window depth order works

eventBindings.go

@@ -96,18 +96,6 @@ func addDropdown() *tree.Node {
 func theNotsure(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	log.Info("got keypress 2. now what?")
 	log.Info("try to switch windows here")
-	if len(me.allwin) != len(findWindows()) {
-		me.allwin = findWindows()
-	}
-	newwin := findNextWindow()
-	for i, win := range me.allwin {
-		log.Info("Window", i, "named", win.labelN, win.activeWindow)
-	}
-	if newwin == nil {
-		log.Info("findNextWindow() err. returned nil")
-		return nil
-	}
-	newwin.doWidgetClick(newwin.gocuiSize.w0, newwin.gocuiSize.h0)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -116,15 +104,13 @@ func tabCycleWindows(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	if len(me.allwin) != len(findWindows()) {
 		me.allwin = findWindows()
 	}
-	newwin := findNextWindow()
+	tk := findNextWindow()
-	for i, win := range me.allwin {
+	if tk == nil {
-		log.Info("Window", i, "named", win.labelN, win.activeWindow)
-	}
-	if newwin == nil {
 		log.Info("findNextWindow() err. returned nil")
 		return nil
 	}
-	newwin.doWidgetClick(newwin.gocuiSize.w0, newwin.gocuiSize.h0)
+	tk.makeWindowActive()
+	tk.doWidgetClick(tk.gocuiSize.w0, tk.gocuiSize.h0)
 	return nil
 }
 

eventMouse.go

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ func mouseDown(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 		log.Info("mouseDown() nothing to click on at", w, h)
 		return nil
 	}
+	tk.makeWindowActive()
 	log.Info("SENDING mouseDown() to findWindowUnderMouse()")
 	if tk.node.WidgetType == widget.Window {
 		// check to see if this is a direct click on a widget

eventMouseClick.go

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) doWindowClick(w int, h int) {
 	// now set this window as the current window
 	me.currentWindow = tk
 	me.currentWindow.isCurrent = true
-	tk.active = false
 
 	tk.redrawWindow(w, h)
 	setThingsOnTop() // sets help, Stdout, etc on the top after windows have been redrawn
@@ -35,18 +34,6 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) doWidgetClick(w int, h int) {
 		tk.doWindowClick(w, h)
 		return
 	case widget.Group:
-		/*
-			if tk.active {
-				tk.active = false
-				tk.placeWidgets(tk.startW, tk.startH)
-				tk.showWidgets()
-			} else {
-				tk.active = true
-				for _, child := range tk.children {
-					child.hideWidgets()
-				}
-			}
-		*/
 	case widget.Checkbox:
 		if tk.node.State.Checked {
 			log.Log(WARN, "checkbox is being set to false")

find.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"slices"
 
 	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
 	log "go.wit.com/log"
@@ -111,23 +112,21 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) findBG() *guiWidget {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// used by gocui.TabKey to rotate through the windows
 func findNextWindow() *guiWidget {
 	var found bool
 	if len(me.allwin) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
-	for _, win := range me.allwin {
+	for _, tk := range me.allwin {
-		if win.activeWindow {
+		if tk.window.active {
 			found = true
-			win.activeWindow = false
 			continue
 		}
 		if found {
-			win.activeWindow = true
+			return tk
-			return win
 		}
 	}
-	me.allwin[0].activeWindow = true
 	// at the end, loop to the beginning
 	return me.allwin[0]
 }
@@ -147,17 +146,31 @@ func findWindowUnderMouse() *guiWidget {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// print out the window list
+	for _, tk := range me.allwin {
+		log.Info("findWindowUnderMouse() print:", tk.labelN, tk.window.active, tk.window.order)
+	}
+
 	// now check if the active window is below the mouse
-	for _, win := range me.allwin {
+	for _, tk := range me.allwin {
-		if win.activeWindow {
+		if tk.window.active {
-			if win.full.inRect(w, h) {
+			if tk.full.inRect(w, h) {
-				log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("findWindowUnderMouse() found %s active window (%dx%d)", win.cuiName, w, h))
+				log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("findWindowUnderMouse() found %s active window (%dx%d)", tk.cuiName, w, h))
-				return win
+				return tk
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
 	// well, just find any window then
+	// sorting by order might work?
+	slices.SortFunc(me.allwin, func(a, b *guiWidget) int {
+		return a.window.order - b.window.order
+	})
+
+	// print out the window list
+	for _, tk := range me.allwin {
+		log.Info("findWindowUnderMouse() print:", tk.labelN, tk.window.active, tk.window.order)
+	}
 	for _, win := range me.allwin {
 		if win.full.inRect(w, h) {
 			log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("findWindowUnderMouse() found %s window (%dx%d)", win.cuiName, w, h))

