.gitignore

@@ -5,4 +5,3 @@
 go.mod
 go.sum
 gocui
-resources/*.so

Makefile

@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 VERSION = $(shell git describe --tags)
 BUILDTIME = $(shell date +%Y.%m.%d)
 
-all: clean goimports vet gocui
-	@ldd gocui.so
+all: gocui.so
+	@#ldd gocui.so
 
-vet:
-	@GO111MODULE=off go vet
-	@echo this go plugin builds okay
-
-gocui:
-	GO111MODULE=off go build -v -x -buildmode=plugin -o gocui.so \
+gocui.so: goimports
+	GO111MODULE=off go build -v -work -buildmode=plugin -o gocui.so \
 		-ldflags "-X main.VERSION=${VERSION} -X main.BUILDTIME=${BUILDTIME} -X gui.GUIVERSION=${VERSION}"
 
 install:
@@ -23,9 +19,9 @@ custom:
 	GO111MODULE=off go build -v -work -buildmode=blah
 
 clean:
-	rm -f gocui *.so go.*
+	rm -f gocui gocui.so
 	rm -f *.pb.go *.patch
-	go-mod-clean purge
+	go-mod-clean --purge
 
 # Test the README.md & doc.go file
 # this runs pkgsite, the binary that does dev.go.dev
@@ -49,5 +45,5 @@ redomod:
 	GO111MODULE= go mod tidy
 
 proto:
-	autogenpb --proto gocuiView.proto
+	autogenpb --proto view.proto
 	make goimports

checkbox.go

@@ -9,32 +9,48 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/widget"
 )
 
-// this comes from the application
 func setChecked(n *tree.Node, b bool) {
 	if n.WidgetType != widget.Checkbox {
 	}
-
-	n.State.Checked = b
 	var tk *guiWidget
 	tk = n.TK.(*guiWidget)
 
-	tk.setCheckbox()
+	if tk.node.State.Label == "" {
+		tk.node.State.Label = "BLANK"
 	}
-
-// redraw the checkbox
-func (tk *guiWidget) setCheckbox() {
-	if tk.WidgetType() != widget.Checkbox {
-		log.Log(WARN, "setCheckbox() being run on widget:", tk.WidgetType())
-		return
-	}
-	if tk.Checked() {
-		log.Log(WARN, "setCheckbox() got true", tk.Checked())
-		tk.labelN = "X " + tk.GetLabel()
+	if tk.node.State.Checked {
+		log.Log(WARN, "setCheckbox() got true", tk.node.State.Checked)
+		tk.labelN = "X " + tk.node.State.Label
 	} else {
-		log.Log(WARN, "setCheckbox() got false", tk.Checked())
-		tk.labelN = "_ " + tk.GetLabel()
+		log.Log(WARN, "setCheckbox() got false", tk.node.State.Checked)
+		tk.labelN = "  " + tk.node.State.Label
 	}
 
 	tk.Hide()
 	tk.Show()
 }
+
+// redraw the checkbox
+func (w *guiWidget) setCheckbox() {
+	if w.node.WidgetType != widget.Checkbox {
+		log.Log(WARN, "setCheckbox() being run on widget:", w.node.WidgetType)
+		return
+	}
+	if w.node.State.Label == "" {
+		w.node.State.Label = "BLANK"
+	}
+	if w.node.State.Checked {
+		log.Log(WARN, "setCheckbox() got true", w.node.State.Checked)
+		w.labelN = "X " + w.node.State.Label
+		// w.changed = true
+	} else {
+		log.Log(WARN, "setCheckbox() got false", w.node.State.Checked)
+		w.labelN = "  " + w.node.State.Label
+		// w.changed = true
+	}
+	// t := len(w.labelN) + 3
+	// w.gocuiSize.w1 = w.gocuiSize.w0 + t
+
+	w.Hide()
+	w.Show()
+}

color.go

@@ -3,327 +3,202 @@
 
 package main
 
+// information about how terminfo works
+// https://jvns.ca/blog/2024/10/01/terminal-colours/
+
 import (
 	"math/rand"
 
 	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
+
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
-// simple colors for light and dark
+//w.v.SelBgColor = gocui.ColorCyan
+//color.go:       w.v.SelFgColor = gocui.ColorBlack
+//color.go:               w.v.BgColor = gocui.ColorGreen
 
-// information about how terminfo works
-// https://jvns.ca/blog/2024/10/01/terminal-colours/
+type colorT struct {
+	frame gocui.Attribute
+	fg    gocui.Attribute
+	bg    gocui.Attribute
+	selFg gocui.Attribute
+	selBg gocui.Attribute
+	name  string
+}
 
-// TODO: move all this to a protobuf
+var none gocui.Attribute = gocui.AttrNone
+var lightPurple gocui.Attribute = gocui.GetColor("#DDDDDD")    // light purple
+var darkPurple gocui.Attribute = gocui.GetColor("#FFAA55")     // Dark Purple
+var heavyPurple gocui.Attribute = gocui.GetColor("#88AA55")    // heavy purple
+var powdererBlue gocui.Attribute = gocui.GetColor("#B0E0E6")   // w3c 'powerder blue'
+var superLightGrey gocui.Attribute = gocui.GetColor("#55AAFF") // super light grey
+
+// Standard defined colors from gocui:
+// ColorBlack ColorRed ColorGreen ColorYellow ColorBlue ColorMagenta ColorCyan ColorWhite
+
+// v.BgColor = gocui.GetColor("#111111") // crazy red
+// v.BgColor = gocui.GetColor("#FF9911") // heavy red
+// v.SelBgColor = gocui.GetColor("#FFEE11") // blood red
+
+// v.BgColor = gocui.GetColor("#55AAFF") // super light grey
+// v.BgColor = gocui.GetColor("#FFC0CB") // 'w3c pink' yellow
+
+//	Normal Text                             On mouseover
+//
+// Widget Frame         Text              background              Text           background
+var colorWindow colorT = colorT{
+	frame: none,
+	fg:    gocui.ColorBlue,
+	bg:    none,
+	selFg: none,
+	selBg: powdererBlue,
+	name:  "normal window",
+}
+var colorActiveW colorT = colorT{none, none, powdererBlue, none, powdererBlue, "active window"}
+
+var colorTab colorT = colorT{gocui.ColorBlue, gocui.ColorBlue, none, none, powdererBlue, "normal tab"}
+var colorActiveT colorT = colorT{gocui.ColorBlue, none, powdererBlue, none, powdererBlue, "active tab"}
+
+// var colorLabel colorT = colorT{none, none, superLightGrey, none, superLightGrey, "normal label"}
+// var colorGroup colorT = colorT{none, none, superLightGrey, none, superLightGrey, "normal group"}
+
+var colorDisabled colorT = colorT{
+	frame: superLightGrey,
+	fg:    superLightGrey,
+	bg:    superLightGrey,
+	selFg: gocui.ColorBlack,
+	selBg: gocui.ColorBlack,
+	name:  "disabled widget",
+}
+
+var colorLabel colorT = colorT{
+	frame: gocui.ColorWhite,
+	fg:    none,
+	bg:    none,
+	selFg: gocui.ColorWhite,
+	selBg: none,
+	name:  "normal label",
+}
+
+var colorGroup colorT = colorT{
+	frame: none,
+	fg:    none,
+	bg:    none,
+	selFg: gocui.ColorWhite,
+	selBg: none,
+	name:  "normal label",
+}
+
+var colorButton colorT = colorT{
+	frame: gocui.ColorGreen,
+	fg:    none,
+	bg:    none,
+	selFg: gocui.ColorGreen,
+	selBg: none,
+	name:  "normal button",
+}
+
+var colorDropdown colorT = colorT{
+	frame: gocui.ColorYellow,
+	fg:    none,
+	bg:    none,
+	selFg: gocui.ColorYellow,
+	selBg: gocui.ColorBlack,
+	name:  "normal dropdown",
+}
+
+var colorCombobox colorT = colorT{
+	frame: gocui.ColorBlue,
+	fg:    none,
+	bg:    none,
+	selFg: gocui.ColorBlue,
+	selBg: gocui.ColorBlack,
+	name:  "normal combobox",
+}
+
+var colorCheckbox colorT = colorT{
+	frame: gocui.ColorRed,
+	fg:    none,
+	bg:    none,
+	selFg: gocui.ColorRed,
+	selBg: gocui.ColorBlack,
+	name:  "normal checkbox",
+}
+
+// widget debugging colors. these widgets aren't displayed unless you are debugging
+var colorRoot colorT = colorT{gocui.ColorRed, none, powdererBlue, none, gocui.ColorBlue, "debug root"}
+var colorFlag colorT = colorT{gocui.ColorRed, none, powdererBlue, none, gocui.ColorGreen, "debug flag"}
+var colorBox colorT = colorT{gocui.ColorRed, none, lightPurple, none, gocui.ColorCyan, "debug box"}
+var colorGrid colorT = colorT{gocui.ColorRed, none, lightPurple, none, gocui.ColorRed, "debug grid"}
+var colorNone colorT = colorT{none, none, none, none, none, "debug none"}
+
+// actually sets the colors for the gocui element
+// the user will see the colors change when this runs
 // TODO: add black/white only flag for ttyS0
-// TODO: fix kvm/qemu serial console & SIGWINCH.
-// TODO: check minicom (doesn't work)
-// TODO: fix riscv boards
-
-// DONE ON ENABLE() WIDGET
-// restores the last saved color and makes it active
-func (tk *guiWidget) restoreEnableColor() {
-	if tk.color == nil {
-		tk.color = new(colorT)
+// TODO: or fix kvm/qemu serial console & SIGWINCH.
+// TODO: and minicom and uboot and 5 million other things.
+// TODO: maybe enough of us could actually do that if we made it a goal.
+// TODO: start with riscv boards and fix it universally there
+// TODO: so just a small little 'todo' item here
+func (tk *guiWidget) setColor(newColor *colorT) {
+	if tk.color == newColor {
+		// nothing to do since the colors have nto changed
+		return
 	}
-	tk.color.frame = tk.colorLast.frame
-	tk.color.fg = tk.colorLast.fg
-	tk.color.bg = tk.colorLast.bg
-	tk.color.selFg = tk.colorLast.selFg
-	tk.color.selBg = tk.colorLast.selBg
-
-	tk.activateColor()
-}
-
-// DONE ON DISABLE() WIDGET
-// makes the button look disabled
-func (tk *guiWidget) setColorDisable() {
-	if tk.color == nil {
-		tk.color = new(colorT)
-	}
-	// save the current color
-	tk.color.frame = superLightGrey
-	tk.color.fg = gocui.ColorBlack
-	tk.color.bg = superLightGrey
-	tk.color.selFg = superLightGrey
-	tk.color.selBg = superLightGrey
-	tk.activateColor()
-}
-
-// sets the current gocui highlight colors
-func (tk *guiWidget) activateColor() {
+	tk.color = newColor
 	if tk.v == nil {
 		return
 	}
-	tk.v.FrameColor = tk.color.frame
-	tk.v.FgColor = tk.color.fg
-	tk.v.BgColor = tk.color.bg
-	tk.v.SelFgColor = tk.color.selFg
-	tk.v.SelBgColor = tk.color.selBg
+	if tk.color == nil {
+		// log.Log(NOW, "Set the node to color = nil")
+		tk.color = &colorNone
+	}
+	// log.Log(NOW, "Set the node to color =", tk.color.name)
+	tk.Show()
 }
 
-// saves the color and makes it active
-func (tk *guiWidget) updateColor() {
-	if tk.v == nil {
+func (w *guiWidget) disableColor() {
+	if w.color != &colorDisabled {
+		w.defaultColor = w.color
+	}
+	w.setColor(&colorDisabled)
+}
+
+func (w *guiWidget) enableColor() {
+	w.setColor(w.defaultColor)
+}
+
+func (w *guiWidget) setDefaultHighlight() {
+	if w.v == nil {
+		log.Log(ERROR, "SetColor() failed on view == nil")
 		return
 	}
-	if tk.color != nil {
-		tk.colorLast.frame = tk.color.frame
-		tk.colorLast.fg = tk.color.fg
-		tk.colorLast.bg = tk.color.bg
-		tk.colorLast.selFg = tk.color.selFg
-		tk.colorLast.selBg = tk.color.selBg
-	}
-	tk.activateColor()
+	w.v.SelBgColor = gocui.ColorGreen
+	w.v.SelFgColor = gocui.ColorBlack
 }
 
-// Below are all the colors. TODO: move to protobuf and save in a config file
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) setColorWindowFrame() {
-	if tk.color == nil {
-		tk.color = new(colorT)
-	}
-	if me.dark { // use a dark color palette
-		tk.color.frame = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.fg = gocui.ColorBlack
-		tk.color.bg = gocui.ColorBlack
-		tk.color.selFg = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.selBg = gocui.AttrNone
-	} else {
-		tk.color.frame = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.fg = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.bg = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.selFg = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.selBg = gocui.AttrNone
+func randColor() gocui.Attribute {
+	colors := []string{"Green", "#FFAA55", "Yellow", "Blue", "Red", "Black", "White"}
+	i := rand.Intn(len(colors))
+	log.Log(NOW, "randColor() i =", i)
+	return gocui.GetColor(colors[i])
 }
 
-	tk.updateColor()
+func (w *guiWidget) redoColor(draw bool) {
+	if w == nil {
+		return
 	}
 
-// weird. lots of color problems for me on debian sid using the traditional Andy Herzfield 'gnome'
-func (tk *guiWidget) setColorWindowTitleActive() {
-	if tk.color == nil {
-		tk.color = new(colorT)
-	}
-	if me.dark { // use a dark color palette
-		tk.color.frame = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.fg = gocui.ColorBlue
-		tk.color.bg = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.selFg = gocui.ColorWhite
-		tk.color.selBg = gocui.ColorBlue
-	} else {
-		tk.color.frame = gocui.ColorWhite
-		tk.color.fg = gocui.ColorWhite
-		tk.color.bg = gocui.ColorBlue
-		tk.color.selFg = gocui.ColorWhite
-		tk.color.selBg = gocui.ColorBlue
-	}
+	log.Sleep(.05)
+	w.setDefaultHighlight()
+	// w.setDefaultWidgetColor()
+	w.Show()
 
-	tk.updateColor()
+	for _, child := range w.children {
+		child.redoColor(draw)
 	}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) setColorWindowTitle() {
-	if tk.color == nil {
-		tk.color = new(colorT)
 }
-	if me.dark { // use a dark color palette
-		tk.color.frame = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.fg = gocui.ColorBlue
-		tk.color.bg = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.selFg = gocui.ColorWhite
-		tk.color.selBg = gocui.ColorBlue
-	} else {
-		tk.color.frame = gocui.ColorWhite
-		tk.color.fg = gocui.ColorBlue
-		tk.color.bg = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.selFg = gocui.ColorWhite
-		tk.color.selBg = gocui.ColorBlue
-	}
-
-	tk.updateColor()
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) setColorBG() {
-	if tk.color == nil {
-		tk.color = new(colorT)
-	}
-	if me.dark {
-		tk.color.frame = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.fg = gocui.ColorBlack
-		tk.color.bg = gocui.ColorBlack
-		tk.color.selFg = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.selBg = gocui.AttrNone
-	} else {
-		tk.color.frame = gocui.ColorWhite
-		tk.color.fg = gocui.ColorWhite
-		tk.color.bg = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.selFg = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.selBg = gocui.AttrNone
-	}
-
-	tk.updateColor()
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) setColorLabel() {
-	if tk.color == nil {
-		tk.color = new(colorT)
-	}
-	if me.dark {
-		tk.color.frame = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.fg = gocui.ColorWhite
-		tk.color.bg = gocui.ColorBlack
-		tk.color.selFg = gocui.ColorWhite
-		tk.color.selBg = gocui.AttrNone
-	} else {
-		tk.color.frame = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.fg = gocui.ColorBlack
-		tk.color.bg = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.selFg = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.selBg = gocui.ColorWhite
-	}
-
-	tk.updateColor()
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) setColorLabelTable() {
-	if tk.color == nil {
-		tk.color = new(colorT)
-	}
-	if me.dark {
-		tk.color.frame = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.fg = gocui.ColorWhite
-		tk.color.bg = gocui.ColorBlack
-		tk.color.selFg = gocui.ColorWhite
-		tk.color.selBg = gocui.AttrNone
-	} else {
-		tk.color.frame = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.fg = gocui.ColorBlack
-		tk.color.bg = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.selFg = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.selBg = gocui.ColorGreen
-	}
-
-	tk.updateColor()
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) setColorButtonDense() {
-	if tk.color == nil {
-		tk.color = new(colorT)
-	}
-	if me.dark {
-		tk.color.frame = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.fg = gocui.ColorBlue
-		tk.color.bg = gocui.ColorBlack
-		tk.color.selFg = gocui.ColorWhite
-		tk.color.selBg = gocui.ColorBlue
-	} else {
-		tk.color.frame = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.fg = gocui.ColorWhite
-		tk.color.bg = gocui.ColorBlue
-		tk.color.selFg = gocui.ColorBlue
-		tk.color.selBg = gocui.AttrNone
-	}
-
-	tk.updateColor()
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) setColorNotifyIcon() {
-	if tk.color == nil {
-		tk.color = new(colorT)
-	}
-	tk.color.frame = gocui.AttrNone
-	tk.color.fg = gocui.ColorWhite
-	tk.color.bg = gocui.ColorBlue
-	tk.color.selFg = gocui.ColorBlue
-	tk.color.selBg = gocui.AttrNone
-
-	tk.updateColor()
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) setColorButton() {
-	if tk.color == nil {
-		tk.color = new(colorT)
-	}
-	if me.dark {
-		tk.color.frame = gocui.ColorBlack
-		tk.color.fg = gocui.ColorBlue
-		tk.color.bg = gocui.ColorBlack
-		tk.color.selFg = gocui.ColorWhite
-		tk.color.selBg = gocui.ColorBlue
-	} else {
-		tk.color.frame = gocui.ColorBlue
-		tk.color.fg = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.bg = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.selFg = gocui.ColorWhite
-		tk.color.selBg = gocui.ColorBlue
-	}
-
-	tk.updateColor()
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) setColorInput() {
-	if tk.color == nil {
-		tk.color = new(colorT)
-	}
-	if me.dark {
-		tk.color.frame = gocui.ColorYellow
-		tk.color.fg = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.bg = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.selFg = gocui.ColorYellow
-		tk.color.selBg = gocui.ColorBlack
-	} else {
-		tk.color.frame = gocui.ColorYellow
-		tk.color.fg = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.bg = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.selFg = gocui.ColorYellow
-		tk.color.selBg = gocui.ColorBlack
-	}
-	tk.updateColor()
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) setColorModal() {
-	if tk.color == nil {
-		tk.color = new(colorT)
-	}
-	if me.dark {
-		tk.color.frame = gocui.ColorRed
-		tk.color.fg = gocui.ColorRed
-		tk.color.bg = gocui.ColorBlack
-		tk.color.selFg = gocui.ColorBlack
-		tk.color.selBg = gocui.AttrNone
-	} else {
-		tk.color.frame = gocui.ColorRed
-		tk.color.fg = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.bg = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.selFg = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.selBg = gocui.ColorWhite
-	}
-	tk.updateColor()
-}
-
-// what genius figured this out?
-func (tk *guiWidget) setColorTextbox() {
-	if tk.color == nil {
-		tk.color = new(colorT)
-	}
-	if me.dark {
-		tk.color.frame = gocui.ColorRed
-		tk.color.fg = gocui.ColorRed
-		tk.color.bg = gocui.ColorBlack
-		tk.color.selFg = gocui.ColorBlack
-		tk.color.selBg = gocui.AttrNone
-	} else {
-		tk.color.frame = gocui.ColorRed
-		tk.color.fg = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.bg = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.selFg = gocui.AttrNone
-		tk.color.selBg = gocui.ColorWhite
-	}
-	tk.updateColor()
-}
-
-// just notes down here
 
 // what genius figured this out?
 // originally from github.com/dimasma0305/GoFetch
@@ -344,29 +219,3 @@ func get_teminal_color_palette() string {
 
 	return color1 + " " + color2 + " " + color3 + " " + color4 + " " + color5 + " " + color6 + " " + color7 + " " + color8
 }
-
-func randColor() gocui.Attribute {
-	colors := []string{"Green", "#FFAA55", "Yellow", "Blue", "Red", "Black", "White"}
-	i := rand.Intn(len(colors))
-	log.Log(NOW, "randColor() i =", i)
-	return gocui.GetColor(colors[i])
-}
-
-var none gocui.Attribute = gocui.AttrNone
-var colorNone colorT = colorT{none, none, none, none, none, "debug none"}
-
-var lightPurple gocui.Attribute = gocui.GetColor("#DDDDDD")    // light purple
-var darkPurple gocui.Attribute = gocui.GetColor("#FFAA55")     // Dark Purple
-var heavyPurple gocui.Attribute = gocui.GetColor("#88AA55")    // heavy purple
-var powdererBlue gocui.Attribute = gocui.GetColor("#B0E0E6")   // w3c 'powerder blue'
-var superLightGrey gocui.Attribute = gocui.GetColor("#55AAFF") // super light grey
-
-// Standard defined colors from gocui:
-// ColorBlack ColorRed ColorGreen ColorYellow ColorBlue ColorMagenta ColorCyan ColorWhite
-
-// v.BgColor = gocui.GetColor("#111111") // crazy red
-// v.BgColor = gocui.GetColor("#FF9911") // heavy red
-// v.SelBgColor = gocui.GetColor("#FFEE11") // blood red
-
-// v.BgColor = gocui.GetColor("#55AAFF") // super light grey
-// v.BgColor = gocui.GetColor("#FFC0CB") // 'w3c pink' yellow

debug.go

@@ -6,101 +6,55 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 	"go.wit.com/widget"
 )
 
 func (w *guiWidget) dumpTree(s string) {
-	// log.Log(ERROR, "dump w", w.WidgetId(), w.WidgetType, w.String())
+	// log.Log(ERROR, "dump w", w.node.WidgetId, w.WidgetType, w.String())
 	if w == nil {
-		log.Log(ERROR, "dump w.TK == nil", w.WidgetId(), w.WidgetType(), w.String())
+		log.Log(ERROR, "dump w.TK == nil", w.node.WidgetId, w.WidgetType, w.String())
 		return
 	}
-	w.dumpWidget("dumpTree() " + s)
+	w.showWidgetPlacement("dumpTree() " + s)
 
 	for _, child := range w.children {
 		child.dumpTree(s)
 	}
 }
 
-func (w *guiWidget) dumpWindows(s string) {
-	// log.Log(ERROR, "dump w", w.WidgetId(), w.WidgetType, w.String())
-	if w == nil {
-		log.Log(ERROR, "dump w.TK == nil", w.WidgetId(), w.WidgetType(), w.String())
-		return
-	}
-	if w.WidgetType() == widget.Window {
-		s += fmt.Sprintf(" F(%d,%d)", w.force.w0, w.force.h0)
-		// can't set this here. doesn't work
-		// w.full.w0 = w.force.w0
-		// w.full.h0 = w.force.h0
-		w.dumpWidget("dumpWindow() " + s)
-		w.windowFrame.dumpWidget("dumpFrame() " + s)
-	}
-
-	for _, child := range w.children {
-		child.dumpWindows(s)
-	}
-}
-
-// a standard function to print out information about a widget
-func (tk *guiWidget) dumpWidget(s string) {
+func (w *guiWidget) showWidgetPlacement(s string) {
 	var s1 string
 	var pId int
-	// tk.verifyRect()
-	if tk.parent == nil {
-		log.Logf(WARN, "showWidgetPlacement() parent == nil wId=%d cuiName=%s", tk.WidgetId(), tk.cuiName)
+	if w.node.Parent == nil {
+		log.Log(INFO, "showWidgetPlacement() parent == nil", w.node.WidgetId, w.cuiName)
 		pId = 0
 	} else {
-		pId = tk.parent.WidgetId()
+		pId = w.node.Parent.WidgetId
 	}
-	s1 = fmt.Sprintf("(wId,pId)=(%4d,%4d) ", tk.WidgetId(), pId)
-	sizeW, sizeH := tk.Size()
-	hide := "S"
-	if tk.Hidden() {
-		hide = "H"
-	}
-	s1 += fmt.Sprintf("size=(%3d,%3d)%s)", sizeW, sizeH, hide)
-	if tk.Visible() {
+	s1 = fmt.Sprintf("(wId,pId)=(%4d,%4d) ", w.node.WidgetId, pId)
+	sizeW, sizeH := w.Size()
+	s1 += fmt.Sprintf("size=(%3d,%3d)", sizeW, sizeH)
+	if w.Visible() {
 		s1 += fmt.Sprintf("gocui=(%3d,%3d,%3d,%3d)",
-			tk.gocuiSize.w0, tk.gocuiSize.h0, tk.gocuiSize.w1, tk.gocuiSize.h1)
+			w.gocuiSize.w0, w.gocuiSize.h0, w.gocuiSize.w1, w.gocuiSize.h1)
 	} else {
 		s1 += fmt.Sprintf("       %3s %3s %3s %3s ", "", "", "", "")
 	}
-	s1 += fmt.Sprintf(" full=(%3d,%3d,%3d,%3d)", tk.full.w0, tk.full.h0, tk.full.w1, tk.full.h1)
-	if tk.parent != nil {
-		if tk.parent.WidgetType() == widget.Grid {
-			s1 += fmt.Sprintf("At(%3d,%3d)", tk.GridW(), tk.GridH())
-			s1 += fmt.Sprintf("(%3d,%3d) ", tk.parent.widths[tk.GridW()], tk.parent.heights[tk.GridH()])
+	if w.node.Parent != nil {
+		if w.node.Parent.WidgetType == widget.Grid {
+			s1 += fmt.Sprintf("At(%3d,%3d) ", w.node.State.AtW, w.node.State.AtH)
 		} else {
 			s1 += fmt.Sprintf("   %3s %3s  ", "", "")
-			s1 += fmt.Sprintf(" %3s %3s  ", "", "")
 		}
 	} else {
 		s1 += fmt.Sprintf("   %3s %3s  ", "", "")
 	}
 	var end string
-	if tk.WidgetType() == widget.Box {
-		end = fmt.Sprintf("%-8s %-8s %s %s", tk.WidgetType(), tk.cuiName, tk.Direction().String(), tk.String())
+	if w.node.WidgetType == widget.Box {
+		end = fmt.Sprintf("%5s %-8s %s", w.cuiName, w.node.WidgetType, w.node.State.Direction.String())
 	} else {
-		end = fmt.Sprintf("%-8s %-8s %s", tk.WidgetType(), tk.cuiName, tk.String())
+		end = fmt.Sprintf("%5s %-8s %s", w.cuiName, w.node.WidgetType, w.String())
 	}
-	if tk.node.InTable() {
-		// log.Log(GOCUI, "findParentTAble()", tk.labelN, tk.cuiName, tk.node.WidgetId)
-		end += " (table)"
-	}
-	log.Log(GOCUI, s1, s, end)
-}
-
-func printWidgetTree(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
-	me.treeRoot.ListWidgets()
-	return nil
-}
-
-func printWidgetPlacements(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
-	w := me.treeRoot.TK.(*guiWidget)
-	w.dumpTree("MM")
-	w.dumpWindows("WW")
-	return nil
+	log.Log(NOW, s1, s, end)
 }

dropdown.go

@@ -3,113 +3,198 @@
 
 package main
 
-// simulates a dropdown menu in gocui
-
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
 	log "go.wit.com/log"
 	"go.wit.com/toolkits/tree"
 	"go.wit.com/widget"
 )
 
