tab rotates through the windows

eventBindings.go

@@ -35,10 +35,9 @@ func registerHandlers(g *gocui.Gui) {
 	g.SetKeybinding("", 'H', gocui.ModNone, theHelp)                  // '?' toggles on and off the help menu
 	g.SetKeybinding("", 'O', gocui.ModNone, theStdout)                // 'o' toggle the STDOUT window
 	g.SetKeybinding("", 'q', gocui.ModNone, doExit)                   // 'q' exit
+	g.SetKeybinding("", gocui.KeyTab, gocui.ModNone, tabCycleWindows) // '2' use this to test new ideas
 
 	// debugging
-	g.SetKeybinding("", gocui.KeyTab, gocui.ModNone, theNotsure)   // '2' use this to test new ideas
-	g.SetKeybinding("", gocui.KeyTab, gocui.ModShift, theNotsure)  // '2' use this to test new ideas
 	g.SetKeybinding("", '2', gocui.ModNone, theNotsure)            // '2' use this to test new ideas
 	g.SetKeybinding("", 'S', gocui.ModNone, theSuperMouse)         // 'S' Super Mouse mode!
 	g.SetKeybinding("", 'M', gocui.ModNone, printWidgetPlacements) // 'M' list all widgets with positions
@@ -93,12 +92,60 @@ func addDropdown() *tree.Node {
 	return addDropdownNew(-222)
 }
 
+func findNextWindow() *guiWidget {
+	var found bool
+	if len(me.allwin) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	for _, win := range me.allwin {
+		if win.activeWindow {
+			found = true
+			win.activeWindow = false
+			continue
+		}
+		if found {
+			win.activeWindow = true
+			return win
+		}
+	}
+	me.allwin[0].activeWindow = true
+	// at the end, loop to the beginning
+	return me.allwin[0]
+}
+
 // use this to test code ideas // put whatever you want here and hit '2' to activate it
 func theNotsure(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	log.Info("got keypress 2. now what?")
 	log.Info("try to switch windows here")
-	// w, h := g.MousePosition()
+	if len(me.allwin) != len(findWindows()) {
-	// me.newWindowTrigger <- true
+		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
+}
+
+func tabCycleWindows(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+	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
 }
 

eventMouse.go

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
@@ -74,6 +73,11 @@ func mouseDown(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 			tk.doWidgetClick(w, h)
 			return nil
 		}
+		if tk.node.WidgetType == widget.Textbox {
+			log.Info("SENDING CLICK TO Textbox")
+			tk.doWidgetClick(w, h)
+			return nil
+		}
 		found = true
 	}
 
@@ -109,37 +113,13 @@ func mouseDown(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 		log.Log(GOCUI, fmt.Sprintf("mouseDown() found nothing at (%d,%d)", mx, my))
 	}
 
+	// sort this junk out
 	vx0, vy0, vx1, vy1, err := g.ViewPosition("msg")
 	if err == nil {
 		if mx >= vx0 && mx <= vx1 && my >= vy0 && my <= vy1 {
 			return msgDown(g, v)
 		}
 	}
-
-	maxX, _ := g.Size()
-
-	// why was this here?
-	// findUnderMouse()
-
-	// TODO: USE THIS TO MAKE TEMPORARY HELP / INSTRUCTION DIALOGS
-
-	// this message will pop up when you click on the magic thing
-	// figure out how this works and make it generically useful.
-	msg := fmt.Sprintf("This is -222 widget demo. %d,%d", mx, my)
-	// dropdownClicked(mx, my)
-	x := mx - len(msg)/2
-	if x < 0 {
-		x = 0
-	} else if x+len(msg)+1 > maxX-1 {
-		x = maxX - 1 - len(msg) - 1
-	}
-	log.Log(GOCUI, "mouseDown() about to write out message to 'globalDown' view. msg =", msg)
-	if v, err := g.SetView("globalDown", x, my-1, x+len(msg)+1, my+1, 0); err != nil {
-		if !errors.Is(err, gocui.ErrUnknownView) {
-			return err
-		}
-		v.WriteString(msg)
-	}
 	return nil
 }
 

eventMouseClick.go

@@ -9,12 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/widget"
 )
 
-// this whole things was impossible to make but it got me where I am now
+func (tk *guiWidget) doWindowClick(w int, h int) {
-// the debugging is way way better now with it being visible in the Stdout window
-// so now it's possible to redo all this and make it better
-func (tk *guiWidget) doWidgetClick(w int, h int) {
-	switch tk.node.WidgetType {
-	case widget.Window:
 	// if there is a current window, hide it
 	if me.currentWindow != nil {
 		me.currentWindow.setColor(&colorWindow)
@@ -27,7 +22,17 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) doWidgetClick(w int, h int) {
 	me.currentWindow.isCurrent = true
 	tk.active = false
 
-		tk.redrawWindow(w-2, h-2) // TODO: fix these hard coded things with offsets
+	tk.redrawWindow(w, h)
+	setThingsOnTop() // sets help, Stdout, etc on the top after windows have been redrawn
+}
+
+// this whole things was impossible to make but it got me where I am now
+// the debugging is way way better now with it being visible in the Stdout window
+// so now it's possible to redo all this and make it better
+func (tk *guiWidget) doWidgetClick(w int, h int) {
+	switch tk.node.WidgetType {
+	case widget.Window:
+		tk.doWindowClick(w, h)
 		return
 	case widget.Group:
 		/*

find.go

@@ -108,6 +108,18 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) findBG() *guiWidget {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func findWindowUnderMouse() *guiWidget {
+	w, h := me.baseGui.MousePosition()
+
+	// if the stdout window is on top, check it first
+	if me.stdout.outputOnTop {
+		if me.stdout.tk.full.inRect(w, h) {
+			return me.stdout.tk
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // returns the "highest priority widget under the mouse
 func findUnderMouse() *guiWidget {
 	w, h := me.baseGui.MousePosition()

help.go

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ var helpText []string = []string{"Help Menu",
 	"S: super mouse",
 	"M: list all widgets positions",
 	"L: list all widgets in tree",
+	"Tab: toggle through windows",
 	"q: quit()",
 	"",
 }

init.go

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func standardExit() {
 	log.Log(NOW, "standardExit() send back Quit()")
 	// go sendBackQuit() // don't stall here in case the
 	// induces a delay in case the callback channel is broken
-	log.Sleep(1)
+	time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond)
 	log.Log(NOW, "standardExit() exit()")
 	os.Exit(0)
 }

structs.go

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ type config struct {
 	stdout           stdout       // information for the STDOUT window
 	showDebug        bool         // todo: move this into config struct
 	dropdown         dropdown     // the dropdown menu
+	allwin           []*guiWidget // for tracking which window is next
 }
 
 // settings for the stdout window
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ 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:

treeAdd.go

@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ func addWidget(n *tree.Node) {
 	case widget.Dropdown:
 		nw.color = &colorDropdown
 		return
+	case widget.Textbox:
+		n.State.Label = "TEXTBOX"
+		nw.labelN = "    " + n.State.Label
+		nw.color = &colorDropdown
+		return
 	case widget.Combobox:
 		nw.color = &colorCombobox
 		return