structs.go

@@ -116,6 +116,19 @@ func (r *rectType) Height() int {
 	return r.h1 - r.h0
 }
 
+// settings that are window specific
+type window struct {
+	windowFrame *guiWidget // this is the frame for a window widget
+	dragW       int        // when dragging a window, this is the offset to the mouse position
+	dragH       int        // when dragging a window, this is the offset to the mouse position
+	hasTabs     bool       // does the window have tabs?
+	currentTab  bool       // the visible tab
+	selectedTab *tree.Node // for a window, this is currently selected tab
+	active      bool       // means this window is the active one
+	isBG        bool       // means this is the background widget. There is only one of these
+	order       int        // what level the window is on
+}
+
 type guiWidget struct {
 	v            *gocui.View  // this is nil if the widget is not displayed
 	cuiName      string       // what gocui uses to reference the widget (usually "TK <widgetId>"
@@ -128,11 +141,11 @@ type guiWidget struct {
 	dragH        int          // when dragging a window, this is the offset to the mouse position
 	hasTabs      bool         // does the window have tabs?
 	currentTab   bool         // the visible tab
+	window       window       // holds information specific only to Window widgets
 	value        string       // ?
 	checked      bool         // ?
 	labelN       string       // the actual text to display in the console
 	vals         []string     // dropdown menu items
-	active       bool         // ?
 	enable       bool         // ?
 	defaultColor *colorT      // store the color to go back to
 	gocuiSize    rectType     // should mirror the real display size. todo: verify these are accurate. they are not yet
@@ -150,7 +163,6 @@ type guiWidget struct {
 	color        *colorT      // what color to use
 	resize       bool         // the window is currently being resized
 	isBG         bool         // means this is the background widget. There is only one of these
-	activeWindow bool         // means this window is the active one
 }
 
 // from the gocui devs:

treeDraw.go

@@ -106,13 +106,11 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) drawView() {
 func (w *guiWidget) DrawAt(offsetW, offsetH int) {
 	w.setColor(&colorActiveW)
 	w.placeWidgets(offsetW, offsetH) // compute the sizes & places for each widget
-	w.active = false
 	// w.dumpWidget(fmt.Sprintf("DrawAt(%d,%d)", offsetW, offsetH))
 }
 
 func (w *guiWidget) simpleDrawAt(offsetW, offsetH int) {
 	w.setColor(&colorActiveW)
-	w.active = false
 	w.dumpWidget("simpleDrawAt()")
 }
 

window.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
+	log "go.wit.com/log"
 	"go.wit.com/toolkits/tree"
 	"go.wit.com/widget"
 )
@@ -125,3 +126,25 @@ func (win *guiWidget) addWindowFrame(wId int) *tree.Node {
 	n.TK = tk
 	return n
 }
+
+func (tk *guiWidget) makeWindowActive() {
+	if !(tk.node.WidgetType == widget.Window || tk.node.WidgetType == widget.Stdout) {
+		// only allow Window or the Stdout widgets to be made active
+		return
+	}
+
+	// disable and increment all the windows
+	for _, tk := range me.allwin {
+		tk.window.order += 1
+		tk.window.active = false
+	}
+
+	// set this window as the active one
+	tk.window.active = true
+	tk.window.order = 0
+
+	// print out the window list
+	for _, tk := range me.allwin {
+		log.Info("makeWindowActive() Window", tk.labelN, tk.window.active, tk.window.order)
+	}
+}