-// create a new widget in the binary tree
-func makeNewFlagWidget(wId int) *guiWidget {
+// dropdowns don't exist so this is an attempt to pretend they exist
+// by having a fake window view in gocui that appears with the dropdown
+// items. by detecting where the user clicks, we should be
+// able to set the text of the button to that value (and
+// rezise it.
+
+// the thing is this is so damned complicated because it
+// is very hard to debug this. thanks to the floating on
+// screen debugging output I might be able to figure it
+// it out now. maybe. notsure.
+
+func makeDropdownView(ddItems string) *guiWidget {
+	newNode := addDropdown()
+	tk := newNode.TK.(*guiWidget)
+	tk.labelN = ddItems
+	tk.SetText(ddItems)
+	tk.gocuiSize.w0 = 100
+	tk.gocuiSize.w1 = 120
+	tk.gocuiSize.h0 = 15
+	tk.gocuiSize.h1 = 18
+	tk.v, _ = me.baseGui.SetView("ddview",
+		tk.gocuiSize.w0,
+		tk.gocuiSize.h0,
+		tk.gocuiSize.w1,
+		tk.gocuiSize.h1, 0)
+	if tk.v == nil {
+		return tk
+	}
+	tk.v.Wrap = true
+	tk.v.Frame = true
+	tk.v.Clear()
+	fmt.Fprint(tk.v, ddItems)
+	tk.Show()
+	return tk
+}
+
+func addDropdown() *tree.Node {
 	n := new(tree.Node)
 	n.WidgetType = widget.Flag
-	n.WidgetId = wId
+	n.WidgetId = -222
 	n.ParentId = 0
 
 	// store the internal toolkit information
 	tk := new(guiWidget)
 	tk.frame = true
+	tk.labelN = "DropBox text"
 
 	tk.node = n
-	if tk.node.Parent == nil {
-		tk.node.Parent = me.treeRoot
-	}
+	// copy the data from the action message
+	tk.node.State.Label = "DropBox"
 
 	// set the name used by gocui to the id
-	tk.cuiName = fmt.Sprintf("%d DR", wId)
+	tk.cuiName = "-1 DR"
 
-	tk.setColorInput()
+	tk.color = &colorFlag
 
 	// add this new widget on the binary tree
 	tk.parent = me.treeRoot.TK.(*guiWidget)
 	if tk.parent == nil {
-		panic("makeNewFlagWidget() didn't get treeRoot guiWidget")
+		panic("addDropdown() didn't get treeRoot guiWidget")
 	} else {
 		tk.parent.children = append(tk.parent.children, tk)
 	}
 
 	n.TK = tk
-	return tk
+	return n
 }
 
 func (tk *guiWidget) showDropdown() {
-	if me.dropdown.tk == nil {
-		// should only happen once
-		me.dropdown.tk = makeNewFlagWidget(me.dropdown.wId)
-		me.dropdown.tk.dumpWidget("init() dropdown")
-	}
-	if me.dropdown.tk == nil {
-		log.Log(GOCUI, "showDropdown() Is Broken!")
-		return
-	}
-
+	var ddItems string
 	// todo: fix this after switching to protobuf
-	me.dropdown.items = []string{} // zero out whatever was there before
+	// var items []string
+	// items = tk.node.State.Strings
+	//for i, s := range items {
+	/*
 		for i, s := range tk.node.Strings() {
-		log.Log(GOCUI, "showDropdown()", tk.String(), i, s)
-		me.dropdown.items = append(me.dropdown.items, s)
+			// log.Log(GOCUI, "showDropdown()", tk.String(), i, s)
+			ddItems += s + "\n"
 		}
-	log.Log(GOCUI, "new dropdown items should be set to:", me.dropdown.items)
+	*/
 
+	// log.Log(GOCUI, "new dropdown items should be set to:", ddItems)
+	// sizeW, sizeH := tk.Size()
+	// log.Log(GOCUI, "showDropdown() size W,H=", sizeW, sizeH)
 	startW, startH := tk.Position()
-	log.Log(GOCUI, "showDropdown() SHOWING AT W,H=", startW, startH)
-	me.dropdown.tk.Hide()
-	me.dropdown.tk.MoveToOffset(startW+3, startH+2)
-	me.dropdown.tk.labelN = strings.Join(me.dropdown.items, "\n")
-	me.dropdown.tk.Show()
-	me.dropdown.active = true
-	me.dropdown.callerTK = tk
+	// log.Log(GOCUI, "showDropdown() location W,H=", startW, startH)
+	me.dropdownV.MoveToOffset(startW+3, startH+2)
+	me.dropdownV.labelN = ddItems
+	me.dropdownV.Show()
+}
 
-	r := me.dropdown.tk.gocuiSize // set the 'full' size so that mouse clicks are sent here
-	me.dropdown.tk.full.w0 = r.w0
-	me.dropdown.tk.full.w1 = r.w1
-	me.dropdown.tk.full.h0 = r.h0
-	me.dropdown.tk.full.h1 = r.h1
+func hideDDview() error {
+	w, h := me.baseGui.MousePosition()
+	log.Log(GOCUI, "hide dropdown menu() view msgMouseDown (w,h) =", w, h)
+	if me.dropdownV == nil {
+		return gocui.ErrUnknownView
+	}
+	if me.dropdownV.v == nil {
+		return gocui.ErrUnknownView
+	}
+	me.dropdownV.SetVisible(false)
+	return nil
+}
 
-	me.dropdown.tk.dumpWidget("showDropdown()")
+func showDDview() error {
+	w, h := me.baseGui.MousePosition()
+	log.Log(GOCUI, "show dropdown menu() view msgMouseDown (w,h) =", w, h)
+	if me.dropdownV == nil {
+		return gocui.ErrUnknownView
+	}
+	if me.dropdownV.v == nil {
+		return gocui.ErrUnknownView
+	}
+	me.dropdownV.SetVisible(true)
+	return nil
 }
 
 // if there is a drop down view active, treat it like a dialog box and close it
 func (w *guiWidget) dropdownClicked(mouseW, mouseH int) string {
 	w.Hide()
-	me.dropdown.active = false
 
-	// only need height to figure out what line in the dropdown menu the user clicked
-	_, startH := w.Position()
+	startW, startH := w.Position()
+	log.Log(GOCUI, "dropdownClicked() start (w,h) =", startW, startH)
+	log.Log(GOCUI, "dropdownClicked() at    (w,h) =", mouseW, mouseH)
 
 	itemNumber := mouseH - startH
-	items := me.dropdown.items
-	// log.Log(GOCUI, "dropdownClicked() look for item", itemNumber, "len(items) =", len(items))
+	items := strings.Split(w.labelN, "\n")
+	log.Log(GOCUI, "dropdownClicked() look for item", itemNumber, "len(items) =", len(items))
 	if itemNumber < 1 {
 		return ""
 	}
 
 	if len(items) >= itemNumber {
-		// log.Log(GOCUI, "dropdownClicked() found", items[itemNumber-1])
+		log.Log(GOCUI, "dropdownClicked() found", items[itemNumber-1])
 		if items[itemNumber-1] != "" {
-			if me.dropdown.tk != nil {
-				// log.Log(GOCUI, "dropdownClicked() send event for", me.dropdownW.cuiName, me.dropdownW.node.WidgetType)
-				me.dropdown.callerTK.SetText(items[itemNumber-1])
-				me.dropdown.callerTK.node.SetCurrentS(items[itemNumber-1])
-				me.myTree.SendUserEvent(me.dropdown.callerTK.node)
+			if me.dropdownW != nil {
+				log.Log(GOCUI, "dropdownClicked() send event for", me.dropdownW.cuiName, me.dropdownW.WidgetType)
+				me.dropdownW.SetText(items[itemNumber-1])
+				me.dropdownW.node.SetCurrentS(items[itemNumber-1])
+				me.myTree.SendUserEvent(me.dropdownW.node)
 			}
 		}
 		return items[itemNumber-1]
 	}
 	return ""
 }
+
+var dtoggle bool = false // temporarily tracking show & hide
+var doffset int = 5      // how many spaces over the dropdown menu should be from the mouse
+
+func dropdownUnclicked(w, h int) {
+	var d *guiWidget
+
+	if me.dropdownV == nil {
+		log.Log(GOCUI, "mouseUp() dropdownV = nil")
+		return
+	}
+
+	// examine everything under X & Y on the screen)
+	for _, tk := range findByXY(w, h) {
+		// log.Log(GOCUI, fmt.Sprintf("findByXY() (dropdown)  %-8s wId=%4d at (%3d,%3d) %s", tk.WidgetType, tk.node.WidgetId, w, h, tk.node.String()))
+		if tk.WidgetType == widget.Dropdown {
+			d = tk
+		}
+	}
+	if d == nil {
+		// log.Log(GOCUI, fmt.Sprintf("dropdownUnclicked() there was no dropdown widget at (w=%d h=%d)", mouseW, mouseH))
+		return
+	}
+	// log.Log(GOCUI, "dropdownUnclicked()", d.node.Strings(), "end. now try to enable me.dropdownV")
+	dtext := strings.Join(d.node.Strings(), "\n")
+	tk := me.dropdownV
+	if dtoggle {
+		log.Log(GOCUI, "dropdownUnclicked() set visible=false")
+		tk.Hide()
+		dtoggle = false
+		tk.SetText("goodbye")
+	} else {
+		log.Log(GOCUI, "dropdownUnclicked() set visible=true")
+		tk.MoveToOffset(w+doffset, h)
+		tk.SetText(dtext)
+		tk.Show()
+		dtoggle = true
+	}
+}

eventBindings.go

@@ -4,67 +4,54 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
+	"go.wit.com/widget"
 )
 
+//    THIS IS A STANDARD.
+
 // register how the 'gocui' will work as a GO toolkit plugin
 // all applications will use these keys. they are universal.
 
 // tells 'gocui' where to send events
 func registerHandlers(g *gocui.Gui) {
-	defer func() {
-		if r := recover(); r != nil {
-			log.Info("EVENT BINDINGS recovered in r", r)
-			return
-		}
-	}()
+	keyForced, modForced := gocui.MustParse("ctrl+z") // setup ctrl+z
 
 	// mouse handlers
 	g.SetKeybinding("", gocui.MouseLeft, gocui.ModNone, mouseDown)     // normal left mouse down
 	g.SetKeybinding("", gocui.MouseLeft, gocui.ModMouseCtrl, ctrlDown) // mouse with the ctrl key held down
 	g.SetKeybinding("", gocui.MouseRelease, gocui.ModNone, mouseUp)    // mouse button release
-	g.SetKeybinding("", gocui.MouseWheelUp, gocui.ModNone, wheelsUp)     // mouse button release
-	g.SetKeybinding("", gocui.MouseWheelDown, gocui.ModNone, wheelsDown) // mouse button release
 
 	// Ctrl key handlers
 	g.SetKeybinding("", gocui.KeyCtrlC, gocui.ModNone, doExit)        // CTRL-C : exits the application
 	g.SetKeybinding("", gocui.KeyCtrlV, gocui.ModNone, doPanic)       // CTRL-V : force a panic()
 	g.SetKeybinding("", gocui.KeyCtrlD, gocui.ModNone, openDebuggger) // CTRL-D : open the (D)ebugger
-	keyForced, modForced := gocui.MustParse("ctrl+z")                 // setup ctrl+z
 	g.SetKeybinding("", keyForced, modForced, handle_ctrl_z)          // CTRL-Z :cleverly let's you background gocui (breaks cursor mouse on return)
-	g.SetKeybinding("", gocui.KeyEsc, gocui.ModNone, doEsc)           // escape key
 
 	// regular keys
-	g.SetKeybinding("", 'H', gocui.ModNone, theHelp)                  // 'H' toggles on and off the help menu
-	g.SetKeybinding("", 'O', gocui.ModNone, theStdout)                // 'O' toggle the STDOUT window
-	g.SetKeybinding("", 'D', gocui.ModNone, theDarkness)              // 'D' toggles light/dark mode
+	g.SetKeybinding("", '?', gocui.ModNone, theHelp)       // '?' toggles on and off the help menu
+	g.SetKeybinding("", 'w', gocui.ModNone, doWindow)      // 'w' close all windows
+	g.SetKeybinding("", 'r', gocui.ModNone, widgetRefresh) // 'r' screen refresh
 	g.SetKeybinding("", 'q', gocui.ModNone, doExit)        // 'q' exit
-	g.SetKeybinding("", gocui.KeyTab, gocui.ModNone, tabCycleWindows) // '2' use this to test new ideas
-
-	// stdout keys
-	g.SetKeybinding("", gocui.KeyPgup, gocui.ModNone, stdoutPgup)           // Pgup scroll up the Stdout buffer
-	g.SetKeybinding("", gocui.KeyPgdn, gocui.ModNone, stdoutPgdn)           // Pgdn scroll down the Stdout buffer
-	g.SetKeybinding("", gocui.KeyHome, gocui.ModNone, stdoutHome)           // Pgdn scroll down the Stdout buffer
-	g.SetKeybinding("", gocui.KeyArrowUp, gocui.ModNone, stdoutArrowUp)     // Pgdn scroll down the Stdout buffer
-	g.SetKeybinding("", gocui.KeyArrowDown, gocui.ModNone, stdoutArrowDown) // Pgdn scroll down the Stdout buffer
 
 	// debugging
-	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
-	g.SetKeybinding("", 'L', gocui.ModNone, printWidgetTree)       // 'L' list all widgets in tree view
 	g.SetKeybinding("", 'f', gocui.ModNone, theFind)             // 'f' shows what is under your mouse
+	g.SetKeybinding("", 'S', gocui.ModNone, setSuperMouse)       // 'S' Super Mouse mode!
+	g.SetKeybinding("", 'h', gocui.ModNone, theHide)             // 'h' hide all widgets
+	g.SetKeybinding("", 'M', gocui.ModNone, dumpWidgetPlacement) // 'M' list all widgets with positions
+	g.SetKeybinding("", 'L', gocui.ModNone, dumpWidgets)         // 'L' list all widgets in tree view
 	g.SetKeybinding("", 'd', gocui.ModNone, theLetterD)          // 'd' toggles on and off debugging buttons
-	g.SetKeybinding("", 'r', gocui.ModNone, reverseStdout)         // 'r' turns scrolling of STDOUT upside down
+	g.SetKeybinding("", '2', gocui.ModNone, theNotsure)          // '2' for testing new ideas
 	g.SetKeybinding("", 'q', gocui.ModNone, quit)                // 'q' only exits gocui. plugin stays alive (?)
 }
 
-// flips on 'super mouse' mode  // this was awesome for debugging gocui. never remove this code.
+// flips on 'super mouse' mode
 // while this is turned on, it will print out every widget found under the mouse
-func theSuperMouse(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+func setSuperMouse(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	if me.supermouse {
 		log.Log(GOCUI, "supermouse off")
 		me.supermouse = false
@@ -75,80 +62,26 @@ func theSuperMouse(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// use this to test code ideas // put whatever you want here and hit '2' to activate it
+// use this to test code ideas
 func theNotsure(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
-	log.Info("got to theNotsure(). now what? dark =", me.dark)
-	me.refresh = true
-	log.Info("running VerifyParentId()")
-	me.treeRoot.VerifyParentId()
-	/*
-		if me.debug {
-			log.Info("debugging off")
-			me.debug = false
-		} else {
-			log.Info("debugging on")
-			me.debug = true
+	log.Info("got keypress 2. now what?")
+	w, h := g.MousePosition()
+	for _, tk := range findByXY(w, h) {
+		if tk.WidgetType == widget.Stdout {
+			log.Log(GOCUI, fmt.Sprintf("findByXY() '2' key  %-8s wId=%4d at (%3d,%3d) %s", tk.WidgetType, tk.node.WidgetId, w, h, tk.node.String()))
+			log.Info("skipping stdout")
+			continue
 		}
-		win := findWindowUnderMouse()
-		if win != nil {
-			win.dumpWidget("found() win. redrawing window:")
-			win.makeWindowActive()
-		}
-	*/
-	return nil
-}
-
-func theDarkness(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
-	if me.dark {
-		me.dark = false
-		log.Info("you have seen the light")
-	} else {
-		me.dark = true
-		log.Info("you have entered into darkness (you may need to trigger SIGWINCH)")
-		log.Info("or maybe open a new window. notsure. This obviously isn't finished.")
-		log.Info("submit patches to this and you will definitely get free cloud credits at WIT")
+		log.Log(GOCUI, fmt.Sprintf("findByXY() HIDDING  %-8s wId=%4d at (%3d,%3d) %s", tk.WidgetType, tk.node.WidgetId, w, h, tk.node.String()))
+		tk.Hide()
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
-func wheelsUp(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
-	stdoutWheelsUp()
-	return nil
-}
-
-func wheelsDown(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
-	stdoutWheelsDown()
-	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()
-	}
-	tk := findNextWindow()
-	if tk == nil {
-		log.Info("findNextWindow() err. returned nil")
-		return nil
-	}
-	tk.makeWindowActive()
-	return nil
-}
-
-func doEsc(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
-	log.Info("got escape key")
-	if me.dropdown.active {
-		me.dropdown.tk.Hide()
-		me.dropdown.active = false
-		log.Info("escaped from dropdown")
-		me.baseGui.SetCurrentView(me.notify.clock.tk.cuiName)
-	}
-	if me.textbox.active {
-		me.textbox.tk.Hide()
-		me.textbox.active = false
-		log.Info("escaped from textbox")
-		me.baseGui.SetCurrentView(me.notify.clock.tk.cuiName)
-	}
+func theHide(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+	var w *guiWidget
+	w = me.treeRoot.TK.(*guiWidget)
+	w.hideWidgets()
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -168,6 +101,32 @@ func doPanic(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	log.Log(GOCUI, "do panic() here")
 	standardClose()
 	panic("forced panic in gocui")
+	return nil
+}
+
+func dumpWidgets(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+	me.treeRoot.ListWidgets()
+
+	tk := me.logStdout.TK.(*guiWidget)
+	// msg := fmt.Sprintf("test out kb %d\n", ecount)
+	// tk.Write([]byte(msg))
+	if tk == nil {
+		log.Log(ERROR, "tk = nil")
+	}
+	if tk.v == nil {
+		log.Log(ERROR, "tk.v = nil")
+	} else {
+		log.Log(ERROR, "setting log.CaptureMode(tk.v)")
+		log.Log(ERROR, "setting log.CaptureMode(tk.v)")
+		log.CaptureMode(tk)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func dumpWidgetPlacement(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+	w := me.treeRoot.TK.(*guiWidget)
+	w.dumpTree("MM")
+	return nil
 }
 
 func openDebuggger(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
@@ -178,22 +137,7 @@ func openDebuggger(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 func theFind(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	w, h := g.MousePosition()
 	for _, tk := range findByXY(w, h) {
-		// tk.v.BgColor = gocui.ColorGreen
-		tk.dumpWidget("theFind()")
-		// tk.verifyRect()
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func reverseStdout(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
-	if me.stdout.reverse {
-		me.stdout.reverse = false
-		log.Info("stdout scrolling normal")
-	} else {
-		me.stdout.reverse = true
-		log.Info("stdout scrolling is reversed. this is sometimes useful when you")
-		log.Info("only need to see a few most recent lines and have the STDOUT window")
-		log.Info("take up minimal realestate at the bottom of your window")
+		log.Log(GOCUI, fmt.Sprintf("findByXY() 'f' key  %-8s wId=%4d at (%3d,%3d) %s", tk.WidgetType, tk.node.WidgetId, w, h, tk.node.String()))
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -209,24 +153,39 @@ func theLetterD(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 
 	fakeStartWidth = me.FakeW
 	fakeStartHeight = me.TabH + me.FramePadH
-	if me.showDebug {
+	if showDebug {
 		showFake()
-		me.showDebug = false
+		showDebug = false
 	} else {
 		hideFake()
-		me.showDebug = true
+		showDebug = true
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
 func theHelp(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
-	if me.showHelp {
-		log.Info("Show the help!")
-		showHelp()
-	} else {
-		log.Info("Hide the help!")
-		hideHelp()
+	if showHelp {
+		helplayout()
+		showHelp = false
+		if me.dropdownV == nil {
+			me.dropdownV = makeDropdownView("addWidget() ddview")
 		}
+		me.dropdownV.Show()
+	} else {
+		me.baseGui.DeleteView("help")
+		showHelp = true
+		me.dropdownV.Hide()
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func widgetRefresh(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+	log.Log(GOCUI, "todo: refresh windows here")
+	return nil
+}
+
+func doWindow(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+	log.Log(GOCUI, "todo: close all windows here")
 	return nil
 }
 

eventBindingsStdout.go

@@ -1,131 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-
-	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
-	"go.wit.com/log"
-	"go.wit.com/toolkits/tree"
-)
-
-func theStdout(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
-	// me.stdout.pager = 0
-	infos := fmt.Sprintf("pager=%d len(%d) ", me.stdout.pager, len(me.stdout.outputS))
-	infos += fmt.Sprintf("last(%d,%d)", me.stdout.lastW, me.stdout.lastH)
-	me.stdout.changed = true
-
-	if me.stdout.outputOnTop {
-		if me.stdout.outputOffscreen {
-			me.stdout.outputOffscreen = false
-			log.Info("stdout moved off screen", infos)
-			me.stdout.lastW = me.stdout.tk.gocuiSize.w0
-			me.stdout.lastH = me.stdout.tk.gocuiSize.h0
-			relocateStdoutOffscreen()
-			new1 := new(tree.ToolkitConfig)
-			new1.Plugin = "gocui"
-			new1.Name = "stdoutoffscreen"
-			new1.Value = "true"
-			me.myTree.ConfigSave(new1)
-			return nil
-		} else {
-			me.stdout.outputOffscreen = true
-			log.Info("stdout moved on  screen", infos)
-			new1 := new(tree.ToolkitConfig)
-			new1.Plugin = "gocui"
-			new1.Name = "stdoutoffscreen"
-			new1.Value = "false"
-			me.myTree.ConfigSave(new1)
-		}
-		// move the stdout window back onscreen
-		me.stdout.tk.relocateStdout(me.stdout.lastW, me.stdout.lastH)
-		me.stdout.outputOnTop = false
-		setThingsOnTop()
-		new1 := new(tree.ToolkitConfig)
-		new1.Plugin = "gocui"
-		new1.Name = "stdoutlevel"
-		new1.Value = "bottom"
-		me.myTree.ConfigSave(new1)
-	} else {
-		me.stdout.outputOnTop = true
-		setThingsOnTop()
-		new1 := new(tree.ToolkitConfig)
-		new1.Plugin = "gocui"
-		new1.Name = "stdoutlevel"
-		new1.Value = "top"
-		me.myTree.ConfigSave(new1)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func stdoutPgup(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
-	me.stdout.pager -= me.stdout.Height() - 2
-	if me.stdout.pager < 0 {
-		me.stdout.pager = 0
-	}
-	tk := me.stdout.tk
-	tk.refreshStdout()
-	return nil
-}
-
-func stdoutHome(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
-	me.stdout.pager = 0
-	me.stdout.tk.refreshStdout()
-	return nil
-}
-
-func stdoutArrowUp(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
-	if me.stdout.reverse {
-		stdoutWheelsDown()
-	} else {
-		stdoutWheelsUp()
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func stdoutArrowDown(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
-	if me.stdout.reverse {
-		stdoutWheelsUp()
-	} else {
-		stdoutWheelsDown()
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func stdoutPgdn(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
-	win := findWindowUnderMouse()
-	if win != nil {
-		if win.full.Height() > 50 {
-			log.Info("paging through really large window pager =", win.window.pager)
-			win.window.pager += 10
-			return nil
-		}
-	}
-	me.stdout.pager += 10
-
-	tk := me.stdout.tk
-	tk.refreshStdout()
-	return nil
-}
-
-// scrolling up with the mouse wheel (or trackpad)
-func stdoutWheelsUp() {
-	// log.Info("private wheels up")
-	me.stdout.pager -= 2
-	if me.stdout.pager < 0 {
-		me.stdout.pager = 0
-	}
-	me.stdout.tk.refreshStdout()
-}
-
-// scrolling down with the mouse wheel (or trackpad)
-func stdoutWheelsDown() {
-	// log.Info("you've landed")
-	me.stdout.pager += 2
-	if me.stdout.pager > len(me.stdout.outputS) {
-		me.stdout.pager = len(me.stdout.outputS)
-	}
-	me.stdout.tk.refreshStdout()
-}

eventGocui.go

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 // Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
 
+// Copyright 2014 The gocui Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
 package main
 
 import (
@@ -8,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
+
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
@@ -19,10 +24,36 @@ import (
 // This is equivalent to the linux command xev (apt install x11-utils)
 func gocuiEvent(g *gocui.Gui) error {
 	me.ecount += 1
+	maxX, maxY := g.Size()
+	mx, my := g.MousePosition()
+	log.Verbose("handleEvent() START", maxX, maxY, mx, my, msgMouseDown)
+	if _, err := g.View("msg"); msgMouseDown && err == nil {
+		moveMsg(g)
+	}
+	if widgetView, _ := g.View("msg"); widgetView == nil {
+		log.Log(NOW, "handleEvent() create output widget now", maxX, maxY, mx, my)
+		makeOutputWidget(g, "this is a create before a mouse click")
+		if me.logStdout != nil {
+			// setOutput(me.logStdout)
+			// me.logStdout.Write("test out")
+			w := me.logStdout.TK.(*guiWidget)
+			msg := fmt.Sprintf("test out gocuiEvent() %d\n", me.ecount)
+			w.Write([]byte(msg))
+			// log.CaptureMode(w)
+			log.Log(NOW, "logStdout test out")
+		}
+	} else {
+		log.Verbose("output widget already exists", maxX, maxY, mx, my)
+	}
 	mouseMove(g)
+	log.Verbose("handleEvent() END  ", maxX, maxY, mx, my, msgMouseDown)
 	return nil
 }
 
+func dragOutputWindow() {
+	log.Log(GOCUI, "todo: make dragOutputWindow")
+}
+
 // turns off the frame on the global window
 func setFrame(b bool) {
 	// TODO: figure out what this might be useful for
@@ -40,36 +71,6 @@ func quit(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	return gocui.ErrQuit
 }
 
