Node, gw *GuiWindow, name string, axis int) *Node {
 		newGuiWindow.UiWindow.SetMargined(true)
 		tmp := 0
 		newGuiWindow.TabNumber = &tmp
+		node.uiTab = newGuiWindow.UiTab
 	} else {
 		newGuiWindow.UiWindow = gw.UiWindow
 		newGuiWindow.UiTab = gw.UiTab
+		node.uiTab = newGuiWindow.UiTab
 	}
 
 	newGuiWindow.BoxMap = make(map[string]*GuiBox)
@@ -111,6 +113,9 @@ func InitWindow(parent *Node, gw *GuiWindow, name string, axis int) *Node {
 	} else {
 		tabnum := newGuiWindow.UiTab.NumPages()
 		newGuiWindow.TabNumber = &tabnum
+		if (node.uiTab == nil) {
+			node.uiTab = newGuiWindow.UiTab
+		}
 	}
 
 	Data.WindowMap[newGuiWindow.Name] = newGuiWindow
@@ -158,7 +163,10 @@ func InitWindow(parent *Node, gw *GuiWindow, name string, axis int) *Node {
 		log.Println("InitWindow() node.box != box. Hmmm....")
 		panic(-1)
 	}
-	// panic("InitWindow")
+	if (node.uiTab == nil) {
+		// DebugNodeChildren()
+		// panic("node.uiTab = nil")
+	}
 	return node
 }
 
@@ -316,6 +324,7 @@ func mapWindow(parent *Node, window *ui.Window, title string, x int, y int) *Nod
 	// func makeNode(parent *Node, title string, x int, y int) *Node {
 	node := makeNode(parent, title, x, y)
 	node.box = &box
+	node.uiWindow = window
 	box.node = node
 
 	newGuiWindow.BoxMap["jcarrInitTest"] = &box