-func (tk *guiWidget) SetView() error {
-	if me.baseGui == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("me.baseGui == nil")
-	}
-
-	r := new(rectType)
-	r.w0 = tk.gocuiSize.w0
-	r.h0 = tk.gocuiSize.h0
-	r.w1 = tk.gocuiSize.w1
-	r.h1 = tk.gocuiSize.h1
-
-	return tk.SetViewRect(r)
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) SetViewRect(r *rectType) error {
-	if me.baseGui == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("me.baseGui == nil")
-	}
-
-	var err error
-	tk.v, err = me.baseGui.SetView(tk.cuiName, r.w0, r.h0, r.w1, r.h1, 0)
-	if err != nil {
-		if !errors.Is(err, gocui.ErrUnknownView) {
-			log.Log(ERROR, "SetView() global failed on name =", tk.cuiName)
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 func SetView(name string, x0, y0, x1, y1 int, overlaps byte) *gocui.View {
 	if me.baseGui == nil {
 		log.Log(ERROR, "SetView() ERROR: me.baseGui == nil")

eventMouse.go

@@ -1,74 +1,151 @@
 // Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
 
+// NOTE: our code is under the GPL, not BSD
+
+// note by jcarr@wit.com in 2025: this is one of the coolest
+// things ever what this does. I've tried to improve
+// it while I've been working on making a gocui
+// GO plugin so it can be generalized as a useful
+// console interface. Well done everyone that has
+// contributed to this gocui project !!!
+
+// Copyright 2014 The gocui Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
 package main
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
 
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
+// this function uses the mouse position to highlight & unhighlight things
+// this is run every time the user moves the mouse over the terminal window
+func mouseMove(g *gocui.Gui) {
+	mx, my := g.MousePosition()
+
+	w := mx
+	h := my
+
+	if me.supermouse {
+		for _, tk := range findByXY(w, h) {
+			log.Log(GOCUI, fmt.Sprintf("findByXY() mouseMove() %s wId=%d cuiName=%s at (%d,%d)", tk.WidgetType, tk.node.WidgetId, tk.cuiName, w, h))
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, view := range g.Views() {
+		view.Highlight = false
+	}
+	if v, err := g.ViewByPosition(mx, my); err == nil {
+		v.Highlight = true
+	}
+}
+
+// I think this lets me drag the debugging window
+func msgDown(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+	initialMouseX, initialMouseY = g.MousePosition()
+
+	w := initialMouseX
+	h := initialMouseY
+
+	for _, tk := range findByXY(w, h) {
+		log.Log(GOCUI, fmt.Sprintf("findByXY() msgDown() %s wId=%d cuiName=%s at (%d,%d)", tk.WidgetType, tk.node.WidgetId, tk.cuiName, w, h))
+	}
+
+	// debugging output
+	// log.Log(GOCUI, "msgDown() X,Y", initialMouseX, initialMouseY)
+
+	//
+	vx, vy, _, _, err := g.ViewPosition("msg")
+	if err == nil {
+		xOffset = initialMouseX - vx
+		yOffset = initialMouseY - vy
+		msgMouseDown = true
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func mouseUp(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+	w, h := g.MousePosition()
+
 	// useful to debug everything that is being clicked on
 	/*
 		for _, tk := range findByXY(w, h) {
-			tk.dumpWidget("mouseUp()")
+			log.Log(GOCUI, fmt.Sprintf("findByXY() mouseUp() %s wId=%d cuiName=%s at (%d,%d)", tk.WidgetType, tk.node.WidgetId, tk.cuiName, w, h))
 		}
 	*/
 
-	me.mouse.mouseUp = true
-	me.mouse.currentDrag = nil
+	dropdownUnclicked(w, h)
 
-	if me.mouse.double && (time.Since(me.mouse.down) < me.mouse.doubletime) {
-		me.mouse.double = false
-		doMouseDoubleClick(me.mouse.downW, me.mouse.downH)
+	if msgMouseDown {
+		msgMouseDown = false
+		if movingMsg {
+			movingMsg = false
 			return nil
+		} else {
+			g.DeleteView("msg")
 		}
-	me.mouse.double = false
-
-	if time.Since(me.mouse.down) < me.mouse.clicktime {
-		doMouseClick(me.mouse.downW, me.mouse.downH)
+	} else if globalMouseDown {
+		globalMouseDown = false
+		g.DeleteView("globalDown")
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
+// func isMouseInMsg
+
 // this is where you have to figure out what
 // widget was underneath so you can active
 // the right response for the toolkit user's app
 func mouseDown(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
-	if me.mouse.mouseUp {
-		if time.Since(me.mouse.down) < me.mouse.doubletime {
-			me.mouse.double = true
-		}
-		me.mouse.mouseUp = false
-		me.mouse.down = time.Now()
-		w, h := g.MousePosition()
-		me.mouse.downW = w
-		me.mouse.downH = h
+	mx, my := g.MousePosition()
 
-		win := findWindowUnderMouse()
-		if win != nil {
-			w, h := g.MousePosition()
-			s := fmt.Sprintf("mouse(%d,%d) ", w, h)
-			offW := win.full.w1 - w
-			offH := win.full.h1 - h
-			s += fmt.Sprintf("corner(%d,%d)", offW, offH)
-			if (offW < 3) && (offH < 3) {
-				log.Info("attempting resize on ", s, win.cuiName)
-				me.mouse.resize = true
-				// store the stdout corner for computing the drag size
-				me.stdout.lastW = me.stdout.tk.gocuiSize.w0
-				me.stdout.lastH = me.stdout.tk.gocuiSize.h0
-			} else {
-				// log.Info("mouse down resize off", s)
-				me.mouse.resize = false
+	var found bool = false
+	for _, tk := range findByXY(mx, my) {
+		log.Log(GOCUI, fmt.Sprintf("findByXY() mouseDown() %s wId=%d cuiName=%s at (%d,%d)", tk.WidgetType, tk.node.WidgetId, tk.cuiName, mx, my))
+		found = true
 	}
-			win.setAsDragging()
+	if !found {
+		log.Log(GOCUI, fmt.Sprintf("findByXY() mouseDown() found nothing at (%d,%d)", mx, my))
 	}
+
+	vx0, vy0, vx1, vy1, err := g.ViewPosition("msg")
+	if err == nil {
+		if mx >= vx0 && mx <= vx1 && my >= vy0 && my <= vy1 {
+			return msgDown(g, v)
+		}
+	}
+	globalMouseDown = true
+
+	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

@@ -4,158 +4,119 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+
 	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 	"go.wit.com/widget"
 )
 
-func (tk *guiWidget) doButtonClick() {
-	if tk.IsEnabled() {
-		tk.dumpWidget("click()") // enable this to debug widget clicks
-		me.myTree.SendFromUser(tk.node)
-	} else {
-		log.Info("button is currently disabled by the application")
-		// tk.dumpWidget("disabled()") // enable this to debug widget clicks
-	}
+// 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.WidgetType {
+	case widget.Window:
+		// if there is a current window, hide it
+		if me.currentWindow != nil {
+			me.currentWindow.setColor(&colorWindow)
+			me.currentWindow.hideWidgets()
+			me.currentWindow.isCurrent = false
 		}
 
-// handles a mouse click
-func doMouseClick(w int, h int) {
-	// Flag widgets (dropdown menus, etc) are the highest priority. ALWAYS SEND MOUSE CLICKS THERE FIRST
-	// handle an open dropdown menu or text entry window first
-	if me.dropdown.active || me.textbox.active {
-		// can't drag or do anything when dropdown or textbox are visible
-		for _, tk := range findByXY(w, h) {
-			if tk.WidgetId() == me.dropdown.wId {
-				log.Info("got dropdown click", w, h, tk.cuiName)
-				tk.dropdownClicked(w, h)
-				return
-			}
-			if tk.WidgetId() == me.textbox.wId {
-				log.Info("got textbox click", w, h, tk.cuiName)
-				textboxClosed()
-				return
-			}
-		}
-		log.Info("a dropdown or textbox is active. you can't click anywhere else (otherwise hit ESC)", w, h)
-		return
-	}
+		// now set this window as the current window
+		me.currentWindow = tk
+		me.currentWindow.isCurrent = true
 
-	win := findWindowUnderMouse()
-	if win == nil {
-		log.Log(INFO, "click() nothing was at:", w, h)
-		log.Log(INFO, "click() check if", w, h, "is the libnotify icon")
-		if me.notify.icon.tk != nil && me.notify.icon.tk.gocuiSize.inRect(w, h) {
-			log.Log(GOCUI, "click() is libnotify.icon!")
-			if me.notify.icon.active {
-				log.Info("show notify.icon here")
-				setNotifyIconText("[X]")
-				me.notify.icon.active = false
+		// draw the current window
+		tk.setColor(&colorActiveW)
+		tk.DrawAt(3, 2)
+		tk.placeWidgets(3, 2) // compute the sizes & places for each widget
+		tk.active = false
+		tk.showWidgets()
+	case widget.Group:
+		if tk.active {
+			tk.active = false
+			tk.placeWidgets(tk.startW, tk.startH)
+			tk.showWidgets()
 		} else {
-				log.Info("hide notify.icon here")
-				setNotifyIconText("[ ]")
-				me.notify.icon.active = true
-			}
-			return
-		}
-		if me.notify.clock.tk != nil && me.notify.clock.tk.gocuiSize.inRect(w, h) {
-			log.Log(GOCUI, "click() is the clock!")
-			if me.showHelp {
-				log.Info("show help")
-				showHelp()
-			} else {
-				log.Info("hide help")
-				hideHelp()
-			}
-			return
-		}
-		return
-	}
-	if !win.isWindowActive() {
-		win.makeWindowActive()
-		return
-	} else {
-		// potentally the user is closing the window
-		if win.checkWindowClose(w, h) {
-			return
+			tk.active = true
+			for _, child := range tk.children {
+				child.hideWidgets()
 			}
 		}
-
-	// look in this window for widgets
-	// widgets have priority. send the click here first
-	for _, tk := range win.findByXYreal(w, h) {
-		switch tk.WidgetType() {
 	case widget.Checkbox:
-			if tk.Checked() {
+		if tk.node.State.Checked {
 			log.Log(WARN, "checkbox is being set to false")
-				tk.SetChecked(false)
+			tk.node.State.Checked = false
 			tk.setCheckbox()
 		} else {
 			log.Log(WARN, "checkbox is being set to true")
-				tk.SetChecked(true)
+			tk.node.State.Checked = true
 			tk.setCheckbox()
 		}
 		me.myTree.SendUserEvent(tk.node)
-			return
+	case widget.Grid:
+		newR := tk.realGocuiSize()
+
+		// w,h := n.logicalSize()
+		// w := newR.w1 - newR.w0
+		// h := newR.h1 - newR.h0
+
+		tk.placeGrid(newR.w0, newR.h0)
+		tk.showWidgets()
+	case widget.Box:
+		if tk.node.State.Direction == widget.Horizontal {
+			log.Log(GOCUI, "BOX IS HORIZONTAL", tk.String())
+		} else {
+			log.Log(GOCUI, "BOX IS VERTICAL", tk.String())
+		}
+		tk.placeWidgets(tk.startW, tk.startH)
+		tk.toggleTree()
 	case widget.Button:
-			tk.doButtonClick()
-			return
+		// doUserEvent(n)
+		me.myTree.SendFromUser(tk.node)
 	case widget.Combobox:
+		log.Log(GOCUI, "do the combobox here")
 		tk.showDropdown()
-			return
+		me.dropdownW = tk
 	case widget.Dropdown:
+		log.Log(GOCUI, "do the dropdown here")
 		tk.showDropdown()
-			return
-		case widget.Textbox:
-			log.Log(WARN, "TODO: textbox click")
-			tk.prepTextbox()
-			return
-		case widget.Label:
-			if tk.node.InTable() {
-				if tk.node.State.AtH == 0 {
-					log.Log(NOW, "todo: sort by column here")
-					tk.dumpWidget("sort")
-				}
-			}
-			return
+		me.dropdownW = tk
 	default:
-			// TODO: enable the GUI debugger in gocui
-			// tk.dumpWidget("undef click()") // enable this to debug widget clicks
-		}
+		log.Log(GOCUI, fmt.Sprintf("findByXY() blank click() %s wId=%d cuiName=%s at (%d,%d)", tk.WidgetType, tk.node.WidgetId, tk.cuiName, w, h))
 	}
 }
 
-// todo: use this?
-func ctrlDown(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
-	log.Info("todo: clicked with ctrlDown")
+// sends the mouse click to a widget underneath
+func click(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+	mouseW, mouseH := me.baseGui.MousePosition()
+
+	w := mouseW
+	h := mouseH
+
+	for _, tk := range findByXY(w, h) {
+		// will show you everything found on a mouse click. great for debugging!
+		// log.Log(GOCUI, fmt.Sprintf("findByXY() click() %s wId=%d cuiName=%s at (%d,%d)", tk.WidgetType, tk.node.WidgetId, tk.cuiName, w, h))
+		if tk.WidgetType == widget.Stdout {
+			// don't send clicks to the stdout debugging window
+			continue
+		}
+		tk.doWidgetClick(w, h)
 		return nil
 	}
 
-func doMouseDoubleClick(w int, h int) {
-	me.mouse.double = false
-	// log.Printf("actually a double click (%d,%d)", w, h)
-
-	if me.dropdown.active || me.textbox.active {
-		// can't drag or do anything when dropdown or textbox are visible
-		log.Info("can't double click. dropdown or textbox is active")
-		return
-	}
-
-	for _, tk := range findByXY(w, h) {
-		if tk.WidgetType() == widget.Window {
-			tk.makeWindowActive()
-			return
-		}
-
-		if tk.WidgetType() == widget.Stdout {
-			if me.stdout.outputOnTop {
-				me.stdout.outputOnTop = false
-				setThingsOnTop()
-			} else {
-				me.stdout.outputOnTop = true
-				setThingsOnTop()
-			}
-			return
-		}
+	log.Log(GOCUI, "click() nothing was at:", v.Name(), mouseW, mouseH)
+	return nil
+	/*
+		// not sure what SetCurrentView() does right now. it was here before
+		// SetCurrentView dies if it's sent an non-existent view
+		if _, err := g.SetCurrentView(v.Name()); err != nil {
+			log.Log(GOCUI, "click() END v.Name =", v.Name(), "err =", err)
+			// return err // return causes gocui.MainLoop() to exit. Do we ever want that to happen here?
+			return nil
 		}
+	*/
+	return nil
 }

eventMouseDrag.go

@@ -1,136 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
-
-// 2025 note by jcarr:
-// this is one of the coolest things ever worked with.
-// Personally, I've been working on making a gocui GO plugin
-// so I can use it as a generalized console GUI toolkit.
-//
-// Well done everyone that has contributed to this gocui project !!!
-// I am in your debt. Happy hacking & peace.
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
-	log "go.wit.com/log"
-	"go.wit.com/widget"
-)
-
-// this function uses the mouse position to highlight & unhighlight things
-// this is run every time the user moves the mouse over the terminal window
-func mouseMove(g *gocui.Gui) {
-	// this runs while the user moves the mouse. this highlights text
-	// toggle off all highlight views except for whatever is under the mouse
-	// START HIGHLIGHTING
-	for _, view := range g.Views() {
-		view.Highlight = false
-	}
-	w, h := g.MousePosition()
-	// TODO: try to highlight entire grid rows
-	if v, err := g.ViewByPosition(w, h); err == nil {
-		// block anything from highlighting while a dialog box is open
-		if me.dropdown.active || me.textbox.active {
-			if me.dropdown.tk != nil && me.dropdown.tk.v == v {
-				v.Highlight = true
-			}
-			if me.textbox.tk != nil && me.textbox.tk.v == v {
-				v.Highlight = true
-			}
-		} else {
-			v.Highlight = true
-		}
-	}
-
-	// old hack. create the 'msg' view if it does not yet exist
-	// TODO: put this somewhere more correct
-	if widgetView, _ := g.View("msg"); widgetView == nil {
-		me.stdout.changed = true
-		if createStdout(g) {
-			return
-		}
-		return
-	}
-
-	// END HIGHLIGHTING
-
-	// Super Mouse Mode. very useful for debugging in the past. also, just fun
-	if me.supermouse {
-		w, h := g.MousePosition()
-		for _, tk := range findByXY(w, h) {
-			s := fmt.Sprintf("SM (%3d,%3d)", w, h)
-			tk.dumpWidget(s)
-		}
-	}
-
-	if me.mouse.mouseUp {
-		return
-	}
-	// EVERYTHING BELOW THIS IS RELATED TO MOUSE DRAGGING
-
-	// has the mouse been pressed down long enough to start dragging?
-	if time.Since(me.mouse.down) < me.mouse.clicktime {
-		// not dragging
-		return
-	}
-
-	if me.dropdown.active || me.textbox.active {
-		// can't drag
-		return
-	}
-
-	// drag whatever was set to drag
-	if me.mouse.currentDrag != nil {
-		// me.mouse.currentDrag.dumpWidget(fmt.Sprintf("MM (%3d,%3d)", w, h))
-		me.mouse.currentDrag.moveNew()
-		return
-	}
-	log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("gocui gui toolkit plugin error. nothing to drag at (%d,%d)", w, h))
-	return
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) setAsDragging() {
-	me.mouse.currentDrag = tk
-	tk.lastW = tk.gocuiSize.w0
-	tk.lastH = tk.gocuiSize.h0
-}
-
-// this is how the window gets dragged around
-func (tk *guiWidget) moveNew() {
-	w, h := me.baseGui.MousePosition()
-	if tk.WidgetType() == widget.Window {
-		tk.window.wasDragged = true
-
-		// compute the new location based off how far the mouse has moved
-		// since the mouse button was pressed down
-		tk.gocuiSize.w0 = tk.lastW + w - me.mouse.downW
-		tk.gocuiSize.h0 = tk.lastH + h - me.mouse.downH
-		tk.makeWindowActive()
-		return
-	}
-
-	if tk.WidgetType() == widget.Stdout {
-		if me.mouse.resize {
-			newW := w - me.stdout.lastW
-			newH := h - me.stdout.lastH
-			me.stdout.w = newW
-			me.stdout.h = newH
-			// log.Info("Resize true", w, h, newW, newH)
-			// me.stdout.lastW = w - me.stdout.mouseOffsetW
-			// me.stdout.lastH = h - me.stdout.mouseOffsetH
-			tk.relocateStdout(me.stdout.lastW, me.stdout.lastH)
-		} else {
-			// compute the new location based off how far the mouse has moved
-			// since the mouse button was pressed down
-			newW := tk.lastW + w - me.mouse.downW
-			newH := tk.lastH + h - me.mouse.downH
-			tk.relocateStdout(newW, newH)
-			// log.Info("Resize false", w, h, newW, newH)
-		}
-		setThingsOnTop() // sets help, Stdout, etc on the top after windows have been redrawn
-		me.stdout.changed = true
-	}
-}

find.go

@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"slices"
-
 	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
-	log "go.wit.com/log"
 	"go.wit.com/widget"
 )
 
@@ -30,189 +27,97 @@ func findByXY(w int, h int) []*guiWidget {
 	rootW := me.treeRoot.TK.(*guiWidget)
 
 	// this searches the binary tree recursively (function is right below)
-	return rootW.findByXYreal(w, h)
-}
-
-func (r rectType) inRect(w int, h int) bool {
-	if (r.w0 <= w) && (w <= r.w1) && (r.h0 <= h) && (h <= r.h1) {
-		return true
-	}
-	return false
+	return findByXYreal(rootW, w, h)
 }
 
 // this checks a widget to see if it is under (W,H), then checks the widget's children
 // anything that matches is passed back as an array of widgets
-func (tk *guiWidget) findByXYreal(w int, h int) []*guiWidget {
+func findByXYreal(widget *guiWidget, w int, h int) []*guiWidget {
 	var widgets []*guiWidget
 
-	//	if !tk.Visible() {
+	if !widget.Visible() {
 		// ignore widgets that are not visible
-	//	} else {
+	} else {
 
 		// check the location to see if this is under (W,H)
 		// if it is, return this widget
-	// if (tk.gocuiSize.w0 <= w) && (w <= tk.gocuiSize.w1) &&
-	// 	(tk.gocuiSize.h0 <= h) && (h <= tk.gocuiSize.h1) {
-	//		if tk.gocuiSize.inRect(w, h) {
-	//			widgets = append(widgets, tk)
-	//		} else {
-	// if (tk.full.w0 <= w) && (w <= tk.full.w1) &&
-	// 	(tk.full.h0 <= h) && (h <= tk.full.h1) {
-	if tk.full.inRect(w, h) {
-		widgets = append(widgets, tk)
+		if (widget.gocuiSize.w0 <= w) && (w <= widget.gocuiSize.w1) &&
+			(widget.gocuiSize.h0 <= h) && (h <= widget.gocuiSize.h1) {
+			widgets = append(widgets, widget)
+			// log.Log(GOCUI, "findByXY() found", widget.WidgetType, w, h)
+		}
 	}
-	// log.Log(GOCUI, "findByXY() found", widget.WidgetType(), w, h)
-	//		}
-	//	}
-	// tk.verifyRect()
 
 	// search through the children widgets in the binary tree
-	for _, child := range tk.children {
-		widgets = append(widgets, child.findByXYreal(w, h)...)
+	for _, child := range widget.children {
+		widgets = append(widgets, findByXYreal(child, w, h)...)
 	}
 
 	return widgets
 }
 
-// returns all the windows from the root of the binary tree
-func findWindows() []*guiWidget {
-	rootW := me.treeRoot.TK.(*guiWidget)
-	return rootW.findWindows()
-}
-
-// walk the binary tree looking for WidgetType == Window
-func (tk *guiWidget) findWindows() []*guiWidget {
-	var found []*guiWidget
-
-	if tk.WidgetType() == widget.Window {
-		found = append(found, tk)
-	}
-
-	for _, child := range tk.children {
-		found = append(found, child.findWindows()...)
-	}
-	return found
-}
-
-// used by gocui.TabKey to rotate through the windows
-func findNextWindow() *guiWidget {
-	var found bool
-	if len(me.allwin) == 0 {
-		return nil
-	}
-	for _, tk := range me.allwin {
-		if tk.window.active {
-			found = true
-			continue
-		}
-		if found {
-			return tk
-		}
-	}
-	// at the end, loop to the beginning
-	return me.allwin[0]
-}
-
-// find the window under the mouse and only the window under the mouse
-func findWindowUnderMouse() *guiWidget {
+// returns the "highest priority widget under the mouse
+func findUnderMouse() *guiWidget {
 	w, h := me.baseGui.MousePosition()
 
-	if len(me.allwin) != len(findWindows()) {
-		me.allwin = findWindows()
-	}
+	widgets := findByXY(w, h)
 
-	// if the stdout window is on top, check it first
-	if me.stdout.outputOnTop {
-		if me.stdout.tk.full.inRect(w, h) {
-			// log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("findWindowUnderMouse() found %s stdout on top (%dx%d)", me.stdout.tk.cuiName, w, h))
-			return me.stdout.tk
+	// search through all the widgets that were below the mouse click
+	var found *guiWidget
+	for _, w := range widgets {
+		// prioritize window buttons. This means if some code covers
+		// up the window widgets, then it will ignore everything else
+		// and allow the user (hopefully) to redraw or switch windows
+		// TODO: display the window widgets on top
+		if w.WidgetType == widget.Window {
+			return w
 		}
 	}
 
-	// now check if the active window is below the mouse
-	for _, tk := range me.allwin {
-		if tk.window.active {
-			if tk.full.inRect(w, h) {
-				// log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("findWindowUnderMouse() found %s active window (%dx%d)", tk.cuiName, w, h))
-				return tk
+	// return anything else that is interactive
+	for _, w := range widgets {
+		if w.WidgetType == widget.Button {
+			return w
 		}
+		if w.WidgetType == widget.Combobox {
+			return w
 		}
+		if w.WidgetType == widget.Checkbox {
+			return w
 		}
-
-	// 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
-	})
-
-	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))
-			return win
+		w.showWidgetPlacement("findUnderMouse() found something unknown")
+		found = w
 	}
-	}
-
-	// okay, no window. maybe the stdout is there?
-	if me.stdout.tk.full.inRect(w, h) {
-		// log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("findWindowUnderMouse() found %s stdout (%dx%d)", me.stdout.tk.cuiName, w, h))
-		return me.stdout.tk
-	}
-
-	// geez. nothing! maybe auto return stdout?
-	log.Info("findWindowUnderMouse() no window found at", w, h)
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) findParentWindow() *guiWidget {
-	if tk.WidgetType() == widget.Window {
-		return tk
-	}
-	if tk.parent == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	return tk.parent.findParentWindow()
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) findWidgetByName(name string) *guiWidget {
-	if tk.cuiName == name {
-		return tk
-	}
-	for _, child := range tk.children {
-		found := child.findWidgetByName(name)
-		if found != nil {
+	// maybe something else was found
 	return found
 }
-	}
-	return nil
-}
 
-func (tk *guiWidget) findWidgetByView(v *gocui.View) *guiWidget {
-	if tk.v == v {
-		return tk
-	}
-	if tk.cuiName == v.Name() {
-		log.Log(NOW, "findWidget() error. names are mismatched or out of sync", tk.cuiName)
-		log.Log(NOW, "findWidget() or maybe the view has been deleted")
-		// return tk
-	}
-	for _, child := range tk.children {
-		found := child.findWidgetByView(v)
-		if found != nil {
-			return found
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
+// panics. todo: fix ctrl-mouse click?
+// find the widget under the mouse click
+func ctrlDown(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+	var found *guiWidget
+	// var widgets []*node
+	// var f func (n *node)
+	found = findUnderMouse()
+	if me.ctrlDown == nil {
+		setupCtrlDownWidget()
 
-func (tk *guiWidget) findWidgetById(id int) *guiWidget {
-	if tk.WidgetId() == id {
-		return tk
-	}
-	for _, child := range tk.children {
-		found := child.findWidgetById(id)
-		if found != nil {
-			return found
+		var tk *guiWidget
+		tk = me.ctrlDown.TK.(*guiWidget)
+		tk.labelN = found.String()
+		tk.cuiName = "ctrlDown"
+		// me.ctrlDown.parent = me.rootNode
 	}
+	var tk *guiWidget
+	tk = me.ctrlDown.TK.(*guiWidget)
+	if found == nil {
+		found = me.treeRoot.TK.(*guiWidget)
 	}
+	tk.labelN = found.String()
+	newR := found.realGocuiSize()
+	tk.gocuiSize.w0 = newR.w0
+	tk.gocuiSize.h0 = newR.h0
+	tk.gocuiSize.w1 = newR.w1
+	tk.gocuiSize.h1 = newR.h1
 	return nil
 }

help.go

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The gocui Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
 
-// Prior Copyright 2014 The gocui Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
-	log "go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
 /*
@@ -23,41 +22,30 @@ import (
 	// possible with gocui. it doesn't seem to work for me
 */
 
-var helpText []string = []string{"Help Menu",
+var helpText []string = []string{"KEYBINDINGS",
 	"",
-	"Tab     toggle through windows",
-	"'O'     toggle STDOUT",
-	"'H'     toggle this gocui menu",
-	"'D'     toggle light/dark mode",
-	"CTRL-z  background to shell",
-	"CTRL-c  quit()",
+	"?: toggle zhelp",
+	"S: super mouse",
+	"M: list all widgets positions",
+	"L: list all widgets in tree form",
+	"d: toggle debugging",
+	"s/h: show/hide all widgets",
+
+	"q: quit()",
+	"p: panic()",
+	"o: show Stdout",
+	"l: log to /tmp/witgui.log",
+	"Ctrl-D: Toggle Debugging",
+	"Ctrl-V: Toggle Verbose Debugging",
+	"Ctrl-C: Exit",
 	"",
-	"Debugging:",
-	"'S'     Supermouse mode",
-	"'M'     list all widget positions",
-	"'L'     list all widgets in tree",
-	"<Pgup>  scroll up the STDOUT window",
-	"<Pgdn>  scroll down the STDOUT window",
-	"'r'     reverse STDOUT scrolling",
 }
 
-func hideHelp() {
-	if me.showHelp {
-		log.Info("help is already down")
-		me.showHelp = true
-		return
-	}
-	me.showHelp = true
+func hidehelplayout() {
 	me.baseGui.DeleteView("help")
 }
 
-func showHelp() error {
-	if !me.showHelp {
-		log.Info("help is already up")
-		me.showHelp = false
-		return nil
-	}
-	me.showHelp = false
+func helplayout() error {
 	g := me.baseGui
 	var err error
 	maxX, _ := g.Size()
@@ -69,18 +57,17 @@ func showHelp() error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	a := maxX - (newW + me.FramePadW)
-	b := me.notify.help.offsetH
-	c := maxX - 1
-	d := me.notify.help.offsetH + len(helpText) + me.FramePadH
-
-	help, err := g.SetView("help", a, b, c, d, 0)
+	help, err := g.SetView("help", maxX-(newW+me.FramePadW), 0, maxX-1, len(helpText)+me.FramePadH, 0)
 	if err != nil {
 		if !errors.Is(err, gocui.ErrUnknownView) {
 			return err
 		}
 		help.SelBgColor = gocui.ColorGreen
 		help.SelFgColor = gocui.ColorBlack
+		// fmt.Fprintln(help, "Enter: Click Button")
+		// fmt.Fprintln(help, "Tab/Space: Switch Buttons")
+		// fmt.Fprintln(help, "Backspace: Delete Button")
+		// fmt.Fprintln(help, "Arrow keys: Move Button")
 
 		fmt.Fprintln(help, strings.Join(helpText, "\n"))
 
@@ -88,21 +75,6 @@ func showHelp() error {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
-	g.SetViewOnTop("help")
 	me.helpLabel = help
-
-	/*
-		if me.treeRoot == nil {
-			log.Info("gogui makeClock() error. treeRoot == nil")
-			return nil
-		} else {
-			if me.stdout.tk == nil {
-				makeOutputWidget(me.baseGui, "made this in showHelp()")
-				msg := fmt.Sprintf("test to stdout from in showHelp() %d\n", me.ecount)
-				me.stdout.Write([]byte(msg))
-				log.Log(NOW, "log.log(NOW) test")
-			}
-		}
-	*/
 	return nil
 }

init.go

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+//gjcarro:pjcarrlugin
 // Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
 
@@ -9,14 +10,8 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"runtime"
 	"runtime/debug"
-	"runtime/pprof"
-	"strconv"
-	"strings"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
@@ -27,231 +22,143 @@ import (
 var VERSION string
 var BUILDTIME string
 
-var PLUGIN string = "gocui"
-
-// this is called at the very initial connection
-// between the app and this gocui plugin
-// this is a good place to initialize gocui's default behavior
-func toolkitInit() {
-	log.Log(INFO, "gocui toolkitInit() me.ok =", me.ok)
-	if me.baseGui == nil {
-		log.Info("gocui baseGui is still nil")
-		standardExit()
-	}
-	if me.treeRoot == nil {
-		log.Info("gocui treeRoot is still nil")
-		standardExit()
-	}
-	// w := me.treeRoot.TK.(*guiWidget)
-	// w.dumpTree("MM")
-	// w.dumpWindows("WW")
-
-	// SETUP HELP START
-	me.baseGui.Update(testRefresh)
-	log.Log(INFO, "gocui toolkitInit() trying showHelp() me.ok =", me.ok)
-	showHelp()
-	hideHelp()
-	// SETUP HELP END
-
-	// SETUP STDOUT START
-	if me.stdout.tk == nil {
-		makeOutputWidget(me.baseGui, "from setThingsOnTop()")
-	}
-
-	// time.Sleep(300 * time.Millisecond)
-	log.Log(INFO, "gocui toolkitInit() me.ok =", me.ok)
-	me.baseGui.Update(testRefresh)
-	if !me.stdout.init {
-		log.Log(INFO, "gocui toolkitInit() stdout.Init me.ok =", me.ok)
-		me.stdout.init = true
-		relocateStdoutOffscreen()
-	}
-	// time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
-	me.stdout.outputOnTop = false
-	setThingsOnTop()
-	// SETUP STDOUT END
-
-	// SETUP BG
-	if me.BG.tk == nil {
-		me.BG.tk = makeNewInternalWidget(me.BG.wId)
-	}
-
-	// SETUP libnotify clock and menu
-	me.notify.clock.once.Do(makeNotifyClock)
-	me.notify.icon.once.Do(makeNotifyIcon)
-
-	// TODO: for some reason, this makes the background doesn't display
-	// PUT INIT DEBUG COOE HERE
-	var toggle bool
-	for i := 0; i < 4; i++ {
-		// enable this to show early debugging
-		// w := me.treeRoot.TK.(*guiWidget)
-		// w.dumpTree("MM")
-		// w.dumpWindows("WW")
-
-		time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
-		if toggle {
-			toggle = false
-			// log.Info("gocui toolkitInit() put testing true stuff here")
-		} else {
-			toggle = true
-			// log.Info("gocui toolkitInit() put testing false stuff here")
-		}
-		setBottomBG()
-	}
-	// PUT INIT DEBUG COOE HERE END
-
-	// TEST TEXTBOX START
-	// time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
-	log.Log(INFO, "gocui toolkitInit() me.ok =", me.ok)
-	me.baseGui.Update(testRefresh)
-	if me.textbox.tk == nil {
-		log.Log(INFO, "gocui toolkitInit() initTextbox me.ok =", me.ok)
-		initTextbox()
-	}
-	// TEST TEXTBOX END
-}
-
-func toolkitClose() {
+func queueToolkitClose() {
 	me.baseGui.Close()
 }
 
-// a GO GUI plugin should initTree in init()
-// this should be done before the application
-// starts trying to open up a channel
-func init() {
-	me.myTree = initTree()
-
+func queueSetChecked(n *tree.Node, b bool) {
+	setChecked(n, b)
 }
 
 // sets defaults and establishes communication
 // to this toolkit from the wit/gui golang package
-func initPlugin() {
+func init() {
+	log.Log(INFO, "Init() of awesome-gocui")
+
+	// init the config struct default values
+	Set(&me, "default")
+
+	// Set(&me, "dense")
+
+	me.myTree = tree.New()
+	me.myTree.PluginName = "gocui"
+
+	me.myTree.NodeAction = newaction
+	me.myTree.Add = newAdd
+	me.myTree.SetTitle = newSetTitle
+	me.myTree.SetLabel = newSetLabel
+	me.myTree.SetText = newSetText
+	me.myTree.AddText = newAddText
+	me.myTree.SetChecked = queueSetChecked
+	me.myTree.ToolkitClose = queueToolkitClose
+
+	log.Log(NOW, "Init() start pluginChan")
+	log.Sleep(.1) // probably not needed, but in here for now under development
+	go mainGogui()
+	log.Sleep(.1) // probably not needed, but in here for now under development
+}
+
+func standardExit() {
+	log.Log(NOW, "standardExit() doing baseGui.Close()")
+	me.baseGui.Close()
+	log.Log(NOW, "standardExit() doing outf.Close()")
+	outf.Close()
+	// log(true, "standardExit() setOutput(os.Stdout)")
+	// setOutput(os.Stdout)
+	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)
+	log.Log(NOW, "standardExit() exit()")
+	os.Exit(0)
+}
+
+func standardClose() {
+	log.Log(NOW, "standardExit() doing baseGui.Close()")
+	me.baseGui.Close()
+	log.Log(NOW, "standardExit() doing outf.Close()")
+	outf.Close()
+	os.Stdin = os.Stdin
+	os.Stdout = os.Stdout
+	os.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	log.Log(NOW, "standardExit() send back Quit()")
+}
+
+var outf *os.File
+
+func main() {
+}
+
+var origStdout *os.File
+var origStderr *os.File
+
+func mainGogui() {
 	defer func() {
 		if r := recover(); r != nil {
-			fmt.Fprintf(me.outf, "PANIC: initPlugin() recovered %v\n", r)
+			log.Warn("YAHOOOO Recovered in guiMain application:", r)
+			log.Warn("Recovered from panic:", r)
+			me.baseGui.Close()
+			log.CaptureMode(nil)
+			log.Warn("YAHOOOO Recovered in guiMain application:", r)
+			log.Warn("Recovered from panic:", r)
+			me.myTree.SendToolkitPanic()
+
 			return
 		}
 	}()
 
 	var err error
 
-	// read in defaults from config protobuf
-	if val, err := me.myTree.ConfigFind("stdout"); err == nil {
-		if val == "true" {
-			me.stdout.startOnscreen = true
-			// me.stdout.Write([]byte("starting with stdout onscreen\n"))
-		}
-		if val == "disable" {
-			log.Log(INFO, "gocui: attempt to COMPLETELY DISABLE STDOUT LOG")
-			me.stdout.disable = true
-		}
-	}
-	if val, err := me.myTree.ConfigFind("stdoutoffscreen"); err == nil {
-		if val == "false" {
-			// log.Log(NOW, "gocui: START ON SCREEN TRUE")
-			me.stdout.startOnscreen = true
-		}
-	}
-	if val, err := me.myTree.ConfigFind("dark"); err == nil {
-		if val == "true" {
-			me.dark = true
-		}
-	} else {
-		// macos iterm2 really only works with dark mode right now
-		if runtime.GOOS == "macos" {
-			me.dark = true
-		}
-	}
-	// todo: make this a tmp file that goes away
-	if !me.stdout.disable {
-		tmpFile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "gocui-*.log")
+	outf, err = os.OpenFile("/tmp/captureMode.log", os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND, 0666)
 	if err != nil {
-			fmt.Println("Error creating temp file:", err)
-			standardExit()
+		log.Error(err, "error opening file: %v")
+		os.Exit(0)
 	}
-		// defer os.Remove(tmpFile.Name())
+	origStdout = os.Stdout
+	os.Stdout = outf
+	defer outf.Close()
 
-		log.Log(INFO, "stdout.disable == true. writing to", tmpFile.Name())
-		me.outf = tmpFile
-		// todo: some early output still goes to the /tmp/ file
-		//time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond)
-		log.CaptureMode(me.stdout)
-	}
-	me.starttime = time.Now()
-	log.Log(INFO, "Init() of awesome-gocui")
+	log.CaptureMode(outf)
 
-	// init the config struct default values
-	Set(&me, "default")
-
-	// initial app window settings
-
-	// initial stdout window settings
-	me.stdout.w = 180
-	me.stdout.h = 40
-	me.stdout.lastW = 4
-	me.stdout.lastH = 20
-
-	if val, err := me.myTree.ConfigFind("stdoutsize"); err == nil {
-		parts := strings.Fields(val)
-		if len(parts) == 4 {
-			log.Info("initial stdout settings:", parts, "setting startOnscreen = true")
-			me.stdout.w, _ = strconv.Atoi(parts[0])
-			me.stdout.h, _ = strconv.Atoi(parts[1])
-			me.stdout.lastW, _ = strconv.Atoi(parts[2])
-			me.stdout.lastH, _ = strconv.Atoi(parts[3])
-			me.stdout.startOnscreen = true
-		} else {
-			log.Info("initial stdout settings parse error:", parts)
-		}
+	gocuiMain()
 }
 
-	// just make up unique values for these
-	me.dropdown.wId = -77
-	me.textbox.wId = -55
-	me.stdout.wId = -4
-	me.BG.wId = -22
+// This initializes the gocui package
+// it runs SetManagerFunc which passes every input
+// event (keyboard, mouse, etc) to the function "gocuiEvent()"
+func gocuiMain() {
+	defer func() {
+		if r := recover(); r != nil {
+			log.Warn("YAHOOOO Recovered in gocuiMain()", r)
+			log.Warn("Recovered from panic:", r)
+			me.baseGui.Close()
 
-	// the clock widget id and offset
-	me.notify.clock.wId = -5
-	me.notify.clock.offsetW = 13
-	me.notify.clock.offsetH = 1
+			// allow gocui to close if possible, then print stack
+			log.Sleep(1)
+			os.Stdout = origStdout
+			os.Stderr = origStderr
+			me.myTree.SendToolkitPanic()
+			log.Warn("Stack trace:")
+			debug.PrintStack()
+			// panic("BUMMER 2")
 
-	me.notify.icon.wId = -6
-	me.notify.icon.offsetW = 4
-	me.notify.icon.offsetH = 1
-
-	me.notify.help.wId = -7
-	me.notify.help.offsetH = 3
-
-	Set(&me.dropdown, "default")
-	// s := fmt.Sprintln("fake default check =", me.FakeW, "dropdown.Id", me.dropdown.Id)
-	// me.stdout.Write([]byte(s))
-
-	me.mouse.mouseUp = true
-	me.mouse.clicktime = time.Millisecond * 200
-	me.mouse.doubletime = time.Millisecond * 400
-
-	me.newWindowTrigger = make(chan *guiWidget, 1)
-	go newWindowTrigger()
-	go refreshGocui()
-
-	log.Log(NOW, "Init() start pluginChan")
-	if me.stdout.disable {
-		log.Info("Using STDOUT")
-	} else {
-		log.Info("Using gocui STDOUT")
-		os.Stdout = me.outf
-		log.CaptureMode(me.outf)
-	}
-
-	// init gocui
-	g, err := gocui.NewGui(gocui.OutputNormal, true)
-	if err != nil {
-		os.Exit(-1)
+			// attempt to switch to the nocui toolkit
+			log.Sleep(1)
+			me.myTree.SendToolkitLoad("nocui")
+			log.Sleep(3)
+			me.myTree.SendToolkitLoad("nocui")
+			// panic("BUMMER")
 			return
 		}
+	}()
+	g, err := gocui.NewGui(gocui.OutputNormal, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	defer g.Close()
+
 	me.baseGui = g
+
 	g.Cursor = true
 	g.Mouse = true
 
@@ -262,203 +169,18 @@ func initPlugin() {
 
 	// register how the 'gocui' will work as a GO toolkit plugin
 	// all applications will use these keys. they are universal.
-	// registered event handlers still have the events sent to gocuiEvent() above
 	registerHandlers(g)
-
-	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
-
-	if me.outf != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintln(me.outf, "hello world", time.Since(me.starttime))
+	/*
+		if err := defaultKeybindings(g); err != nil {
+			// normally panic here
+			log.Log(NOW, "defaultKeybindings(g) panic err =", err)
+			panic("gocuiTKdefaultkeybindings OOPS")
 		}
+	*/
 
-	// coreStdout()
-	// createStdout(g)
-	// tell 'tree' that we are okay to start talking to
-	me.myTree.InitOK()
-	me.ok = true // this tells init() it's okay to work with gocui
-
-	go gocuiMain()
-}
-
-// This goroutine sits in gocui's MainLoop()
-func gocuiMain() {
-	defer func() {
-		if r := recover(); r != nil {
-			log.Warn("PANIC ecovered in gocuiMain()", r)
-			if me.outf == nil {
-				debug.PrintStack()
-				pprof.Lookup("goroutine").WriteTo(os.Stdout, 1)
-				panic(os.Stdout)
-			} else {
-				fmt.Fprintf(me.outf, "PANIC recovered in r = %v", r)
-				os.Stderr = me.outf
-				os.Stdout = me.outf
-				debug.PrintStack()
-				pprof.Lookup("goroutine").WriteTo(me.outf, 1)
-				panic(me.outf)
-			}
-		}
-	}()
-
-	// me.stdout.Write([]byte("begin gogui.MainLoop()\n"))
-	if err := me.baseGui.MainLoop(); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, gocui.ErrQuit) {
+	if err := g.MainLoop(); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, gocui.ErrQuit) {
 		log.Log(NOW, "g.MainLoop() panic err =", err)
 		// normally panic here
 		panic("gocuiTKmainloop OOPS")
 	}
 }
-
-func standardExit() {
-	log.Log(NOW, "standardExit() doing baseGui.Close()")
-	me.baseGui.Close()
-	if me.outf != nil {
-		log.Log(NOW, "standardExit() doing outf.Close()")
-		me.outf.Close()
-		os.Remove(me.outf.Name())
-	}
-	// log(true, "standardExit() setOutput(os.Stdout)")
-	// setOutput(os.Stdout)
-	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
-	time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond)
-	log.Log(NOW, "standardExit() exit()")
-	os.Exit(0)
-}
-
-func standardClose() {
-	log.Log(NOW, "standardExit() doing baseGui.Close()")
-	me.baseGui.Close()
-	log.Log(NOW, "standardExit() doing outf.Close()")
-	me.outf.Close()
-	os.Remove(me.outf.Name())
-	// os.Stdin = os.Stdin
-	// os.Stdout = os.Stdout
-	// os.Stderr = os.Stderr
-	log.Log(NOW, "standardExit() send back Quit()")
-}
-
-func main() {
-}
-
-// this hack is to wait for the application to send something
-// before trying to do anything. todo: rethink this someday
-func waitOK() {
-	for {
-		if me.ok {
-			return
-		}
-		time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
-	}
-}
-
-// this hack is to wait for the application to send something
-// before trying to do anything. todo: rethink this someday
-func waitFirstWindow() {
-	for {
-		if me.firstWindowOk {
-			return
-		}
-		time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
-	}
-}
-
-// empty function. this triggers gocui to refresh the screen
-func testRefresh(*gocui.Gui) error {
-	// log.Info("in testRefresh")
-	return nil
-}
-
-// refresh the screen 10 times a second
-func refreshGocui() {
-	defer func() {
-		if r := recover(); r != nil {
-			if me.outf == nil {
-				log.Info("INIT PLUGIN recovered in r", r)
-			} else {
-				fmt.Fprintln(me.outf, "INIT PLUGIN recovered in r", r)
-			}
-			return
-		}
-	}()
-	var lastRefresh time.Time
-	lastRefresh = time.Now()
-	me.refresh = false
-	for {
-		time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
-		// log.Info("refresh checking ok")
-		if !me.ok {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		// redraw the windows if something has changed
-		if time.Since(lastRefresh) > 1000*time.Millisecond {
-			if me.refresh {
-				log.Log(NOW, "newWindowTrigger() sending refresh to channel")
-				me.newWindowTrigger <- me.treeRoot.TK.(*guiWidget)
-				me.refresh = false
-			}
-			if me.stdout.changed {
-				me.stdout.changed = false
-				lastRefresh = time.Now()
-				new1 := new(tree.ToolkitConfig)
-				new1.Plugin = "gocui"
-				new1.Name = "stdoutsize"
-				width := me.stdout.tk.gocuiSize.w1 - me.stdout.tk.gocuiSize.w0
-				height := me.stdout.tk.gocuiSize.h1 - me.stdout.tk.gocuiSize.h0
-				new1.Value = fmt.Sprintf("%d %d %d %d", width, height, me.stdout.tk.gocuiSize.w0, me.stdout.tk.gocuiSize.h0)
-				me.myTree.ConfigSave(new1)
-				// log.Log(NOW, "newWindowTrigger() gocui setting stdout size =", new1.Value)
-				// me.stdout.tk.dumpWidget("save")
-			}
-		}
-
-		// this code updates the clock
-		if time.Since(lastRefresh) > 1000*time.Millisecond {
-			// artificially pause clock while dragging.
-			// this is a reminder to make this refresh code smarter
-			// after the switch to protocol buffers
-			me.myTree.Lock()
-			if me.mouse.mouseUp {
-				// log.Info("refresh now on mouseUp")
-				// todo: add logic here to see if the application has changed anything
-				libNotifyUpdate()
-				lastRefresh = time.Now()
-			} else {
-				if time.Since(lastRefresh) > 3*time.Second {
-					libNotifyUpdate()
-					lastRefresh = time.Now()
-				}
-			}
-			me.myTree.Unlock()
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-// set the widget start width & height
-
-func newWindowTrigger() {
-	// log.Log(NOW, "newWindowTriggerl() START")
-	for {
-		// log.Log(NOW, "GO plugin toolkit made a new window")
-		select {
-		case tk := <-me.newWindowTrigger:
-			// log.Log(NOW, "newWindowTrigger() got new window", tk.cuiName)
-			// time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond)
-			waitOK()
-			me.myTree.Lock()
-			// time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond)
-			redoWindows(me.FirstWindowW, me.FirstWindowH)
-			me.firstWindowOk = true
-			if !me.stdout.init {
-				me.stdout.init = true
-				relocateStdoutOffscreen()
-			}
-			if me.textbox.tk == nil {
-				initTextbox()
-			}
-			tk.makeWindowActive()
-			me.myTree.Unlock()
-		}
-	}
-}

libnotify.go

@@ -1,295 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
-
-// this file implements a libnotify-like menu
-// also there is SIGWINCH resizing
-package main
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
-	log "go.wit.com/log"
-	"go.wit.com/toolkits/tree"
-	"go.wit.com/widget"
-)
-
-// create a new widget in the binary tree
-func makeNewInternalWidget(wId int) *guiWidget {
-	if me.treeRoot == nil {
-		log.Info("GOGUI Init ERROR. treeRoot == nil")
-		return nil
-	}
-	n := new(tree.Node)
-	n.WidgetType = widget.Flag
-	n.WidgetId = wId
-	n.ParentId = 0
-
-	// store the internal toolkit information
-	tk := new(guiWidget)
-	tk.frame = true
-
-	tk.node = n
-	tk.node.Parent = me.treeRoot
-
-	// set the name used by gocui to the id
-	tk.cuiName = fmt.Sprintf("%d DR", wId)
-
-	tk.setColorInput()
-
-	// add this new widget on the binary tree
-	tk.parent = me.treeRoot.TK.(*guiWidget)
-	if tk.parent == nil {
-		panic("makeNewFlagWidget() didn't get treeRoot guiWidget")
-	} else {
-		tk.parent.children = append(tk.parent.children, tk)
-	}
-
-	n.TK = tk
-	return tk
-}
-
-func makeNotifyClock() {
-	if me.treeRoot == nil {
-		log.Info("gogui makeClock() error. treeRoot == nil")
-		return
-	}
-	me.notify.clock.tk = makeNewInternalWidget(me.notify.clock.wId)
-	// me.notify.clock.tk.dumpWidget("init() clock")
-	me.notify.clock.tk.MoveToOffset(0, 0)
-	me.notify.clock.tk.labelN = time.Now().Format("15:04:05")
-	me.notify.clock.tk.frame = false
-	me.notify.clock.tk.setColorLabel()
-	me.notify.clock.tk.Show()
-	me.notify.clock.active = true
-	// me.notify.clock.tk.dumpWidget("notifyClock()")
-
-}
-
-func makeNotifyIcon() {
-	if me.treeRoot == nil {
-		log.Info("gogui makeClock() error. treeRoot == nil")
-		return
-	}
-	me.notify.icon.tk = makeNewInternalWidget(me.notify.icon.wId)
-	// me.notify.icon.tk.dumpWidget("init() menu")
-	w, _ := me.baseGui.Size()
-	me.notify.icon.tk.MoveToOffset(w-5, me.notify.icon.offsetH)
-	me.notify.icon.tk.labelN = "[ ]"
-	me.notify.icon.tk.frame = false
-	me.notify.icon.tk.setColorNotifyIcon()
-	me.notify.icon.tk.Show()
-	me.notify.icon.active = true
-	// me.notify.icon.tk.dumpWidget("notifyIcon()")
-
-}
-
-func libNotifyUpdate() {
-	if me.baseGui == nil {
-		log.Info("libNotifyUpdate error baseGui == nil")
-		return
-	}
-
-	// refresh GOCUI
-	me.baseGui.Update(testRefresh)
-	// me.baseGui.UpdateAsync(testRefresh) // Async option. probably don't need this?
-
-	if me.notify.clock.tk == nil {
-		log.Info("libNotifyUpdate error clock.tk == nil")
-		return
-	}
-
-	// check for SIGWINCH. If so, move the libnotify clock
-	w, h := me.baseGui.Size()
-	if me.winchW != w || me.winchH != h {
-		if me.winchW == 0 && me.winchH == 0 {
-			// this isn't really SIGWINCH. This is the app starting
-		} else {
-			log.Printf("gocui: long live SIGWINCH! (w,h) is now (%d,%d)\n", w, h)
-		}
-		me.winchW = w
-		me.winchH = h
-		me.notify.clock.tk.MoveToOffset(w-me.notify.clock.offsetW, me.notify.clock.offsetH)
-		me.notify.clock.tk.Hide()
-		me.notify.clock.tk.Show()
-
-		sigWinchBG()
-		sigWinchIcon()
-	}
-
-	// update the time
-	me.notify.clock.tk.v.Clear()
-	me.notify.clock.tk.labelN = time.Now().Format("15:04:05")
-	me.notify.clock.tk.v.WriteString(me.notify.clock.tk.labelN)
-	hardDrawAtgocuiSize(me.notify.clock.tk)
-	// hardDrawUnderMouse(me.notify.clock.tk, "clock")
-	// log.Info("libNotifyUpdate updated clock", me.notify.clock.tk.labelN)
-
-	if me.notify.icon.tk == nil {
-		log.Info("libNotifyUpdate error menu.tk == nil")
-		return
-	}
-	if me.notify.icon.tk.v == nil {
-		log.Info("libNotifyUpdate error menu.tk.v == nil")
-		return
-	}
-
-	// update the menu
-	hardDrawAtgocuiSize(me.notify.icon.tk)
-	me.notify.icon.tk.setColorNotifyIcon()
-	me.baseGui.SetViewOnTop(me.notify.icon.tk.v.Name())
-	me.baseGui.SetViewOnTop(me.notify.clock.tk.v.Name())
-}
-
-func setNotifyIconText(s string) {
-	me.notify.icon.tk.v.Clear()
-	me.notify.icon.tk.labelN = s
-	me.notify.icon.tk.v.WriteString(me.notify.icon.tk.labelN)
-	hardDrawAtgocuiSize(me.notify.icon.tk)
-	me.notify.icon.tk.setColorNotifyIcon()
-	me.baseGui.SetViewOnTop(me.notify.icon.tk.v.Name())
-	log.Info("setNotifyIconText() updated menu to:", me.notify.icon.tk.labelN)
-	// print out the window list // TODO: put this in libnotify
-	for _, tk := range me.allwin {
-		log.Info("known window Window", tk.labelN, tk.window.active, tk.window.order)
-	}
-	if s == "[X]" {
-		log.Warn("should turn on help window here")
-		showHelp()
-	} else {
-		log.Warn("should turn off help window here")
-		hideHelp()
-	}
-}
-
-// in the very end of redrawing things, this will place the help and stdout on the top or botton
-// depending on the state the user has chosen
-func setThingsOnTop() {
-	if me.showHelp { // terrible variable name. FIXME
-		// log.Info("help does not exist")
-	} else {
-		me.baseGui.SetViewOnTop("help")
-	}
-
-	if me.notify.clock.tk != nil {
-		me.baseGui.SetViewOnTop(me.notify.clock.tk.v.Name())
-	}
-
-	if me.notify.icon.tk != nil {
-		if me.notify.icon.tk.v != nil {
-			me.baseGui.SetViewOnTop(me.notify.icon.tk.v.Name())
-		}
-	}
-
-	if me.stdout.tk == nil {
-		makeOutputWidget(me.baseGui, "from setThingsOnTop()")
-	}
-	if me.stdout.tk == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	if me.stdout.tk.v == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	if me.dark {
-		me.stdout.tk.v.FgColor = gocui.ColorWhite
-		me.stdout.tk.v.BgColor = gocui.ColorBlack
-	} else {
-		me.stdout.tk.v.FgColor = gocui.ColorBlack
-		me.stdout.tk.v.BgColor = gocui.AttrNone
-	}
-
-	if me.stdout.outputOnTop {
-		me.baseGui.SetViewOnTop("msg")
-	} else {
-		me.baseGui.SetViewOnBottom("msg")
-	}
-	if me.stdout.startOnscreen {
-		// log.Info("THIS TRIGGERS STDOUT") // todo: make a proper init() & move this there
-		me.stdout.tk.relocateStdout(me.stdout.lastW, me.stdout.lastH)
-		me.stdout.startOnscreen = false
-	}
-	setBottomBG()
-}
-
-// useful for debuggging
-func hardDrawUnderMouse(tk *guiWidget, name string) {
-	if tk.v != nil {
-		tk.Hide()
-	}
-	w, h := me.baseGui.MousePosition()
-	r := new(rectType)
-	r.w0 = w
-	r.h0 = h
-	r.w1 = w + 8
-	r.h1 = h + 4
-	if err := tk.SetViewRect(r); err != nil {
-		log.Info("hardDrawUnderMouse() err", tk.cuiName, err)
-		tk.dumpWidget("hardDrawERR")
-	}
-	tk.v.Frame = false
-	tk.v.Clear()
-	tk.v.WriteString(tk.labelN + "\n" + name)
-}
-
-func hardDrawAtgocuiSize(tk *guiWidget) {
-	if tk.v != nil {
-		tk.Hide()
-	}
-	if err := tk.SetView(); err != nil {
-		log.Info("hardDrawAtgocuiSize() err ok widget", tk.cuiName)
-		tk.dumpWidget("hardDrawERR")
-	}
-	tk.v.Frame = false
-	tk.v.Clear()
-	tk.v.WriteString(tk.labelN)
-	// log.Verbose("hardDrawAtgocuiSize() err ok widget", tk.cuiName, a, b, c, d, tk.v.Name())
-}
-
-func sigWinchIcon() {
-	w, _ := me.baseGui.Size()
-	me.notify.icon.tk.MoveToOffset(w-me.notify.icon.offsetW, me.notify.icon.offsetH)
-	me.notify.icon.tk.Hide()
-	me.notify.icon.tk.Show()
-}
-
-func sigWinchBG() {
-	tk := me.BG.tk
-	w, h := me.baseGui.Size()
-	tk.gocuiSize.w0 = -1
-	tk.gocuiSize.h0 = -1
-	tk.gocuiSize.w1 = w + 1
-	tk.gocuiSize.h1 = h + 1
-	if err := tk.SetView(); err != nil {
-		tk.dumpWidget("sigWinchBGerr()")
-		log.Log(ERROR, "sigWinchBG()", err)
-	}
-	log.Log(INFO, "background resized to", tk.gocuiSize)
-}
-
-// find the "BG" widget and set it to the background on the very very bottom
-func setBottomBG() {
-	if me.BG.tk == nil {
-		log.Info("background tk widget not initialized")
-		return
-	}
-	tk := me.BG.tk
-	// log.Info("found BG. setting to bottom", tk.cuiName)
-	if tk.v == nil {
-		sigWinchBG()
-		return
-	}
-	if me.dark {
-		tk.v.BgColor = gocui.ColorBlack
-	} else {
-		tk.v.BgColor = gocui.ColorWhite
-	}
-	tk.v.Clear()
-	me.baseGui.SetViewOnBottom(tk.cuiName)
-	w, h := me.baseGui.Size()
-	tk.gocuiSize.w0 = -1
-	tk.gocuiSize.h0 = -1
-	tk.gocuiSize.w1 = w + 1
-	tk.gocuiSize.h1 = h + 1
-	tk.SetView()
-}

log.go

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
+var outputS []string
+
 var NOW *log.LogFlag
 var INFO *log.LogFlag
 var GOCUI *log.LogFlag

node.go

@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"go.wit.com/widget"
-)
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) WidgetType() widget.WidgetType {
-	if tk.node == nil {
-		return widget.Label
-	}
-	return tk.node.WidgetType
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) WidgetId() int {
-	return tk.node.WidgetId
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) GetLabel() string {
-	return tk.node.GetLabel()
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) IsEnabled() bool {
-	return tk.node.IsEnabled()
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) Checked() bool {
-	return tk.node.State.Checked
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) Hidden() bool {
-	if tk.node == nil {
-		return false
-	}
-	if tk.parent == nil {
-		return tk.node.Hidden()
-	}
-	if tk.parent.WidgetId() == 0 {
-		return tk.node.Hidden()
-	}
-	if tk.parent.Hidden() {
-		return true
-	}
-	return tk.node.Hidden()
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) Direction() widget.Orientation {
-	return tk.node.State.Direction
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) GridW() int {
-	return tk.node.State.AtW
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) GridH() int {
-	return tk.node.State.AtH
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) SetChecked(b bool) {
-	tk.node.State.Checked = b
-}

place.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"go.wit.com/log"
+	"go.wit.com/toolkits/tree"
 	"go.wit.com/widget"
 )
 
@@ -34,12 +35,10 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) Position() (int, int) {
 }
 
 func (w *guiWidget) placeBox(startW int, startH int) {
-	if w.WidgetType() != widget.Box {
+	if w.WidgetType != widget.Box {
 		return
 	}
 
-	w.full.w0 = startW
-	w.full.h0 = startH
 	newW := startW
 	newH := startH
 
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ func (w *guiWidget) placeBox(startW int, startH int) {
 		// re-get the Size (they should not have changed, but maybe they can?)
 		// TODO: figure this out or report that they did
 		sizeW, sizeH = child.Size()
-		if w.Direction() == widget.Vertical {
+		if w.node.State.Direction == widget.Vertical {
 			log.Log(INFO, "BOX IS VERTICAL  ", w.String(), "newWH()", newW, newH, "child()", sizeW, sizeH, child.String())
 			// expand based on the child height
 			newH += sizeH
@@ -70,57 +69,37 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) placeWidgets(startW int, startH int) (int, int) {
 	if me.treeRoot == nil {
 		return 0, 0
 	}
-	if tk.Hidden() {
-		return 0, 0
-	}
 
 	tk.startW = startW
 	tk.startH = startH
 
-	switch tk.WidgetType() {
+	switch tk.WidgetType {
 	case widget.Window:
-		tk.full.w0 = startW
-		tk.full.h0 = startH
-		startW += -2
-		startH += 3
+		newW := startW
+		newH := startH
+		var maxH int = 0
 		for _, child := range tk.children {
-			child.placeWidgets(startW, startH)
-			sizeW, _ := child.Size()
-			startW += sizeW + 4 // add the width to move the next widget over
+			child.placeWidgets(newW, newH)
+			sizeW, sizeH := child.Size()
+			if sizeW < 20 {
+				sizeW = 20
+			}
+			newW += sizeW
+			if sizeH > maxH {
+				maxH = sizeH
+			}
 
 		}
-		return startW, startH
+		return newW - startW, maxH
 	case widget.Tab:
 	case widget.Grid:
-		// tk.dumpWidget(fmt.Sprintf("PlaceGridS(%d,%d)", startW, startH))
-		// if you reset the values here, grid horizontal stacking doesn't work anymore
-		// tk.widths = make(map[int]int)  // how tall each row in the grid is
-		// tk.heights = make(map[int]int) // how wide each column in the grid is
-		newW, newH := tk.placeGrid(startW, startH)
-		tk.full.w0 = newW
-		tk.full.h0 = newH
-		tk.full.w1 = newW
-		tk.full.h1 = newH
-		// tk.dumpWidget(fmt.Sprintf("PlaceGridE(%d,%d)", newW, newH))
-		return newW, newH
+		return tk.placeGrid(startW, startH)
 	case widget.Box:
 		tk.placeBox(startW, startH)
-		tk.full.w0 = startW
-		tk.full.h0 = startH
-		tk.full.w1 = startW
-		tk.full.h1 = startH
-		// tk.dumpWidget(fmt.Sprintf("PlaceBox(%d,%d)", startW, startH))
 		return 0, 0
-	case widget.Stdout:
-		tk.setStdoutWH(startW, startH)
-		return tk.gocuiSize.Width(), tk.gocuiSize.Height()
 	case widget.Group:
 		// move the group to the parent's next location
 		tk.gocuiSetWH(startW, startH)
-		tk.full.w0 = startW
-		tk.full.h0 = startH
-		tk.full.w1 = startW
-		tk.full.h1 = startH
 
 		newW := startW + me.GroupPadW
 		newH := startH + 1 // normal hight of the group label
@@ -139,27 +118,7 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) placeWidgets(startW int, startH int) (int, int) {
 			}
 			log.Log(INFO, "REAL HEIGHT sizeW:", sizeW, "sizeH:", sizeH)
 		}
-		newH = newH - startH
-		// tk.dumpWidget(fmt.Sprintf("PlaceGroup(%d,%d)", maxW, newH))
-		return maxW, newH
-	case widget.Button:
-		if tk.isDense() && tk.isInGrid() {
-			tk.frame = false
-			// tk.color = nil
-			// tk.defaultColor = nil
-			/*
-				if tk.IsEnabled() {
-					tk.setColorButtonDense()
-				} else {
-					tk.setColorDisable()
-				}
-			*/
-			// if tk.full.Height() > 0 {
-			tk.full.h1 = tk.full.h0
-			// }
-		}
-		tk.gocuiSetWH(startW, startH)
-		return tk.gocuiSize.Width(), tk.gocuiSize.Height()
+		return maxW, newH - startH
 	default:
 		tk.gocuiSetWH(startW, startH)
 		return tk.gocuiSize.Width(), tk.gocuiSize.Height()
@@ -167,64 +126,25 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) placeWidgets(startW int, startH int) (int, int) {
 	return 0, 0
 }
 
-func (tk *guiWidget) isDense() bool {
-	if tk.node.InTable() {
-		return true
-	}
-
-	return tk.isWindowDense()
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) isWindowDense() bool {
-	if tk.WidgetType() == widget.Window {
-		return tk.window.dense
-	}
-	if tk.parent == nil {
-		return true
-	}
-	return tk.parent.isWindowDense()
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) isInGrid() bool {
-	if tk.WidgetType() == widget.Grid {
-		return true
-	}
-	if tk.parent == nil {
-		return true
-	}
-	return tk.parent.isInGrid()
-}
-
 func (w *guiWidget) placeGrid(startW int, startH int) (int, int) {
 	// w.showWidgetPlacement("grid0:")
-	if w.WidgetType() != widget.Grid {
+	if w.WidgetType != widget.Grid {
 		return 0, 0
 	}
 
-	w.full.w0 = startW
-	w.full.h0 = startH
-
 	// first compute the max sizes of the rows and columns
 	for _, child := range w.children {
 		childW, childH := child.placeWidgets(child.startW, child.startH)
 
 		// set the child's realWidth, and grid offset
-		if w.widths[child.GridW()] < childW {
-			w.widths[child.GridW()] = childW
+		if w.widths[child.node.State.AtW] < childW {
+			w.widths[child.node.State.AtW] = childW
 		}
-		if w.heights[child.GridH()] < childH {
-			w.heights[child.GridH()] = childH
+		if w.heights[child.node.State.AtH] < childH {
+			w.heights[child.node.State.AtH] = childH
 		}
-		if child.isDense() {
-			if w.heights[child.GridH()] > 0 {
-				w.heights[child.GridH()] = 1
-			} else {
-				w.heights[child.GridH()] = 0
-			}
-		}
-
 		// child.showWidgetPlacement("grid: ")
-		log.Log(INFO, "placeGrid:", child.String(), "child()", childW, childH, "At()", child.GridW(), child.GridH())
+		log.Log(INFO, "placeGrid:", child.String(), "child()", childW, childH, "At()", child.node.State.AtW, child.node.State.AtH)
 	}
 
 	var maxW int = 0
@@ -236,12 +156,12 @@ func (w *guiWidget) placeGrid(startW int, startH int) (int, int) {
 
 		var totalW, totalH int
 		for i, w := range w.widths {
-			if i < child.GridW() {
+			if i < child.node.State.AtW {
 				totalW += w
 			}
 		}
 		for i, h := range w.heights {
-			if i < child.GridH() {
+			if i < child.node.State.AtH {
 				totalH += h
 			}
 		}
@@ -257,13 +177,11 @@ func (w *guiWidget) placeGrid(startW int, startH int) (int, int) {
 			maxH = totalH
 		}
 
-		log.Log(INFO, "placeGrid:", child.String(), "new()", newW, newH, "At()", child.GridW(), child.GridH())
+		log.Log(INFO, "placeGrid:", child.String(), "new()", newW, newH, "At()", child.node.State.AtW, child.node.State.AtH)
 		child.placeWidgets(newW, newH)
 		// child.showWidgetPlacement("grid2:")
 	}
 	// w.showWidgetPlacement("grid3:")
-	w.full.w1 = startW + maxW
-	w.full.h1 = startH + maxH
 	return maxW, maxH
 }
 
@@ -271,8 +189,6 @@ func (w *guiWidget) placeGrid(startW int, startH int) (int, int) {
 func (w *guiWidget) realGocuiSize() *rectType {
 	var f func(tk *guiWidget, r *rectType)
 	newR := new(rectType)
-
-	outputW, outputH := w.Size()
 	// initialize the values to opposite
 	newR.w0 = outputW
 	newR.h0 = outputH
@@ -309,7 +225,6 @@ func (w *guiWidget) realGocuiSize() *rectType {
 	return newR
 }
 
-/*
 func textSize(n *tree.Node) (int, int) {
 	var tk *guiWidget
 	tk = n.TK.(*guiWidget)
@@ -323,21 +238,12 @@ func textSize(n *tree.Node) (int, int) {
 	}
 	return width, height
 }
-*/
 
 func (tk *guiWidget) gocuiSetWH(sizeW, sizeH int) {
-	w := len(tk.GetLabel())
-	lines := strings.Split(tk.GetLabel(), "\n")
+	w := len(widget.GetString(tk.value))
+	lines := strings.Split(widget.GetString(tk.value), "\n")
 	h := len(lines)
 
-	if tk.Hidden() {
-		tk.gocuiSize.w0 = 0
-		tk.gocuiSize.h0 = 0
-		tk.gocuiSize.w1 = 0
-		tk.gocuiSize.h1 = 0
-		return
-	}
-
 	// tk := n.tk
 	if tk.isFake {
 		tk.gocuiSize.w0 = sizeW
@@ -359,10 +265,3 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) gocuiSetWH(sizeW, sizeH int) {
 		tk.gocuiSize.h1 = tk.gocuiSize.h0 + h + 1
 	}
 }
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) setStdoutWH(sizeW, sizeH int) {
-	tk.gocuiSize.w0 = sizeW
-	tk.gocuiSize.h0 = sizeH
-	tk.gocuiSize.w1 = tk.gocuiSize.w0 + me.stdout.w
-	tk.gocuiSize.h1 = tk.gocuiSize.h0 + me.stdout.h
-}

plugin.go

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
+	// if you include more than just this import
+	// then your plugin might be doing something un-ideal (just a guess from 2023/02/27)
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 	"go.wit.com/toolkits/tree"
 	"go.wit.com/widget"
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ func newAdd(n *tree.Node) {
 		return
 	}
 	if n.TK != nil {
-		log.Log(INFO, "Tree Add() sent a widget we aleady seem to have")
+		log.Warn("Tree Add() sent a widget we aleady seem to have")
 		// this is done to protect the plugin being 'refreshed' with the
 		// widget binary tree. TODO: find a way to keep them in sync
 		return
@@ -34,26 +35,20 @@ func newAdd(n *tree.Node) {
 			w = n.TK.(*guiWidget)
 		}
 	*/
+	// w.setColor(&colorDisabled)
 	w := n.TK.(*guiWidget)
 	w.Show()
-	me.refresh = true // testing code to see if refresh can work
 }
 
-// for gocui as a GUI plugin, SetTitle & SetLabel are identical to SetText
-func setTitle(n *tree.Node, s string) {
-	setText(n, s)
-	me.refresh = true // testing code to see if refresh can work
+func newSetTitle(n *tree.Node, s string) {
+	newSetText(n, s)
 }
 
-func setLabel(n *tree.Node, s string) {
-	setText(n, s)
-	me.refresh = true // testing code to see if refresh can work
+func newSetLabel(n *tree.Node, s string) {
+	newSetText(n, s)
 }
 
-// setText() and addText() are simple. They take the event sent
-// to the GO plugin from the application and lookup the plugin structure
-// then pass that event to gocui. This is the transfer point
-func setText(n *tree.Node, s string) {
+func newSetText(n *tree.Node, s string) {
 	if n == nil {
 		log.Warn("Tree Error: Add() sent n == nil")
 		return
@@ -64,10 +59,9 @@ func setText(n *tree.Node, s string) {
 	}
 	w := n.TK.(*guiWidget)
 	w.SetText(s)
-	me.refresh = true // testing code to see if refresh can work
 }
 
-func addText(n *tree.Node, s string) {
+func newAddText(n *tree.Node, s string) {
 	if n == nil {
 		log.Warn("Tree Error: Add() sent n == nil")
 		return
@@ -78,7 +72,51 @@ func addText(n *tree.Node, s string) {
 	}
 	w := n.TK.(*guiWidget)
 	w.AddText(s)
-	me.refresh = true // testing code to see if refresh can work
+}
+
+func newaction(n *tree.Node, atype widget.ActionType) {
+	log.Log(INFO, "newaction() START", atype)
+	if n == nil {
+		log.Warn("Tree Error: Add() sent n == nil")
+		return
+	}
+	if n.TK == nil {
+		log.Warn("Tree sent an action on a widget we didn't seem to have.")
+		// do this init here again? Probably something
+		// went wrong and we should reset the our while gocui.View tree
+		n.TK = initWidget(n)
+	}
+	w := n.TK.(*guiWidget)
+	switch atype {
+	case widget.Show:
+		w.Show()
+	case widget.Hide:
+		w.Hide()
+	case widget.Move:
+		log.Log(NOW, "attempt to move() =", atype, n.WidgetType, n.ProgName())
+	case widget.ToolkitClose:
+		log.Log(NOW, "attempting to close the plugin and release stdout and stderr")
+		standardClose()
+	case widget.Enable:
+		w.enable = true
+		w.enableColor()
+	case widget.Disable:
+		w.enable = false
+		w.disableColor()
+	case widget.Delete:
+		if w == nil {
+			return
+		} else {
+			w.hideWidgets()
+			w.deleteNode()
+		}
+		n.DeleteNode()
+		wRoot := me.treeRoot.TK.(*guiWidget)
+		wRoot.redoWindows(0, 0)
+	default:
+		log.Log(ERROR, "newaction() UNHANDLED Action Type =", atype, "WidgetType =", n.WidgetType, "Name =", n.ProgName())
+	}
+	log.Log(INFO, "newaction() END", atype, n.String())
 }
 
 func (w *guiWidget) deleteGocuiViews() {
@@ -116,132 +154,45 @@ func (w *guiWidget) AddText(text string) {
 	}
 	w.vals = append(w.vals, text)
 	for i, s := range w.vals {
-		log.Log(INFO, "AddText()", w.String(), i, s)
+		log.Log(NOW, "AddText()", w.String(), i, s)
 	}
 	w.SetText(text)
 }
 
-func (tk *guiWidget) SetText(text string) {
+func (w *guiWidget) SetText(text string) {
 	var changed bool = false
-	if tk == nil {
+	if w == nil {
 		log.Log(NOW, "widget is nil")
 		return
 	}
-	if tk.labelN != text {
-		tk.labelN = text
+	if w.labelN != text {
+		w.labelN = text
 		changed = true
 	}
-	tk.node.State.Label = text
 	if !changed {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if tk.Visible() {
-		tk.textResize()
-		tk.Hide()
-		tk.Show()
+	if w.Visible() {
+		w.textResize()
+		w.Hide()
+		w.Show()
 	}
 }
 
-func (tk *guiWidget) GetText() string {
-	if tk == nil {
-		log.Log(NOW, "widget is nil")
-		return ""
-	}
-	// deprecate this
-	if tk.labelN != "" {
-		return tk.labelN
-	}
-	if tk.node == nil {
-		// return gocui.view name?
-		return tk.cuiName
-	}
-	if tk.GetLabel() != "" {
-		return tk.GetLabel()
-	}
-	return ""
-}
-
-// hack. use "textbox widget" to "disable" user events
-func hideDisable() {
-	if me.textbox.tk == nil {
-		initTextbox()
-	}
-
-	me.textbox.tk.Hide()
-	me.textbox.tk.enable = false
-	me.textbox.tk.node.State.Enable = false
-	me.textbox.active = false
-	me.baseGui.SetCurrentView("help")
-	// me.baseGui.DeleteView(me.textbox.tk.cuiName)
-	// me.baseGui.DeleteView(me.textbox.tk.v.Name())
-}
-
-// hack. use "textbox widget" to "disable" user events
-func showDisable() {
-	if me.textbox.tk == nil {
-		initTextbox()
-		me.textbox.tk.prepTextbox()
-	}
-	r := new(rectType)
-	r.w0 = 2
-	r.h0 = 1
-	r.w1 = r.w0 + 24
-	r.h1 = r.h0 + 2
-	me.textbox.tk.forceSizes(r)
-	me.textbox.tk.Show() // actually makes the gocui view. TODO: redo this
-	// log.Info("textbox should be shown")
-	// showTextbox("Running...")
-	// me.textbox.tk.dumpWidget("shown?")
-
-	me.textbox.tk.setColorModal()
-	me.textbox.tk.v.Clear()
-	me.textbox.tk.v.WriteString("Running...")
-
-	me.textbox.tk.v.Editable = true
-	me.textbox.tk.v.Wrap = true
-
-	me.textbox.tk.SetViewRect(r)
-	me.baseGui.SetCurrentView(me.textbox.tk.v.Name())
-
-	// bind the enter key to a function so we can close the textbox
-	me.baseGui.SetKeybinding(me.textbox.tk.v.Name(), gocui.KeyEnter, gocui.ModNone, theCloseTheTextbox)
-
-	me.textbox.active = true
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) Disable() {
-	if tk == nil {
-		log.Log(NOW, "widget is nil")
+func (w *guiWidget) Set(val any) {
+	if w == nil {
+		log.Log(WARN, "Set() w == nil. val =", val)
 		return
 	}
+	log.Log(INFO, "Set() value =", val)
 
-	switch tk.WidgetType() {
-	case widget.Box:
-		showDisable()
-		return
-	case widget.Button:
-		tk.setColorDisable()
-		return
-	default:
-		tk.dumpWidget("fixme: disable")
-	}
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) Enable() {
-	if tk == nil {
-		log.Log(NOW, "widget is nil")
-		return
-	}
-
-	switch tk.WidgetType() {
-	case widget.Box:
-		hideDisable()
-		return
-	case widget.Button:
-		tk.restoreEnableColor()
-		return
-	default:
-		tk.dumpWidget("fixme: enable")
+	w.value = val.(string)
+	if w.node.WidgetType == widget.Checkbox {
+		w.node.State.Checked = widget.GetBool(val)
+		w.setCheckbox()
+	}
+	if w.node.WidgetType == widget.Label {
+		w.labelN = widget.GetString(val)
 	}
 }

size.go

@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-
 	"go.wit.com/widget"
 )
 
@@ -18,16 +16,16 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) Size() (int, int) {
 	}
 
 	// don't count hidden widgets in size calculations
-	if tk.Hidden() {
+	if tk.node.Hidden() {
 		return 0, 0
 	}
 
-	switch tk.WidgetType() {
+	switch tk.WidgetType {
 	case widget.Window:
 		var maxH int = 0
 		var maxW int = 0
 		for _, child := range tk.children {
-			if tk.Hidden() {
+			if tk.node.Hidden() {
 				continue
 			}
 			sizeW, sizeH := child.Size()
@@ -48,7 +46,7 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) Size() (int, int) {
 		maxH := tk.gocuiSize.Height()
 
 		for _, child := range tk.children {
-			if tk.Hidden() {
+			if tk.node.Hidden() {
 				continue
 			}
 			sizeW, sizeH := child.Size()
@@ -62,15 +60,8 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) Size() (int, int) {
 		return maxW + me.GroupPadW + 3, maxH
 	case widget.Label:
 		return len(tk.String()) + 2, 1
-	case widget.Textbox:
-		return len(tk.String()) + 10, 3 // TODO: compute this based on 'window dense'
 	case widget.Checkbox:
-		return len(tk.String()) + 2, 3 // TODO: compute this based on 'window dense'
-	case widget.Button:
-		if tk.isDense() {
-			return len(tk.String()) + 2, 0
-		}
-		return len(tk.String()) + 2, 3 // TODO: compute this based on 'window dense'
+		return len(tk.String()) + 2, 3
 	}
 	if tk.isFake {
 		return 0, 0
@@ -79,23 +70,25 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) Size() (int, int) {
 }
 
 func (w *guiWidget) sizeGrid() (int, int) {
-	if w.Hidden() {
+	if w.node.Hidden() {
 		return 0, 0
 	}
 
 	// first compute the max sizes of the rows and columns
 	for _, child := range w.children {
-		if w.Hidden() {
+		if w.node.Hidden() {
 			continue
 		}
 		sizeW, sizeH := child.Size()
 
+		sizeW += 2
+
 		// set the child's realWidth, and grid offset
-		if w.widths[child.GridW()] < sizeW {
-			w.widths[child.GridW()] = sizeW
+		if w.widths[child.node.State.AtW] < sizeW {
+			w.widths[child.node.State.AtW] = sizeW
 		}
-		if w.heights[child.GridH()] < sizeH {
-			w.heights[child.GridH()] = sizeH
+		if w.heights[child.node.State.AtH] < sizeH {
+			w.heights[child.node.State.AtH] = sizeH
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -112,21 +105,21 @@ func (w *guiWidget) sizeGrid() (int, int) {
 }
 
 func (w *guiWidget) sizeBox() (int, int) {
-	if w.WidgetType() != widget.Box {
+	if w.WidgetType != widget.Box {
 		return 0, 0
 	}
-	if w.Hidden() {
+	if w.node.Hidden() {
 		return 0, 0
 	}
 	var maxW int = 0
 	var maxH int = 0
 
 	for _, child := range w.children {
-		if w.Hidden() {
+		if w.node.Hidden() {
 			continue
 		}
 		sizeW, sizeH := child.Size()
-		if child.Direction() == widget.Vertical {
+		if child.node.State.Direction == widget.Vertical {
 			maxW += sizeW
 			if sizeH > maxH {
 				maxH = sizeH
@@ -140,269 +133,3 @@ func (w *guiWidget) sizeBox() (int, int) {
 	}
 	return maxW + me.BoxPadW, maxH
 }
-
-/*
-var wtf bool
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) verifyRect() bool {
-	if !tk.Visible() {
-		// log.Info("verifyRect() tk is not visible", tk.cuiName)
-		return false
-	}
-	vw0, vh0, vw1, vh1, err := me.baseGui.ViewPosition(tk.cuiName)
-	if err != nil {
-		// log.Printf("verifyRect() gocui err=%v cuiName=%s v.Name=%s", err, tk.cuiName, tk.v.Name())
-		vw0, vh0, vw1, vh1, err = me.baseGui.ViewPosition(tk.v.Name())
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Printf("verifyRect() ACTUAL FAIL gocui err=%v cuiName=%s v.Name=%s", err, tk.cuiName, tk.v.Name())
-			return false
-		}
-		// return false
-	}
-	var ok bool = true
-	if vw0 != tk.full.w0 {
-		// log.Info("verifyRect() FIXING w0", tk.cuiName, vw0, vw1, vh0, vh1, tk.gocuiSize.w0, "w0 =", vw0)
-		tk.full.w0 = vw0
-		ok = false
-	}
-	if vw1 != tk.full.w1 {
-		// log.Info("verifyRect() FIXING w1", tk.cuiName, vw0, vw1, vh0, vh1, tk.gocuiSize.w1, "w1 =", vw1)
-		tk.full.w1 = vw1
-		ok = false
-	}
-	if vh0 != tk.full.h0 {
-		// log.Info("verifyRect() FIXING h0", tk.cuiName, vw0, vw1, vh0, vh1, tk.gocuiSize.h0)
-		tk.full.h0 = vh0
-		ok = false
-	}
-	if vh1 != tk.full.h1 {
-		// log.Info("verifyRect() FIXING h1", tk.cuiName, vw0, vw1, vh0, vh1, tk.gocuiSize.h1)
-		tk.full.h1 = vh1
-		ok = false
-	}
-	if !ok {
-		// log.Info("verifyRect() NEED TO FIX RECT HERE", tk.cuiName)
-		// tk.dumpWidget("verifyRect() FIXME")
-	}
-	// log.Printf("verifyRect() OK cuiName=%s v.Name=%s", tk.cuiName, tk.v.Name())
-	return true
-}
-*/
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) setFullSize() bool {
-	r := tk.getFullSize()
-
-	if tk.Hidden() {
-		p := tk.parent
-		if p != nil {
-			// tk.full.w0 = p.full.w0
-			// tk.full.w1 = p.full.w1
-			// tk.full.h0 = p.full.h0
-			// tk.full.h1 = p.full.h1
-			tk.full.w0 = 0
-			tk.full.w1 = 0
-			tk.full.h0 = 0
-			tk.full.h1 = 0
-		} else {
-			tk.full.w0 = 0
-			tk.full.w1 = 0
-			tk.full.h0 = 0
-			tk.full.h1 = 0
-		}
-		return false
-	}
-
-	var changed bool
-	if tk.full.w0 != r.w0 {
-		tk.full.w0 = r.w0
-		changed = true
-	}
-	// widget might be forced to a certain location
-	if tk.full.w0 < tk.force.w0 {
-		tk.gocuiSize.w0 = tk.force.w0
-		tk.full.w0 = tk.force.w0
-		changed = false
-	}
-	if tk.full.w1 != r.w1 {
-		tk.full.w1 = r.w1
-		changed = true
-	}
-	if tk.full.h0 != r.h0 {
-		tk.full.h0 = r.h0
-		changed = true
-	}
-	// widget might be forced to a certain location
-	if tk.full.h0 < tk.force.h0 {
-		tk.gocuiSize.h0 = tk.force.h0
-		tk.full.h0 = tk.force.h0
-		changed = false
-	}
-	if tk.full.h1 != r.h1 {
-		tk.full.h1 = r.h1
-		changed = true
-	}
-	if tk.WidgetType() == widget.Button {
-		tk.full.h1 = tk.full.h0 + 1
-	}
-	if tk.isDense() && tk.isInGrid() {
-		tk.full.h1 = tk.full.h0
-	}
-	if changed {
-		tk.dumpWidget(fmt.Sprintf("setFullSize(changed)"))
-	}
-	return changed
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) gridFullSize() rectType {
-	var r rectType
-	var first bool = true
-	for _, child := range tk.children {
-		cr := child.getFullSize()
-		if cr.Width() == 0 && cr.Height() == 0 {
-			// ignore widgets of zero size?
-			continue
-		}
-		if first {
-			// use the lowest width and hight from children widgets
-			r.w0 = cr.w0
-			r.h0 = cr.h0
-			r.w1 = cr.w1
-			r.h1 = cr.h1
-			first = false
-			// child.dumpWidget(fmt.Sprintf("grid(f)"))
-			continue
-		}
-		// child.dumpWidget(fmt.Sprintf("grid()"))
-		// use the lowest width and hight from children widgets
-		if r.w0 > cr.w0 {
-			r.w0 = cr.w0
-		}
-		if r.h0 > cr.h0 {
-			r.h0 = cr.h0
-		}
-		// use the highest width and hight from children widgets
-		if r.w1 < cr.w1 {
-			r.w1 = cr.w1
-		}
-		if r.h1 < cr.h1 {
-			r.h1 = cr.h1
-		}
-	}
-	tk.full.w0 = r.w0
-	tk.full.w1 = r.w1
-	tk.full.h0 = r.h0
-	tk.full.h1 = r.h1
-	return r
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) buttonFullSize() rectType {
-	var r rectType
-	r.w0 = tk.gocuiSize.w0
-	r.w1 = tk.gocuiSize.w1
-	r.h0 = tk.gocuiSize.h0
-	r.h1 = tk.gocuiSize.h1
-
-	// try setting the full values here ? is this right?
-	tk.full.w0 = r.w0
-	tk.full.w1 = r.w1
-	tk.full.h0 = r.h0
-	tk.full.h1 = r.h1
-
-	// total hack. fix this somewhere eventually correctly
-	if tk.isDense() { // total hack. fix this somewhere eventually correctly
-		tk.full.h0 += 1         // total hack. fix this somewhere eventually correctly
-		tk.full.h1 = tk.full.h0 // total hack. fix this somewhere eventually correctly
-	}
-
-	return r
-}
-
-// this checks a widget to see if it is under (W,H), then checks the widget's children
-// anything that matches is passed back as an array of widgets
-func (tk *guiWidget) getFullSize() rectType {
-	var r rectType
-
-	if tk.Hidden() {
-		/*
-			p := tk.parent
-			if p != nil {
-				return p.full
-			}
-		*/
-		var r rectType
-		r.w0 = 0
-		r.w1 = 0
-		r.h0 = 0
-		r.h1 = 0
-		return r
-	}
-
-	if tk.WidgetType() == widget.Grid {
-		return tk.gridFullSize()
-	}
-
-	// these are 'simple' widgets
-	// the full size is exactly what gocui uses
-	switch tk.WidgetType() {
-	case widget.Label:
-		r := tk.buttonFullSize()
-		r.w1 += 5
-		return r
-	case widget.Button:
-		r := tk.buttonFullSize()
-		r.w1 += 5
-		return r
-	case widget.Checkbox:
-		return tk.buttonFullSize()
-	case widget.Dropdown:
-		r := tk.buttonFullSize()
-		r.w1 += 7 // TODO: fix this to be real
-		return r
-	default:
-	}
-
-	if tk.v == nil {
-		r.w0 = tk.full.w0
-		r.w1 = tk.full.w1
-		r.h0 = tk.full.h0
-		r.h1 = tk.full.h1
-	} else {
-		r.w0 = tk.gocuiSize.w0
-		r.w1 = tk.gocuiSize.w1
-		r.h0 = tk.gocuiSize.h0
-		r.h1 = tk.gocuiSize.h1
-	}
-
-	// search through the children widgets in the binary tree
-	for _, child := range tk.children {
-		cr := child.getFullSize()
-		/* this didn't make things work either
-		if child.v == nil {
-			continue
-		}
-		*/
-		// use the lowest width and hight from children widgets
-		if r.w0 > cr.w0 {
-			r.w0 = cr.w0
-		}
-		if r.h0 > cr.h0 {
-			r.h0 = cr.h0
-		}
-		// use the highest width and hight from children widgets
-		if r.w1 < cr.w1 {
-			r.w1 = cr.w1
-		}
-		if r.h1 < cr.h1 {
-			r.h1 = cr.h1
-		}
-
-	}
-
-	// try setting the full values here ? is this right?
-	tk.full.w0 = r.w0
-	tk.full.w1 = r.w1
-	tk.full.h0 = r.h0
-	tk.full.h1 = r.h1
-
-	return r
-}

stdoutFakefile.go

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+	"io"
+
+	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
+)
+
+type FakeFile struct {
+	reader *bytes.Reader
+	buffer *bytes.Buffer
+	offset int64
+	view   *gocui.View
+}
+
+func (f *FakeFile) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	n, err = f.reader.ReadAt(p, f.offset)
+	f.offset += int64(n)
+	return n, err
+}
+
+var fakecount int = 0
+
+func (f *FakeFile) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	n, err = f.buffer.Write(p)
+	f.offset += int64(n)
+	f.reader.Reset(f.buffer.Bytes())
+	f.view.Write(p)
+	fakecount += 1
+	if fakecount > 20 {
+		fakecount = 0
+		f.view.Clear()
+	}
+	return n, err
+}
+
+func (f *FakeFile) Seek(offset int64, whence int) (int64, error) {
+	newOffset := f.offset
+
+	switch whence {
+	case io.SeekStart:
+		newOffset = offset
+	case io.SeekCurrent:
+		newOffset += offset
+	case io.SeekEnd:
+		newOffset = int64(f.buffer.Len()) + offset
+	default:
+		return 0, errors.New("Seek: whence not at start,current or end")
+	}
+	// never can get here right?
+
+	if newOffset < 0 {
+		return 0, errors.New("Seek: offset < 0")
+	}
+
+	f.offset = newOffset
+	return f.offset, nil
+}
+
+func NewFakeFile(v *gocui.View) *FakeFile {
+	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	return &FakeFile{
+		reader: bytes.NewReader(buf.Bytes()),
+		buffer: buf,
+		offset: 0,
+		view:   v,
+	}
+}

stdoutShow.go

@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"slices"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
 
@@ -14,206 +13,110 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/widget"
 )
 
-func createStdout(g *gocui.Gui) bool {
-	if me.stdout.tk == nil {
-		makeOutputWidget(g, "this is a create before a mouse click")
-		// me.logStdout.v.Write([]byte(msg))
+var outputW int = 180
+var outputH int = 40
 
-		// this will show very early debugging output
-		// keep this code commented out but do not remove it. when it doubt, this will be the Light of Elendil
-		// NEVER REMOVE THIS CODE
-
-		msg := fmt.Sprintf("test out gocuiEvent() %d\n", me.ecount)
-		me.stdout.tk.Write([]byte(msg))
-
-		log.Log(NOW, "logStdout test out")
+func moveMsg(g *gocui.Gui) {
+	mx, my := g.MousePosition()
+	if !movingMsg && (mx != initialMouseX || my != initialMouseY) {
+		movingMsg = true
 	}
-	return true
+	g.SetView("msg", mx-xOffset, my-yOffset, mx-xOffset+outputW, my-yOffset+outputH+me.FramePadH, 0)
+	me.startOutputW = mx - xOffset
+	me.startOutputH = my - yOffset
+	g.SetViewOnBottom("msg")
 }
 
-func coreStdout() {
-	if me.stdout.tk != nil {
-		return
-	}
-	a := new(widget.Action)
-	a.ProgName = "2stdout2"
-	a.WidgetType = widget.Stdout
-	a.WidgetId = me.stdout.wId
-	a.ParentId = 0
-	// n := addNode(a)
-	n := me.myTree.AddNode(a)
-	me.stdout.tk = initWidget(n)
+func showMsg(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+	var l string
+	var err error
 
-	tk := me.stdout.tk
-	tk.cuiName = "msg"
-	tk.gocuiSize.w0 = me.stdout.lastW
-	tk.gocuiSize.h0 = me.stdout.lastH
-	tk.gocuiSize.w1 = tk.gocuiSize.w0 + me.stdout.w
-	tk.gocuiSize.h1 = tk.gocuiSize.h0 + me.stdout.h
+	log.Log(NOW, "showMsg() v.name =", v.Name())
+	if _, err := g.SetCurrentView(v.Name()); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	_, cy := v.Cursor()
+	if l, err = v.Line(cy); err != nil {
+		l = ""
+	}
+
+	outv := makeOutputWidget(g, l)
+	outv.Write([]byte("test out2"))
+	log.Info("test out2")
+	return nil
 }
 
 func makeOutputWidget(g *gocui.Gui, stringFromMouseClick string) *gocui.View {
+	maxX, maxY := g.Size()
+
 	if me.treeRoot == nil {
 		// keep skipping this until the binary tree is initialized
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	coreStdout()
+	if me.logStdout == nil {
+		a := new(widget.Action)
+		a.ProgName = "stdout"
+		a.WidgetType = widget.Stdout
+		a.WidgetId = -3
+		a.ParentId = 0
+		// n := addNode(a)
+		n := me.myTree.AddNode(a)
+		n.TK = initWidget(n)
+		me.logStdout = n
 
-	if me.stdout.tk == nil {
+		var tk *guiWidget
+		tk = me.logStdout.TK.(*guiWidget)
+		// tk.gocuiSize.w0 = maxX - 32
+		// tk.gocuiSize.h0 = maxY / 2
+		tk.gocuiSize.w0 = me.startOutputW
+		tk.gocuiSize.h0 = me.startOutputH
+		tk.gocuiSize.w1 = tk.gocuiSize.w0 + outputW
+		tk.gocuiSize.h1 = tk.gocuiSize.h0 + outputH
+	}
+	v, err := g.View("msg")
+	if v == nil {
+		log.Log(NOW, "makeoutputwindow() this is supposed to happen. v == nil", err)
+	} else {
+		log.Log(NOW, "makeoutputwindow() msg != nil. WTF now? err =", err)
+	}
+
+	// help, err := g.SetView("help", maxX-32, 0, maxX-1, 13, 0)
+	// v, err = g.SetView("msg", 3, 3, 30, 30, 0)
+
+	if me.startOutputW == 0 {
+		me.startOutputW = maxX - 32
+	}
+	if me.startOutputW == 0 {
+		me.startOutputH = maxY / 2
+	}
+
+	// v, err = g.SetView("msg", maxX-32, maxY/2, maxX/2+outputW, maxY/2+outputH, 0)
+	v, err = g.SetView("msg", me.startOutputW, me.startOutputH, maxX/2+outputW, maxY/2+outputH, 0)
+	if errors.Is(err, gocui.ErrUnknownView) {
+		log.Log(NOW, "makeoutputwindow() this is supposed to happen?", err)
+	}
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Log(NOW, "makeoutputwindow() create output window failed", err)
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	me.stdout.tk.cuiName = "msg"
-	me.stdout.tk.SetView()
-
-	v, err := g.View("msg")
 	if v == nil {
-		// log.Log(NOW, "makeoutputwindow() this is supposed to happen. v == nil", err)
+		log.Log(NOW, "makeoutputwindow() msg == nil. WTF now? err =", err)
+		return nil
 	} else {
-		log.Log(NOW, "makeoutputwindow() msg != nil. WTF now? err =", err)
-		return v
+		var tk *guiWidget
+		tk = me.logStdout.TK.(*guiWidget)
+		tk.v = v
 	}
 
-	v = me.stdout.tk.v
-
 	v.Clear()
 	v.SelBgColor = gocui.ColorCyan
 	v.SelFgColor = gocui.ColorBlack
 	fmt.Fprintln(v, "figure out how to capture STDOUT to here\n"+stringFromMouseClick)
-	// g.SetViewOnBottom("msg")
-	// setBottomBG()
-
-	me.stdout.tk.DrawAt(me.stdout.lastW, me.stdout.lastH)
-	relocateStdoutOffscreen()
+	g.SetViewOnBottom("msg")
+	// g.SetViewOnBottom(v.Name())
 	return v
 }
-
-func relocateStdoutOffscreen() {
-	if me.stdout.tk == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	if !me.stdout.disable {
-		log.Info("Using gocui STDOUT")
-		log.CaptureMode(me.stdout.tk)
-	}
-	newW := 10
-	newH := 0 - me.stdout.h - 4
-	me.stdout.tk.relocateStdout(newW, newH)
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) relocateStdout(w int, h int) {
-	if me.stdout.w < 8 {
-		me.stdout.w = 8
-	}
-
-	if me.stdout.h < 4 {
-		me.stdout.h = 4
-	}
-
-	if w+me.stdout.w < 2 {
-		w = 2
-	}
-
-	if h+me.stdout.h < 2 {
-		h = 2
-	}
-
-	w0 := w
-	h0 := h
-	w1 := w + me.stdout.w
-	h1 := h + me.stdout.h
-
-	tk.gocuiSize.w0 = w0
-	tk.gocuiSize.w1 = w1
-	tk.gocuiSize.h0 = h0
-	tk.gocuiSize.h1 = h1
-
-	tk.full.w0 = w0
-	tk.full.w1 = w1
-	tk.full.h0 = h0
-	tk.full.h1 = h1
-
-	tk.SetView()
-}
-
-// from the gocui devs:
-// Write appends a byte slice into the view's internal buffer. Because
-// View implements the io.Writer interface, it can be passed as parameter
-// of functions like fmt.Fprintf, fmt.Fprintln, io.Copy, etc. Clear must
-// be called to clear the view's buffer.
-
-func (w stdout) Height() int {
-	if w.tk == nil {
-		return 40
-	}
-	return w.tk.gocuiSize.Height() - 2
-}
-
-func (w stdout) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
-	me.writeMutex.Lock()
-	defer me.writeMutex.Unlock()
-
-	lines := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(p)), "\n")
-	me.stdout.outputS = append(me.stdout.outputS, lines...)
-	if me.outf != nil {
-		fmt.Fprint(me.outf, string(p))
-	}
-
-	return len(p), nil
-}
-
-func (w *guiWidget) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
-	lines := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(p)), "\n")
-	if me.outf != nil {
-		fmt.Fprint(me.outf, string(p))
-	}
-
-	if w == nil {
-		me.stdout.outputS = append(me.stdout.outputS, lines...)
-		return len(p), nil
-	}
-	w.tainted = true
-	me.writeMutex.Lock()
-	defer me.writeMutex.Unlock()
-
-	me.stdout.outputS = append(me.stdout.outputS, lines...)
-
-	tk := me.stdout.tk
-	if tk == nil {
-		return len(p), nil
-	}
-	if tk.v == nil {
-		// redo this old code
-		v, _ := me.baseGui.View("msg")
-		if v != nil {
-			tk.v = v
-		}
-		return len(p), nil
-	}
-	tk.refreshStdout()
-	return len(p), nil
-}
-
-// lets the user page up and down through the stdout buffer
-func (tk *guiWidget) refreshStdout() {
-	if len(me.stdout.outputS) < me.stdout.h+me.stdout.pager {
-		// log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("buffer too small=%d len(%d)", me.stdout.pager, len(me.stdout.outputS)))
-		var cur []string
-		cur = append(cur, me.stdout.outputS...)
-		slices.Reverse(cur)
-		tk.v.Clear()
-		fmt.Fprintln(tk.v, strings.Join(cur, "\n"))
-		return
-	}
-
-	var cur []string
-	// chop off the last lines in the buffer
-	chop := len(me.stdout.outputS) - (me.stdout.pager + me.stdout.h)
-	cur = append(cur, me.stdout.outputS[chop:chop+me.stdout.h]...)
-	if me.stdout.reverse {
-		slices.Reverse(cur)
-	}
-	tk.v.Clear()
-	fmt.Fprintln(tk.v, strings.Join(cur, "\n"))
-}

structs.go

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+// LICENSE: same as the go language itself
 // Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
 
+// Copyright 2023 WIT.COM
+
 // all structures and variables are local (aka lowercase)
 // since the plugin should be isolated to access only
 // by functions() to insure everything here is run
@@ -10,150 +13,105 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
 
-	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/guipb"
-	log "go.wit.com/log"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
 	"go.wit.com/toolkits/tree"
 	"go.wit.com/widget"
 )
 
-var initOnce sync.Once // run initPlugin() only once
-
 // It's probably a terrible idea to call this 'me'
-// 2025 note: doesn't seem terrible to call this 'me' anymore. notsure.
 var me config
 
-// todo: move all this to a protobuf. then, redo all this mess.
-// it got me here, but now it's time to clean it up for good
-// I can't get a GO plugins that use protobuf to load yet (versioning mismatch)
+var showDebug bool = true
+var showHelp bool = true
+var redoWidgets bool = true
+
+// This is the window that is currently active
+// var currentWindow *tree.Node
+
 type config struct {
 	baseGui *gocui.Gui // the main gocui handle
+	// rootNode *node      // the base of the binary tree. it should have id == 0
+
 	treeRoot *tree.Node // the base of the binary tree. it should have id == 0
-	myTree           *tree.TreeInfo  // ?
-	currentWindow    *guiWidget      // this is the current tab or window to show
-	ok               bool            // if the user doesn't hit a key or move the mouse, gocui doesn't really start
-	firstWindowOk    bool            // allows the init to wait for the first window from the application
-	refresh          bool            // redraw everything?
+	myTree   *tree.TreeInfo
+
 	ctrlDown      *tree.Node // shown if you click the mouse when the ctrl key is pressed
-	helpLabel        *gocui.View     // ?
-	showHelp         bool            // toggle boolean for the help menu (deprecate?)
-	FirstWindowW     int             `default:"2"`           // how far over to start window #1
-	FirstWindowH     int             `default:"0"`           // how far down to start window #1
-	FramePadW        int             `default:"1" dense:"0"` // When the widget has a frame, like a button, it adds 2 lines runes on each side
-	FramePadH        int             `default:"1" dense:"0"` // When the widget has a frame, like a button, it adds 2 lines runes on each side
-	PadW             int             `default:"1" dense:"0"` // pad spacing
-	PadH             int             `default:"1" dense:"0"` // pad spacing
-	WindowW          int             `default:"8" dense:"0"` // how far down to start Window or Tab headings
-	WindowH          int             `default:"-1"`          // how far down to start Window or Tab headings
-	TabW             int             `default:"5" dense:"0"` // how far down to start Window or Tab headings
-	TabH             int             `default:"1" dense:"0"` // how far down to start Window or Tab headings
-	WindowPadW       int             `default:"8" dense:"0"` // additional amount of space to put between window & tab widgets
-	TabPadW          int             `default:"4" dense:"0"` // additional amount of space to put between window & tab widgets
-	GroupPadW        int             `default:"2" dense:"1"` // additional amount of space to indent on a group
-	BoxPadW          int             `default:"2" dense:"1"` // additional amount of space to indent on a box
-	GridPadW         int             `default:"2" dense:"1"` // additional amount of space to indent on a grid
-	RawW             int             `default:"1"`           // the raw beginning of each window (or tab)
-	RawH             int             `default:"5"`           // the raw beginning of each window (or tab)
-	FakeW            int             `default:"20"`          // offset for the hidden widgets
-	DropdownId       int             `default:"-78"`         // the widget id to use
+	currentWindow *guiWidget // this is the current tab or window to show
+	logStdout     *tree.Node // where to show STDOUT
+	startOutputW  int
+	startOutputH  int
+	helpLabel     *gocui.View
+
+	// this is a floating widget that we show whenever the user clicks on a
+	// dropdown menu or combobox
+	// the dropdown widget to select dropdrown lists
+	dropdownV *guiWidget
+	dropdownW *guiWidget // grab the dropdown choices from this widget
+
+	// When the widget has a frame, like a button, it adds 2 lines runes on each side
+	// so you need 3 char spacing in each direction to not have them overlap
+	// the amount of padding when there is a frame
+	FramePadW int `default:"1" dense:"0"`
+	FramePadH int `default:"1" dense:"0"`
+
+	PadW int `default:"1" dense:"0"`
+	PadH int `default:"1" dense:"0"`
+
+	// how far down to start Window or Tab headings
+	WindowW int `default:"8" dense:"0"`
+	WindowH int `default:"-1"`
+	TabW    int `default:"5" dense:"0"`
+	TabH    int `default:"1" dense:"0"`
+
+	// additional amount of space to put between window & tab widgets
+	WindowPadW int `default:"8" dense:"0"`
+	TabPadW    int `default:"4" dense:"0"`
+
+	// additional amount of space to indent on a group
+	GroupPadW int `default:"2" dense:"1"`
+
+	// additional amount of space to indent on a group
+	BoxPadW int `default:"2" dense:"1"`
+
+	// additional amount of space to indent on a group
+	GridPadW int `default:"2" dense:"1"`
+
+	// the raw beginning of each window (or tab)
+	RawW int `default:"1"`
+	RawH int `default:"5"`
+
+	// offset for the hidden widgets
+	FakeW int `default:"20"`
+
 	padded    bool // add space between things like buttons
 	bookshelf bool // do you want things arranged in the box like a bookshelf or a stack?
 	canvas    bool // if set to true, the windows are a raw canvas
 	menubar   bool // for windows
 	stretchy  bool // expand things like buttons to the maximum size
 	margin    bool // add space around the frames of windows
-	writeMutex       sync.Mutex      // writeMutex protects writes to *guiWidget (it's global right now maybe)
+
+	writeMutex sync.Mutex // TODO: writeMutex protects locks the write process
+	fakefile   *FakeFile  // JUNK? used to attempt to write to the stdout window
+	dtoggle    bool       // is a dropdown or combobox currently active?
+
+	// debugging things
 	ecount     int  // counts how many mouse and keyboard events have occurred
 	supermouse bool // prints out every widget found while you move the mouse around
 	depth      int  // used for listWidgets() debugging
-	newWindowTrigger chan *guiWidget // work around hack to redraw windows a bit after NewWindow()
-	stdout           stdout          // information for the STDOUT window
-	dropdown         dropdown        // the dropdown menu
-	textbox          dropdown        // the textbox popup window
-	BG               dropdown        // the background widget
-	notify           libnotify       // emulates the desktop libnotify menu
-	allwin           []*guiWidget    // for tracking which window is next
-	dark             bool            // use a 'dark' color palette
-	mouse            mouse           // mouse settings
-	showDebug        bool            // todo: move this into config struct
-	debug            bool            // todo: move this into config struct
-	starttime        time.Time       // checks how long it takes on startup
-	winchW           int             // used to detect SIGWINCH
-	winchH           int             // used to detect SIGWINCH
-	outf             *os.File        // hacks for capturing stdout
 }
 
-// stuff controlling how the mouse works
-type mouse struct {
-	down        time.Time     // when the mouse was pressed down
-	up          time.Time     // when the mouse was released. used to detect click vs drag
-	clicktime   time.Duration // how long is too long for a mouse click vs drag
-	mouseUp     bool          // is the mouse up?
-	double      bool          // user is double clicking
-	doubletime  time.Duration // how long is too long for double click
-	resize      bool          // mouse is resizing something
-	downW       int           // where the mouse was pressed down
-	downH       int           // where the mouse was pressed down
-	currentDrag *guiWidget    // what widget is currently being moved around
-}
-
-// settings for the stdout window
-type stdout struct {
-	tk              *guiWidget // where to show STDOUT
-	wId             int        // the widget id
-	w               int        // the width
-	h               int        // the height
-	outputOnTop     bool       // is the STDOUT window on top?
-	outputOffscreen bool       // is the STDOUT window offscreen?
-	startOnscreen   bool       // start the output window onscreen?
-	disable         bool       // disable the stdout window. do not change os.Stdout & os.Stderr
-	lastW           int        // the last 'w' location (used to move from offscreen to onscreen)
-	lastH           int        // the last 'h' location (used to move from offscreen to onscreen)
-	init            bool       // moves the window offscreen on startup
-	outputS         []string   // the buffer of all the output
-	pager           int        // allows the user to page through the buffer
-	changed         bool       // indicates the user has changed stdout. gocui should remember the state here
-	reverse         bool       // flip the STDOUT upside down so new STDOUT lines are at the top
-}
-
-// settings for the dropdown window
-type dropdown struct {
-	tk       *guiWidget // where to show STDOUT
-	callerTK *guiWidget // which widget called the dropdown menu
-	items    []string   // what is currently in the menu
-	w        int        // the width
-	h        int        // the height
-	active   bool       // is the dropdown menu currently in use?
-	init     bool       // moves the window offscreen on startup
-	// Id       int        `default:"-78"` // the widget id to use
-	wId int `default:"-78"` // the widget id to use
-}
-
-// settings for the dropdown window
-type internalTK struct {
-	once     sync.Once  // for init
-	tk       *guiWidget // where to show STDOUT
-	callerTK *guiWidget // which widget called the dropdown menu
-	wId      int        // the widget id to use
-	active   bool       // is the internal widget currently in use?
-	offsetW  int        // width offset
-	offsetH  int        // height offset
-}
-
-// the desktop libnotify menu
-type libnotify struct {
-	clock  internalTK // widget for the clock
-	icon   internalTK // libnotify menu icon
-	window internalTK // the libnotify menu
-	help   internalTK // the help menu
-}
+// deprecate these
+var (
+	initialMouseX, initialMouseY, xOffset, yOffset int
+	globalMouseDown, msgMouseDown, movingMsg       bool
+)
 
 // this is the gocui way
 // corner starts at in the upper left corner
@@ -166,87 +124,115 @@ func (r *rectType) Width() int {
 }
 
 func (r *rectType) Height() int {
-	if r.h0 == 0 && r.h1 == 0 {
-		// edge case. only return 0 for these
-		return 0
-	}
-	if r.h1 == r.h0 {
-		// if they are equal, it's actually height = 1
-		return 1
-	}
-	if r.h1-r.h0 < 1 {
-		// can't have negatives. something is wrong. return 1 for now
-		return 1
-	}
-
 	return r.h1 - r.h0
 }
 
-// settings that are window specific
-type window struct {
-	windowFrame *guiWidget // this is the frame for a window widget
-	wasDragged  bool       // indicates the window was dragged. This keeps it from being rearranged
-	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
-	order       int        // what level the window is on
-	// resize      bool       // only set the title once
-	collapsed bool // only show the window title bar
-	dense     bool // true if the window is dense
-	large     bool // true if the window is huge
-	pager     int  // allows the user to page through the window
-}
-
-type colorT struct {
-	frame gocui.Attribute
-	fg    gocui.Attribute
-	bg    gocui.Attribute
-	selFg gocui.Attribute
-	selBg gocui.Attribute
-	name  string
-}
-
 type guiWidget struct {
+	// the gocui package variables
 	v       *gocui.View // this is nil if the widget is not displayed
-	cuiName      string            // what gocui uses to reference the widget (usually "TK <widgetId>"
-	parent       *guiWidget        // mirrors the binary node tree
-	children     []*guiWidget      // mirrors the binary node tree
-	node         *tree.Node        // the pointer back to the tree
-	pb           *guipb.Widget     // the guipb Widget
-	wtype        widget.WidgetType // used for Tables for now. todo: fix this correctly
-	windowFrame  *guiWidget        // this is the frame for a window widget
-	internal     bool              // indicates the widget is internal to gocui and should be treated differently
+	cuiName string      // what gocui uses to reference the widget
+
+	WidgetType widget.WidgetType
+
+	// tw	*toolkit.Widget
+	parent   *guiWidget
+	children []*guiWidget
+
+	node *tree.Node
+
 	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
+
+	value   string
+	checked bool
+
+	// the actual text to display in the console
+	labelN string
+
 	vals []string // dropdown menu items
-	enable       bool              // ?
-	gocuiSize    rectType          // should mirror the real display size. todo: verify these are accurate. they are not yet
-	full         rectType          // full size of children (used by widget.Window, etc)
-	force        rectType          // force widget within these boundries (using this to debug window dragging)
-	startW       int               // ?
-	startH       int               // ?
-	lastW        int               // used during mouse dragging
-	lastH        int               // used during mouse dragging
+
+	active bool
+
+	enable       bool
+	defaultColor *colorT // store the color to go back to
+
+	// hidden bool
+
+	//	AtW int
+	//	AtH int
+
+	// direction widget.Orientation
+
+	// progname string
+
+	// the logical size of the widget
+	// For example, 40x12 would be the center of a normal terminal
+	// size rectType
+
+	// the actual gocui display view of this widget
+	// sometimes this isn't visible like with a Box or Grid
+	gocuiSize rectType
+
+	startW int
+	startH int
+
+	isCurrent bool // is this the currently displayed Window or Tab?
 	isFake    bool // widget types like 'box' are 'false'
+
+	// used to track the size of grids
 	widths  map[int]int // how tall each row in the grid is
 	heights map[int]int // how wide each column in the grid is
-	tainted      bool              // ?
-	frame        bool              // ?
-	selectedTab  *tree.Node        // for a window, this is currently selected tab
-	color        *colorT           // what color to use
-	colorLast    colorT            // the last color the widget had
-	defaultColor *colorT           // the default colors // TODO: make a function for this instead
-	isTable      bool              // is this a table?
+
+	tainted bool
+	frame   bool
+
+	// for a window, this is currently selected tab
+	selectedTab *tree.Node
+
+	// what color to use
+	color *colorT
+}
+
+// from the gocui devs:
+// Write appends a byte slice into the view's internal buffer. Because
+// View implements the io.Writer interface, it can be passed as parameter
+// of functions like fmt.Fprintf, fmt.Fprintln, io.Copy, etc. Clear must
+// be called to clear the view's buffer.
+
+func (w *guiWidget) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	w.tainted = true
+	me.writeMutex.Lock()
+	defer me.writeMutex.Unlock()
+	var tk *guiWidget
+	tk = me.logStdout.TK.(*guiWidget)
+	if tk.v == nil {
+		// optionally write the output to /tmp
+		s := fmt.Sprint(string(p))
+		s = strings.TrimSuffix(s, "\n")
+		fmt.Fprintln(outf, s)
+		v, _ := me.baseGui.View("msg")
+		if v != nil {
+			// fmt.Fprintln(outf, "found msg")
+			tk.v = v
+		}
+	} else {
+		// display the output in the gocui window
+		tk.v.Clear()
+
+		s := fmt.Sprint(string(p))
+		s = strings.TrimSuffix(s, "\n")
+		tmp := strings.Split(s, "\n")
+		outputS = append(outputS, tmp...)
+		if len(outputS) > outputH {
+			l := len(outputS) - outputH
+			outputS = outputS[l:]
+		}
+		fmt.Fprintln(tk.v, strings.Join(outputS, "\n"))
+	}
+
+	return len(p), nil
 }
 
-// THIS IS GO COMPILER MAGIC
-// this sets the `default` in the structs above on init()
-// this is cool code. thank the GO devs for this code and Alex Flint for explaining it to me
 func Set(ptr interface{}, tag string) error {
 	if reflect.TypeOf(ptr).Kind() != reflect.Ptr {
 		log.Log(ERROR, "Set() Not a pointer", ptr, "with tag =", tag)
@@ -266,11 +252,12 @@ func Set(ptr interface{}, tag string) error {
 }
 
 func setField(field reflect.Value, defaultVal string, name string) error {
+
 	if !field.CanSet() {
 		// log("setField() Can't set value", field, defaultVal)
 		return fmt.Errorf("Can't set value\n")
 	} else {
-		// log.Log(NOW, "setField() Can set value", name, defaultVal)
+		log.Log(NOW, "setField() Can set value", name, defaultVal)
 	}
 
 	switch field.Kind() {

table.go

@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"slices"
-
-	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/guipb"
-	"go.wit.com/log"
-	"go.wit.com/toolkits/tree"
-	"go.wit.com/widget"
-)
-
-func initGridPB(pb *guipb.Widget) *guiWidget {
-	var w *guiWidget
-	w = new(guiWidget)
-
-	w.pb = pb
-	w.wtype = widget.Grid
-	w.cuiName = fmt.Sprintf("%d %s", pb.Id, "TK")
-	w.labelN = pb.Name
-	w.isTable = true
-	return w
-}
-
-func showTable(t *guipb.Table) {
-	log.Info("gocui: should show table here")
-	if t == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	log.Info("gocui: table.Title", t.Title)
-	// log.Info("gocui: need to add window here id =", t.Window.Id, t.Window.Name)
-	if t.Grid == nil {
-		log.Info("gocui: missing grid widget. tree plugin error")
-		return
-	}
-	root := me.treeRoot.TK.(*guiWidget)
-	parent := root.findWidgetById(int(t.Parent.Id))
-	if parent == nil {
-		log.Info("gocui: show table error. parent.Id not found", t.Parent.Id)
-		return
-	}
-
-	log.Info("gocui: need to add grid here id =", t.Grid.Id)
-	grid := initGridPB(t.Grid)
-	grid.parent = parent
-}
-
-func enableWidget(n *tree.Node) {
-	tk := n.TK.(*guiWidget)
-	tk.Enable()
-}
-
-func disableWidget(n *tree.Node) {
-	tk := n.TK.(*guiWidget)
-	tk.Disable()
-}
-
-func showWidget(n *tree.Node) {
-	tk := n.TK.(*guiWidget)
-	tk.Show()
-}
-
-func hideWidget(n *tree.Node) {
-	tk := n.TK.(*guiWidget)
-	if n.WidgetType == widget.Window {
-		tk.windowFrame.Hide()
-		tk.hideWidgets()
-	}
-	tk.Hide()
-	tk.deleteWidget()
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) deleteWidget() {
-	log.Log(INFO, "gocui deleteWidget() looking for child to delete:", tk.cuiName)
-	p := tk.parent
-	for i, child := range p.children {
-		if tk == child {
-			log.Log(INFO, "deleteWidget() found parent with child to delete:", i, child.cuiName, child.WidgetId())
-			p.children = slices.Delete(p.children, i, i+1)
-		}
-	}
-	tk.deleteTree()
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) deleteTree() {
-	for _, child := range tk.children {
-		child.deleteTree()
-	}
-	tk.Hide()
-}

textbox.go

@@ -1,151 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
-
-package main
-
-// simulates a dropdown menu in gocui
-
-import (
-	"strings"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
-	log "go.wit.com/log"
-)
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) forceSizes(r *rectType) {
-	tk.gocuiSize.w0 = r.w0
-	tk.gocuiSize.w1 = r.w1
-	tk.gocuiSize.h0 = r.h0
-	tk.gocuiSize.h1 = r.h1
-
-	tk.full.w0 = r.w0
-	tk.full.w1 = r.w1
-	tk.full.h0 = r.h0
-	tk.full.h1 = r.h1
-
-	tk.force.w0 = r.w0
-	tk.force.w1 = r.w1
-	tk.force.h0 = r.h0
-	tk.force.h1 = r.h1
-}
-
-func initTextbox() {
-	if me.textbox.tk == nil {
-		// should only happen once
-		me.textbox.tk = makeNewFlagWidget(me.textbox.wId)
-		// me.textbox.tk.dumpWidget("init() textbox")
-	}
-}
-
-func (callertk *guiWidget) prepTextbox() {
-	initTextbox()
-	if me.textbox.tk == nil {
-		log.Log(WARN, "prepTextbox() Is Broken")
-		return
-	}
-
-	r := new(rectType)
-	// startW, startH := tk.Position()
-	r.w0 = callertk.gocuiSize.w0 + 4
-	r.h0 = callertk.gocuiSize.h0 + 3
-	r.w1 = r.w0 + 24
-	r.h1 = r.h0 + 2
-	me.textbox.tk.forceSizes(r)
-	me.textbox.tk.dumpWidget("after sizes")
-
-	me.textbox.callerTK = callertk
-
-	if me.textbox.tk.v != nil {
-		log.Log(WARN, "WARNING textbox DeleteView()")
-		log.Log(WARN, "WARNING textbox DeleteView()")
-		log.Log(WARN, "WARNING textbox DeleteView()")
-		me.baseGui.DeleteView(me.textbox.tk.cuiName)
-		time.Sleep(time.Second)
-	}
-
-	if err := me.textbox.tk.SetViewRect(r); err != nil {
-		log.Log(WARN, "textbox SetViewRect() failed", err, "view name =", me.textbox.tk.cuiName)
-		return
-	}
-	// me.textbox.tk.Show() // actually makes the gocui view. TODO: redo this?
-	showTextbox(callertk.String())
-}
-
-func showTextbox(callers string) {
-	// tk := me.textbox.tk
-	// me.textbox.tk.dumpWidget("after sizes")
-	log.Log(WARN, "showTextbox() caller string =", callers)
-
-	//	me.textbox.tk.Show() // actually makes the gocui view. TODO: redo this
-
-	if me.textbox.tk.v == nil {
-		log.Log(WARN, "textbox.tk.v == nil showTextbox() is broken")
-		return
-	}
-
-	me.textbox.tk.setColorModal()
-	me.textbox.tk.v.Clear()
-	cur := strings.TrimSpace(callers)
-	// log.Info("setting textbox string to:", cur)
-	me.textbox.tk.v.WriteString(cur)
-
-	me.textbox.tk.v.Editable = true
-	me.textbox.tk.v.Wrap = true
-
-	me.textbox.tk.SetView()
-
-	me.baseGui.SetCurrentView(me.textbox.tk.v.Name())
-
-	// bind the enter key to a function so we can close the textbox
-	me.baseGui.SetKeybinding(me.textbox.tk.v.Name(), gocui.KeyEnter, gocui.ModNone, theCloseTheTextbox)
-
-	me.textbox.active = true
-
-	me.baseGui.SetViewOnTop(me.textbox.tk.v.Name())
-	me.textbox.tk.dumpWidget("showTextbox()")
-}
-
-func theCloseTheTextbox(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
-	textboxClosed()
-	return nil
-}
-
-// updates the text and sends an event back to the application
-func textboxClosed() {
-	// get the text the user entered
-	var newtext string
-	if me.textbox.tk.v == nil {
-		newtext = ""
-	} else {
-		newtext = me.textbox.tk.v.ViewBuffer()
-	}
-	newtext = strings.TrimSpace(newtext)
-	me.textbox.active = false
-	me.textbox.tk.Hide()
-	// log.Info("textbox closed with text:", newtext, me.textbox.callerTK.cuiName)
-
-	if me.notify.clock.tk.v != nil {
-		me.baseGui.SetCurrentView("help")
-	} else {
-		me.baseGui.SetCurrentView("msg")
-	}
-
-	// change the text of the caller widget
-	me.textbox.callerTK.SetText(newtext)
-	me.textbox.callerTK.node.SetCurrentS(newtext)
-
-	// send an event from the plugin with the new string
-	me.myTree.SendUserEvent(me.textbox.callerTK.node)
-
-	win := me.textbox.callerTK.findParentWindow()
-	if win != nil {
-		// win.dumpWidget("redraw this!!!")
-		tk := me.textbox.callerTK
-		// me.textbox.callerTK.dumpWidget("resize this!!!")
-		me.textbox.callerTK.Size()
-		me.textbox.callerTK.placeWidgets(tk.gocuiSize.w0-4, tk.gocuiSize.h0-4)
-		// tk.dumpWidget("resize:" + tk.String())
-		win.makeWindowActive()
-	}
-}

tree.go

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
+
+package main
+
+/*
+	This is reference code for toolkit developers
+
+	This is how information is passed in GO back to the application
+	via the GO 'plugin' concept
+
+	TODO: switch this to protocol buffers
+*/
+
+import (
+	"go.wit.com/widget"
+)
+
+// Other goroutines must use this to access the GUI
+//
+// You can not acess / process the GUI thread directly from
+// other goroutines. This is due to the nature of how
+// Linux, MacOS and Windows work (they all work differently. suprise. surprise.)
+//
+// this sets the channel to send user events back from the plugin
+func Callback(guiCallback chan widget.Action) {
+	me.myTree.Callback(guiCallback)
+}
+
+func PluginChannel() chan widget.Action {
+	return me.myTree.PluginChannel()
+}

treeAdd.go

@@ -28,85 +28,63 @@ func setFake(n *tree.Node) {
 	}
 }
 
-// mostly just sets the colors of things
+// set the widget start width & height
+// func (n *node) addWidget(n *tree.Node) {
 func addWidget(n *tree.Node) {
-	if !me.ok {
-		log.Log(INFO, "addWidget() START NOT OKAY")
-		log.Log(INFO, "addWidget() START NOT OKAY")
-		log.Log(INFO, "addWidget() START NOT OKAY")
-		waitOK()
-	}
-	tk := n.TK.(*guiWidget)
+	var nw *guiWidget
+	nw = n.TK.(*guiWidget)
 	log.Log(INFO, "setStartWH() w.id =", n.WidgetId, "n.name", n.String())
 	switch n.WidgetType {
 	case widget.Root:
 		log.Log(INFO, "setStartWH() rootNode w.id =", n.WidgetId, "w.name", n.String())
+		nw.color = &colorRoot
 		setFake(n)
 		return
 	case widget.Flag:
+		nw.color = &colorFlag
 		setFake(n)
 		return
 	case widget.Window:
-		tk.frame = false
-		tk.labelN = tk.GetText() + "  X"
-		me.newWindowTrigger <- tk
-		redoWindows(0, 0)
-		return
-	case widget.Stdout:
-		tk.labelN = "moreSTDOUT"
-		n.State.ProgName = "moreSTDOUT"
-		n.State.Label = "moreSTDOUT"
-		tk.isFake = true
-		return
-	case widget.Tab:
-		return
-	case widget.Button:
-		tk.setColorButton()
-		if tk.IsEnabled() {
-		} else {
-			tk.setColorDisable()
+		nw.frame = false
+		// nw.color = &colorWindow
+		nw.setColor(&colorWindow)
+		wRoot := me.treeRoot.TK.(*guiWidget)
+		wRoot.redoWindows(0, 0)
+		// TODO: record the first window here?
+		// do initial setup of helper widgets here:
+		if me.dropdownV == nil {
+			me.dropdownV = makeDropdownView("addWidget() ddview")
 		}
 		return
+	case widget.Tab:
+		nw.color = &colorTab
+		// redoWindows(0,0)
+		return
+	case widget.Button:
+		nw.color = &colorButton
 	case widget.Checkbox:
-		tk.setColorInput()
-		tk.labelN = "X " + n.State.Label
-		return
+		nw.color = &colorCheckbox
 	case widget.Dropdown:
-		tk.setColorInput()
-		return
-	case widget.Textbox:
-		n.State.Label = ""
-		tk.labelN = "    "
-		tk.setColorInput()
-		return
+		nw.color = &colorDropdown
 	case widget.Combobox:
-		tk.setColorInput()
-		return
+		nw.color = &colorCombobox
 	case widget.Box:
-		tk.isFake = true
+		nw.color = &colorBox
+		nw.isFake = true
 		setFake(n)
 		return
 	case widget.Grid:
-		tk.isFake = true
+		nw.color = &colorGrid
+		nw.isFake = true
 		setFake(n)
 		return
 	case widget.Group:
-		tk.setColorLabel()
-		tk.frame = false
+		nw.color = &colorGroup
+		nw.frame = false
 		return
 	case widget.Label:
-		if tk.node.InTable() {
-			if tk.node.State.AtH == 0 {
-				// this is the table header
-				tk.setColorLabelTable()
-			} else {
-				// todo: highlight the whole table row
-				tk.setColorLabel()
-			}
-		} else {
-			tk.setColorLabel()
-		}
-		tk.frame = false
+		nw.color = &colorLabel
+		nw.frame = false
 		return
 	default:
 		/*
@@ -115,5 +93,5 @@ func addWidget(n *tree.Node) {
 			}
 		*/
 	}
-	tk.dumpWidget("addWidget()unknown")
+	nw.showWidgetPlacement("addWidget()")
 }

treeDraw.go

@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+
+	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
+	log "go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+var toggle bool = true
+
+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.showWidgets()
+}
+
+func (w *guiWidget) toggleTree() {
+	if toggle {
+		w.drawTree(toggle)
+		toggle = false
+	} else {
+		w.hideWidgets()
+		toggle = true
+	}
+}
+
+// display the widgets in the binary tree
+func (w *guiWidget) drawTree(draw bool) {
+	if w == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	w.showWidgetPlacement("drawTree()")
+	if draw {
+		// w.textResize()
+		w.Show()
+	} else {
+		w.Hide()
+	}
+
+	for _, child := range w.children {
+		child.drawTree(draw)
+	}
+}
+
+// display's the text of the widget in gocui
+// deletes the old view if it exists and recreates it
+func (w *guiWidget) drawView() {
+	var err error
+	log.Log(INFO, "drawView() START", w.WidgetType, w.String())
+	if me.baseGui == nil {
+		log.Log(ERROR, "drawView() ERROR: me.baseGui == nil", w)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if w.cuiName == "" {
+		log.Log(ERROR, "drawView() w.cuiName was not set for widget", w)
+		w.cuiName = strconv.Itoa(w.node.WidgetId) + " TK"
+	}
+	log.Log(INFO, "drawView() labelN =", w.labelN)
+
+	// this deletes the button from gocui
+	me.baseGui.DeleteView(w.cuiName)
+	w.v = nil
+
+	w.textResize()
+	a := w.gocuiSize.w0
+	b := w.gocuiSize.h0
+	c := w.gocuiSize.w1
+	d := w.gocuiSize.h1
+
+	w.v, err = me.baseGui.SetView(w.cuiName, a, b, c, d, 0)
+	if err == nil {
+		w.showWidgetPlacement("drawView()")
+		log.Log(ERROR, "drawView() internal plugin error err = nil")
+		return
+	}
+	if !errors.Is(err, gocui.ErrUnknownView) {
+		w.showWidgetPlacement("drawView()")
+		log.Log(ERROR, "drawView() internal plugin error error.IS()", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// this sets up the keybinding for the name of the window
+	// does this really need to be done? I think we probably already
+	// know everything about where all the widgets are so we could bypass
+	// the gocui package and just handle all the mouse events internally here (?)
+	// for now, the w.v.Name is a string "1", "2", "3", etc from the widgetId
+
+	// set the binding for this gocui view now that it has been created
+	// gocui handles overlaps of views so it will run on the view that is clicked on
+	me.baseGui.SetKeybinding(w.v.Name(), gocui.MouseLeft, gocui.ModNone, click)
+
+	// this actually sends the text to display to gocui
+	w.v.Wrap = true
+	w.v.Frame = w.frame
+	w.v.Clear()
+	fmt.Fprint(w.v, w.labelN)
+
+	// if you don't do this here, it will be black & white only
+	if w.color != nil {
+		w.v.FrameColor = w.color.frame
+		w.v.FgColor = w.color.fg
+		w.v.BgColor = w.color.bg
+		w.v.SelFgColor = w.color.selFg
+		w.v.SelBgColor = w.color.selBg
+	}
+	log.Log(INFO, "drawView() END")
+}

treeInit.go

@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
-
-/*
-	DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
-
-	this file is the same for every GUI toolkit plugin
-	when you are making a new GUI toolkit plugin for
-	a specific toolkit, you just need to define these
-	functions.
-
-	for example, in the "gocui" toolkit, the functions
-	below are what triggers the "gocui" GO package
-	to draw labels, buttons, windows, etc
-
-	If you are starting out trying to make a new GUI toolkit,
-	all you have to do is copy this file over. Then
-	work on making these functions. addWidget(), setText(), etc.
-
-	That's it!
-*/
-
-package main
-
-/*
-	This is reference code for toolkit developers
-
-	This is how information is passed in GO back to the application
-	via the GO 'plugin' concept
-
-	TODO: switch this to protocol buffers
-*/
-
-import (
-	"time"
-
-	log "go.wit.com/log"
-	"go.wit.com/toolkits/tree"
-	"go.wit.com/widget"
-)
-
-// Other goroutines must use this to access the GUI
-//
-// You can not acess / process the GUI thread directly from
-// other goroutines. This is due to the nature of how
-// Linux, MacOS and Windows work (they all work differently. suprise. surprise.)
-//
-// this sets the channel to send user events back from the plugin
-func Callback(guiCallback chan widget.Action) {
-	me.myTree.Callback(guiCallback)
-}
-
-func PluginChannel() chan widget.Action {
-	initOnce.Do(initPlugin)
-	for {
-		if me.myTree != nil {
-			break
-		}
-		log.Info("me.myTree == nil")
-		time.Sleep(300 * time.Millisecond)
-	}
-	return me.myTree.PluginChannel()
-}
-
-func FrozenChannel() chan widget.Action {
-	return me.myTree.FrozenChannel()
-}
-
-func initTree() *tree.TreeInfo {
-	t := tree.New()
-	t.PluginName = PLUGIN
-	t.Add = newAdd
-	t.SetTitle = setTitle
-	t.SetLabel = setLabel
-	t.SetText = setText
-	t.AddText = addText
-
-	t.Enable = enableWidget
-	t.Disable = disableWidget
-
-	t.Show = showWidget
-	t.Hide = hideWidget
-
-	t.SetChecked = setChecked
-	t.ToolkitInit = toolkitInit
-	t.ToolkitClose = toolkitClose
-	t.ShowTable = showTable
-
-	return t
-}

treeWidget.go

@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"strconv"
+
+	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+	"go.wit.com/toolkits/tree"
+	"go.wit.com/widget"
+)
+
+func initWidget(n *tree.Node) *guiWidget {
+	var w *guiWidget
+	w = new(guiWidget)
+
+	w.node = n
+	w.cuiName = strconv.Itoa(w.node.WidgetId) + " TK"
+	w.WidgetType = n.WidgetType
+	w.labelN = n.State.Label
+	if w.labelN == "" {
+		// remove this debugging hack once things are stable and fixed
+		w.labelN = n.GetProgName()
+	}
+	w.frame = true
+	w.enable = n.State.Enable
+
+	if n.WidgetType == widget.Root {
+		log.Log(INFO, "setupWidget() FOUND ROOT w.id =", n.WidgetId)
+	}
+
+	if n.WidgetType == widget.Grid {
+		w.widths = make(map[int]int)  // how tall each row in the grid is
+		w.heights = make(map[int]int) // how wide each column in the grid is
+	}
+
+	p := n.Parent
+	if p == nil {
+		log.Log(ERROR, "parent == nil", w.String(), n.WidgetId, w.WidgetType)
+		return w
+	}
+	if p.TK == nil {
+		log.Log(ERROR, "parent.TK == nil", w.String(), n.WidgetId, w.WidgetType)
+		return w
+	}
+
+	// set the parent and append to parent children
+	var ptk *guiWidget
+	ptk = p.TK.(*guiWidget)
+	w.parent = ptk
+	ptk.children = append(ptk.children, w)
+	return w
+}
+
+func setupCtrlDownWidget() {
+	a := new(widget.Action)
+	a.ProgName = "ctrlDown"
+	a.WidgetType = widget.Dialog
+	a.WidgetId = -1
+	a.ParentId = 0
+	// n := addNode(a)
+	n := me.myTree.AddNode(a)
+
+	me.ctrlDown = n
+}
+
+func (w *guiWidget) deleteView() {
+	// make sure the view isn't really there
+	// log.Log(GOCUI, "deleteView()", w.cuiName, w.WidgetType, w.node.WidgetId)
+	me.baseGui.DeleteView(w.cuiName)
+	w.v = nil
+}
+
+func (w *guiWidget) IsCurrent() bool {
+	if w.node.WidgetType == widget.Tab {
+		return w.isCurrent
+	}
+	if w.node.WidgetType == widget.Window {
+		// log.Log(GOCUI, "IsCurrent() found current window", w.cuiName, w.String())
+		// log.Log(GOCUI, "IsCurrent() window w.isCurrent =", w.isCurrent)
+		return w.isCurrent
+	}
+	if w.node.WidgetType == widget.Root {
+		return false
+	}
+	return w.parent.IsCurrent()
+}
+
+func (tk *guiWidget) String() string {
+	return tk.node.String()
+}
+
+func (tk *guiWidget) Visible() bool {
+	if tk == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	if tk.v == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	tk.v.Visible = true
+	return true
+}
+
+func (w *guiWidget) Show() {
+	// always should the dropdown widget
+	if w == me.dropdownV {
+		me.dropdownV.drawView()
+		return
+	}
+
+	// don't display fake widgets
+	if w.isFake {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// if this isn't in the binary tree
+	// it's some internal widget so always display those
+	if w.node == nil {
+		w.drawView()
+		return
+	}
+
+	// always show window titles
+	if w.node.WidgetType == widget.Window {
+		w.drawView()
+		return
+	}
+
+	/*
+		if w.node.WidgetType == widget.Dropdown {
+			log.Log(NOW, "Show() dropdown", w.cuiName, w.String())
+			log.Log(NOW, "Show() dropdown n.Strings() =", w.node.Strings())
+		}
+		if w.node.WidgetType == widget.Combobox {
+			log.Log(NOW, "Show() dropdown", w.cuiName, w.String())
+			log.Log(NOW, "Show() dropdown n.Strings() =", w.node.Strings())
+		}
+	*/
+
+	// if the widget is not in the current displayed windo
+	// then ignore it
+	// log.Log(GOCUI, "Show() widget =", w.cuiName, w.String())
+	// log.Log(GOCUI, "Show() w.IsCurrent() returned", w.IsCurrent())
+	if !w.IsCurrent() {
+		// log.Log(GOCUI, "Show() w.IsCurrent == false. NOT drawing", w.cuiName, w.String())
+		return
+	}
+
+	// finally, check if the widget State is hidden or not
+	if w.node.Hidden() {
+		// log.Log(GOCUI, "Show() w.node.Hidden() = false. not drawing", w.cuiName, w.String())
+		// don't display hidden widgets
+		return
+	}
+	// log.Log(GOCUI, "Show() doing w.drawView()", w.cuiName, w.String())
+	// okay, if you made it this far, then display the widget
+	w.drawView()
+}
+
+func (tk *guiWidget) Hide() {
+	tk.deleteView()
+}
+
+func (tk *guiWidget) SetVisible(b bool) {
+	if b {
+		tk.Show()
+	} else {
+		tk.Hide()
+	}
+}
+
+func (tk *guiWidget) findWidgetByName(name string) *guiWidget {
+	if tk.cuiName == name {
+		return tk
+	}
+	for _, child := range tk.children {
+		found := child.findWidgetByName(name)
+		if found != nil {
+			return found
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (tk *guiWidget) findWidgetByView(v *gocui.View) *guiWidget {
+	if tk.v == v {
+		return tk
+	}
+	if tk.cuiName == v.Name() {
+		log.Log(NOW, "findWidget() error. names are mismatched or out of sync", tk.cuiName)
+		log.Log(NOW, "findWidget() or maybe the view has been deleted")
+		// return tk
+	}
+	for _, child := range tk.children {
+		found := child.findWidgetByView(v)
+		if found != nil {
+			return found
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}

view.go

@@ -4,53 +4,54 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"strings"
 
+	"go.wit.com/log"
 	"go.wit.com/widget"
 )
 
-// expands the gocuiSize rectangle to fit
-// all the text in tk.labelN
-func (tk *guiWidget) textResize() {
-	var w, h int = 0, 0
-
-	for _, s := range strings.Split(tk.labelN, "\n") {
-		s = strings.TrimSpace(s)
-		// log.Log(INFO, "textResize() len =", len(s), i, s)
-		if w < len(s) {
-			w = len(s)
+func splitLines(s string) []string {
+	var lines []string
+	sc := bufio.NewScanner(strings.NewReader(s))
+	for sc.Scan() {
+		lines = append(lines, sc.Text())
 	}
-		h += 1
+	return lines
 }
 
-	// todo: fix all this old code
-	if tk.WidgetType() == widget.Textbox {
-		if w < 5 {
-			w = 5
-		}
-	}
+func (w *guiWidget) textResize() bool {
+	// w := n.tk
+	var width, height int = 0, 0
+	var changed bool = false
 
-	// this is old code. now move this somewhere smarter
-	tk.gocuiSize.w1 = tk.gocuiSize.w0 + w + me.FramePadW // TODO: move this FramePadW out of here
-	tk.gocuiSize.h1 = tk.gocuiSize.h0 + h + me.FramePadH // TODO: fix this size computation
+	for i, s := range splitLines(w.labelN) {
+		log.Log(INFO, "textResize() len =", len(s), i, s)
+		if width < len(s) {
+			width = len(s)
 		}
-
-// deletes every view
-func (w *guiWidget) hideWindow() {
-	if w == nil {
-		return
+		height += 1
 	}
-	w.Hide()
-	for _, child := range w.children {
-		child.hideWindow()
+	if w.gocuiSize.w1 != w.gocuiSize.w0+width+me.FramePadW {
+		w.gocuiSize.w1 = w.gocuiSize.w0 + width + me.FramePadW
+		changed = true
 	}
+	if w.gocuiSize.h1 != w.gocuiSize.h0+height+me.FramePadH {
+		w.gocuiSize.h1 = w.gocuiSize.h0 + height + me.FramePadH
+		changed = true
+	}
+	if changed {
+		// w.showWidgetPlacement("textResize() changed")
+	}
+	return changed
 }
 
 func (w *guiWidget) hideWidgets() {
 	if w == nil {
 		return
 	}
-	switch w.WidgetType() {
+	w.isCurrent = false
+	switch w.node.WidgetType {
 	case widget.Root:
 	case widget.Flag:
 	case widget.Window:
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ func (w *guiWidget) hideFake() {
 func (w *guiWidget) showFake() {
 	if w.isFake {
 		w.drawView()
-		w.dumpWidget("in showFake()")
+		w.showWidgetPlacement("showFake:")
 	}
 	for _, child := range w.children {
 		child.showFake()

view.proto.new

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+// including this in a plugin seems to keep it from loading at this point
+
+package main;
+
+import "google/protobuf/timestamp.proto"; // Import the well-known type for Timestamp
+
+// maybe put all the gocui specific stuff here.
+message GocuiState {                              // `autogenpb:nomutex`
+        bool                  visible       = 1;
+        bool                  internal      = 2;
+        int64                 w0            = 3;
+        int64                 h0            = 4;
+        int64                 w1            = 5;
+        int64                 h1            = 6;
+}
+
+message ViewSettings {                            // `autogenpb:nomutex`
+        bool                  pack          = 1;
+        int64                 framesize     = 5;
+}
+
+message Tree {
+        View                  parent        = 1;
+        repeated View         children      = 2;
+        View                  node          = 3;
+}
+
+// this is the gocui 'view' in binary tree form
+message View {
+        int64                 widgetId      = 3;  // `autogenpb:unique` `autogenpb:sort`
+        string                name          = 4;  // `autogenpb:unique` `autogenpb:sort`
+        GocuiState            state         = 7;
+}
+
+message Views {                                   // `autogenpb:marshal` `autogenpb:mutex`
+        string                uuid          = 1;  // `autogenpb:uuid:d19c1fbb-32c2-4957-aee6-f8128a511dca`
+        string                version       = 2;  // `autogenpb:version:v0.0.1`
+        repeated View         Views         = 3;
+        Tree                  tree          = 4;
+        map<string, string>   junk          = 5;
+        ViewSettings          settings      = 6;
+}

widgetCommon.go

@@ -1,126 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"strconv"
-	"strings"
-
-	"go.wit.com/log"
-	"go.wit.com/toolkits/tree"
-	"go.wit.com/widget"
-)
-
-func initWidget(n *tree.Node) *guiWidget {
-	var w *guiWidget
-	w = new(guiWidget)
-
-	w.node = n
-	w.cuiName = strconv.Itoa(w.WidgetId()) + " TK"
-	// w.WidgetType() = n.WidgetType
-	w.labelN = n.State.Label
-	if w.labelN == "" {
-		// remove this debugging hack once things are stable and fixed
-		w.labelN = n.GetProgName()
-	}
-	w.frame = true
-	w.enable = n.State.Enable
-
-	if n.WidgetType == widget.Root {
-		log.Log(INFO, "setupWidget() FOUND ROOT w.id =", n.WidgetId)
-	}
-
-	if n.WidgetType == widget.Grid {
-		w.widths = make(map[int]int)  // how tall each row in the grid is
-		w.heights = make(map[int]int) // how wide each column in the grid is
-	}
-
-	p := n.Parent
-	if p == nil {
-		log.Log(ERROR, "parent == nil", w.String(), n.WidgetId, w.WidgetType())
-		return w
-	}
-	if p.TK == nil {
-		if n.WidgetId == 0 {
-			// this is a normal init condition
-		} else {
-			log.Log(ERROR, "parent.TK == nil", w.String(), n.WidgetId, w.WidgetType())
-		}
-		return w
-	}
-
-	// set the parent and append to parent children
-	var ptk *guiWidget
-	ptk = p.TK.(*guiWidget)
-	w.parent = ptk
-	ptk.children = append(ptk.children, w)
-	return w
-}
-
-func setupCtrlDownWidget() {
-	a := new(widget.Action)
-	a.ProgName = "ctrlDown"
-	a.WidgetType = widget.Dialog
-	a.WidgetId = -1
-	a.ParentId = 0
-	// n := addNode(a)
-	n := me.myTree.AddNode(a)
-
-	me.ctrlDown = n
-}
-
-func (w *guiWidget) deleteView() {
-	// make sure the view isn't really there
-	// log.Log(GOCUI, "deleteView()", w.cuiName, w.WidgetType(), w.WidgetId())
-	me.baseGui.DeleteView(w.cuiName)
-	w.v = nil
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) String() string {
-	// deprecate this?
-	curval := strings.TrimSpace(tk.labelN)
-	if curval != "" {
-		return curval
-	}
-	curval = strings.TrimSpace(tk.GetLabel())
-	if curval != "" {
-		return curval
-	}
-	curval = tk.GetText()
-	if curval != "" {
-		return curval
-	}
-	curval = tk.node.String()
-	if curval != "" {
-		return curval
-	}
-	curval = strings.TrimSpace(tk.node.ProgName())
-	if curval != "" {
-		return curval
-	}
-	return ""
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) Visible() bool {
-	if tk == nil {
-		return false
-	}
-	if tk.v == nil {
-		return false
-	}
-	tk.v.Visible = true
-	return true
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) Hide() {
-	tk.deleteView()
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) SetVisible(b bool) {
-	if b {
-		tk.Show()
-	} else {
-		tk.Hide()
-	}
-}

widgetDraw.go

@@ -1,266 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"strconv"
-
-	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
-	log "go.wit.com/log"
-	"go.wit.com/widget"
-)
-
-// don't draw widgets that are too far down the window
-func (tk *guiWidget) doNotDraw() bool {
-	var check bool
-	switch tk.WidgetType() {
-	case widget.Button:
-		check = true
-	case widget.Label:
-		check = true
-	default:
-	}
-	if !check {
-		return false
-	}
-	win := tk.findParentWindow()
-	if win == nil {
-		// don't draw anything if you can't find the parent window
-		return true
-	}
-
-	h := tk.gocuiSize.h0 - win.gocuiSize.h0
-
-	if h > 20 {
-		return true
-	}
-
-	return false
-}
-
-// page widgets in the window
-func (tk *guiWidget) pageWidget() *rectType {
-	r := new(rectType)
-
-	var check bool
-	switch tk.WidgetType() {
-	case widget.Button:
-		check = true
-	case widget.Label:
-		check = true
-	default:
-	}
-	if !check {
-		return nil
-	}
-	win := tk.findParentWindow()
-	if win == nil {
-		// don't draw anything if you can't find the parent window
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	r.w0 = tk.gocuiSize.w0
-	r.h0 = tk.gocuiSize.h0
-	r.w1 = tk.gocuiSize.w1
-	r.h1 = tk.gocuiSize.h1
-
-	// r.h0 = tk.gocuiSize.h0 - win.gocuiSize.h0
-
-	if r.h0 > 20 {
-		return r
-	}
-
-	return r
-}
-
-// display's the text of the widget in gocui
-// deletes the old view if it exists and recreates it
-func (tk *guiWidget) drawView() {
-	var err error
-	log.Log(INFO, "drawView() START", tk.WidgetType(), tk.String())
-	if me.baseGui == nil {
-		log.Log(ERROR, "drawView() ERROR: me.baseGui == nil", tk)
-		return
-	}
-
-	if tk.cuiName == "" {
-		log.Log(ERROR, "drawView() tk.cuiName was not set for widget", tk)
-		tk.cuiName = strconv.Itoa(tk.WidgetId()) + " TK"
-	}
-	log.Log(INFO, "drawView() labelN =", tk.labelN)
-
-	// this deletes the button from gocui
-	me.baseGui.DeleteView(tk.cuiName)
-	tk.v = nil
-
-	a := tk.gocuiSize.w0
-	b := tk.gocuiSize.h0
-	c := tk.gocuiSize.w1
-	d := tk.gocuiSize.h1
-
-	/*
-		// testing code for paging large windows
-		if tk.doNotDraw() {
-			return
-		}
-
-			if tk.window.pager != 0 {
-				if r := tk.pageWidget(); r == nil {
-					// if nil, draw whatever it is anyway
-				} else {
-					if r.Width() == 0 && r.Height() == 0 {
-						// don't draw empty stuff
-						return
-					}
-					a = r.w0
-					b = r.h0
-					c = r.w1
-					d = r.h1
-				}
-			}
-
-			if tk.WidgetType() == widget.Window || tk.WidgetType() == widget.Flag {
-				if tk.window.pager != 0 {
-					if tk.gocuiSize.Height() > 40 {
-						tk.window.large = true
-						tk.gocuiSize.h1 = tk.gocuiSize.h0 + 40
-						d = tk.gocuiSize.h1
-					}
-				}
-			}
-	*/
-
-	// this is all terrible. This sets the title. kinda
-	if tk.WidgetType() == widget.Window {
-		tk.textResize()
-		tk.full.w0 = tk.force.w0
-		tk.full.h0 = tk.force.h0
-
-		// for windows, make it the full size
-		a = tk.full.w0
-		b = tk.full.h0
-		c = tk.full.w0 + tk.gocuiSize.Width()
-		d = tk.full.h0 + tk.gocuiSize.Height()
-	} else {
-		if tk.internal {
-			// do nothing
-		} else {
-			tk.textResize() // resize gocui frame to the widget text
-		}
-		a = tk.gocuiSize.w0
-		b = tk.gocuiSize.h0
-		c = tk.gocuiSize.w1
-		d = tk.gocuiSize.h1
-	}
-
-	tk.v, err = me.baseGui.SetView(tk.cuiName, a, b, c, d, 0)
-	if err == nil {
-		tk.dumpWidget("drawView() err")
-		log.Log(ERROR, "drawView() internal plugin error err = nil")
-		return
-	}
-
-	if !errors.Is(err, gocui.ErrUnknownView) {
-		tk.dumpWidget("drawView() err")
-		log.Log(ERROR, "drawView() internal plugin error error.IS()", err)
-		return
-	}
-
-	if tk.v == nil {
-		log.Info("MUTEX FAIL. tk.v == nil here in drawView()")
-		log.Info("MUTEX FAIL. tk.v == nil here in drawView()")
-		log.Info("MUTEX FAIL. tk.v == nil here in drawView()")
-		return
-	}
-
-	// this actually sends the text to display to gocui
-	tk.v.Wrap = true
-	tk.v.Frame = tk.frame
-	tk.v.Clear()
-	fmt.Fprint(tk.v, tk.labelN)
-
-	// tmp hack to disable buttons on window open
-	if tk.WidgetType() == widget.Button {
-		if tk.IsEnabled() {
-		} else {
-			tk.setColorDisable()
-		}
-	}
-
-	switch tk.WidgetType() {
-	case widget.Button:
-		if tk.IsEnabled() {
-			if tk.isDense() && tk.isInGrid() {
-				tk.setColorButtonDense()
-			} else {
-				tk.setColorButton()
-			}
-		} else {
-			tk.setColorDisable()
-		}
-	default:
-	}
-
-	if tk.v == nil {
-		log.Info("MUTEX FAIL 2. tk.v was deleted somehow tk.v == nil here in drawView()")
-		log.Info("MUTEX FAIL 2. tk.v == nil here in drawView()")
-		log.Info("MUTEX FAIL 2. tk.v == nil here in drawView()")
-		return
-	}
-
-	// if you don't do this here, it will be black & white only
-	if tk.color != nil {
-		tk.v.FrameColor = tk.color.frame
-		tk.v.FgColor = tk.color.fg
-		tk.v.BgColor = tk.color.bg
-		tk.v.SelFgColor = tk.color.selFg
-		tk.v.SelBgColor = tk.color.selBg
-	}
-
-	log.Log(INFO, "drawView() END")
-}
-
-// redraw the widget tree starting at this location
-func (w *guiWidget) DrawAt(offsetW, offsetH int) {
-	w.placeWidgets(offsetW, offsetH) // compute the sizes & places for each widget
-	// w.dumpWidget(fmt.Sprintf("DrawAt(%d,%d)", offsetW, offsetH))
-}
-
-// display the widgets in the binary tree
-func (w *guiWidget) drawTree(draw bool) {
-	if w == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	w.dumpWidget("in drawTree()")
-	if draw {
-		// w.textResize()
-		w.Show()
-	} else {
-		w.Hide()
-	}
-
-	for _, child := range w.children {
-		child.drawTree(draw)
-	}
-}
-
-func (w *guiWidget) Show() {
-	if w.isFake {
-		// don't display fake widgets
-		return
-	}
-
-	if w.Hidden() {
-		// recursively checks if the parent is hidden
-		// never show hidden widgets
-		return
-	}
-	if me.debug {
-		w.dumpWidget("drawView()")
-	}
-
-	w.drawView()
-}

window.go

@@ -4,237 +4,28 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-	"strings"
-
-	log "go.wit.com/log"
-	"go.wit.com/toolkits/tree"
 	"go.wit.com/widget"
 )
 
-func (tk *guiWidget) setTitle(s string) {
-	if tk.WidgetType() != widget.Window {
-		return
-	}
-	if tk.v == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	tk.setColorWindowTitleActive()
-	rect := tk.gocuiSize
-	rect.w1 = rect.w0 + tk.full.Width() + 1
-	// rect.h1 = rect.h0 + 1
-	me.baseGui.SetView(tk.v.Name(), rect.w0-1, rect.h0, rect.w1+1, rect.h1, 0)
-	tk.v.Clear()
-	f := "  %-" + fmt.Sprintf("%d", tk.full.Width()-3) + "s %s"
-	tmp := tk.GetLabel()
-	labelN := fmt.Sprintf(f, tmp, "X")
-	tk.v.WriteString(labelN)
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) redrawWindow(w int, h int) {
-	if tk.WidgetType() != widget.Window {
-		return
-	}
-	// tk.dumpWidget(fmt.Sprintf("redrawWindow(%d,%d)", w, h))
-	if tk.full.Height() > 40 {
-		tk.window.dense = true
-	}
-	// pin the window to (w,h)
-	tk.gocuiSize.w0 = w
-	tk.gocuiSize.h0 = h
-	tk.gocuiSize.w1 = w + len(tk.GetLabel())
-	tk.labelN = tk.GetLabel() // could set XX here also but don't have final size of window yet
-	tk.force.w0 = w
-	tk.force.w1 = w
-	tk.force.h0 = h
-	tk.force.h1 = h
-
-	tk.setFullSize() // might make the green box the right size
-
-	tk.frame = false
-	tk.hasTabs = false
-
-	tk.DrawAt(w, h)
-	// tk.setColor(&colorActiveW) // sets the window to Green BG
-	tk.setColorWindowTitleActive()
-
-	if tk.window.collapsed {
-		// don't show anything but the title bar
-		tk.hideWindow()
-		return
-	}
-	tk.placeWidgets(w, h) // compute the sizes & places for each widget
-
-	// this is a test. this should not be needed
-	tk.full.w0 = tk.force.w0
-	tk.full.h0 = tk.force.h0
-
-	tk.setFullSize()
-	tk.Show()
-	if tk.v == nil {
-		log.Info("redrawWindow on tk.v == nil")
-		standardExit()
-	}
-	tk.v.Clear()
-	fmt.Fprint(tk.v, "ZZZ"+tk.GetText())
-	tk.showWidgets()
-
-	if tk.windowFrame == nil {
-		tk.addWindowFrameTK(0 - tk.WidgetId())
-		tk.windowFrame.makeTK([]string{""})
-	}
-
-	// this seems to correctly create the window frame
-	r := tk.getFullSize()
-	tk.windowFrame.gocuiSize.w0 = tk.force.w0
-	tk.windowFrame.gocuiSize.w1 = r.w1 + 1
-	tk.windowFrame.gocuiSize.h0 = tk.force.h0 + 2
-	tk.windowFrame.gocuiSize.h1 = r.h1 + 1
-	tk.windowFrame.full.w0 = tk.force.w0
-	tk.windowFrame.full.w1 = r.w1 + 1
-	tk.windowFrame.full.h0 = tk.force.h0 + 2
-	tk.windowFrame.full.h1 = r.h1 + 1
-	tk.windowFrame.setColorWindowFrame()
-	tk.windowFrame.Hide()
-	tk.windowFrame.Show()
-
-	// set the window frame below the window widget, but this resizes the window widget it seems
-	me.baseGui.SetViewBeneath(tk.windowFrame.cuiName, tk.cuiName, 1)
-
-	// so now we have to resize the window frame, but this moves it to the top?
-	me.baseGui.SetView(tk.windowFrame.cuiName, tk.windowFrame.full.w0, tk.windowFrame.full.h0, tk.windowFrame.full.w1, tk.windowFrame.full.h1, 0)
-
-	// so we have to redraw the widgets in the window anyway and then they will appear above he frame
-	tk.hideWidgets()
-	tk.showWidgets()
-
-	// draw the window title
-	tk.setTitle(tk.GetLabel())
-}
-
 // re-draws the buttons for each of the windows
-func redoWindows(nextW int, nextH int) {
-	for _, tk := range findWindows() {
-		// tk.dumpWidget(fmt.Sprintf("redoWindowsS (%d,%d)", nextW, nextH))
-		if tk.window.wasDragged {
-			// don't move windows around the user has dragged to a certain location
-			tk.makeWindowActive()
-		} else {
-			w, _ := me.baseGui.Size()
-			if nextW > w-20 {
-				nextW = 0
-				nextH += 4
-			}
-			// probably a new window?
-			tk.redrawWindow(nextW, nextH)
-		}
-		// tk.dumpWidget(fmt.Sprintf("redoWindowsE (%d,%d)", nextW, nextH))
+func (w *guiWidget) redoWindows(nextW int, nextH int) {
+	var startW int = nextW
+	var startH int = nextH
 
-		// increment the width for the next window
-		nextW += tk.gocuiSize.Width() + 10
-		// nextH += 10
-	}
+	for _, child := range w.children {
+		if child.node.WidgetType != widget.Window {
+			continue
 		}
 
-func (tk *guiWidget) addWindowFrameTK(wId int) {
-	n := tk.addWindowFrame(wId)
-	tk.windowFrame = n.TK.(*guiWidget)
+		child.frame = false
+		child.hasTabs = false
+
+		child.gocuiSetWH(nextW, nextH)
+		child.Hide()
+
+		child.drawView()
+		sizeW := child.gocuiSize.Width()
+		nextW += sizeW + 4
+		child.redoWindows(startW+3, startH+2)
 	}
-
-func (win *guiWidget) addWindowFrame(wId int) *tree.Node {
-	n := new(tree.Node)
-	n.WidgetType = widget.Flag
-	n.WidgetId = wId
-	n.ParentId = 0
-
-	// store the internal toolkit information
-	tk := new(guiWidget)
-	tk.frame = true
-	tk.labelN = "windowFrame text"
-	tk.internal = true
-
-	tk.node = n
-	if tk.node.Parent == nil {
-		tk.node.Parent = me.treeRoot
-	}
-
-	// set the name used by gocui to the id
-	tk.cuiName = fmt.Sprintf("%d DR", wId)
-
-	// tk.color = &colorGroup
-
-	// add this new widget on the binary tree
-	tk.parent = win
-	if tk.parent == nil {
-		panic("addDropdown() didn't get treeRoot guiWidget")
-	} else {
-		tk.parent.children = append(tk.parent.children, tk)
-	}
-
-	n.TK = tk
-	return n
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) isWindowActive() bool {
-	if !(tk.WidgetType() == widget.Window || tk.WidgetType() == widget.Stdout) {
-		// only allow Window or the Stdout widgets to be made active
-		return false
-	}
-	return tk.window.active
-}
-
-// always redraws at the corner of the gocuiSize box
-func (tk *guiWidget) makeWindowActive() {
-	if !(tk.WidgetType() == widget.Window || tk.WidgetType() == widget.Stdout) {
-		// only allow Window or the Stdout widgets to be made active
-		return
-	}
-
-	if tk.WidgetType() == widget.Stdout {
-		me.stdout.outputOnTop = true
-	} else {
-		// me.stdout.outputOnTop = false // ?
-	}
-
-	// disable and increment all the windows
-	for _, tk := range me.allwin {
-		tk.window.order += 1
-		tk.window.active = false
-		// tk.setColor(&colorWindow) // color for inactive windows
-		tk.setColorWindowTitle()
-	}
-
-	// set this window as the active one
-	tk.window.active = true
-	tk.window.order = 0
-
-	tk.redrawWindow(tk.gocuiSize.w0, tk.gocuiSize.h0)
-	setThingsOnTop() // sets help, Stdout, etc on the top after windows have been redrawn
-}
-
-func (tk *guiWidget) makeTK(ddItems []string) {
-	items := strings.Join(ddItems, "\n")
-	tk.labelN = items
-	tk.SetText(items)
-	tk.gocuiSize.w0 = 100
-	tk.gocuiSize.w1 = 120
-	tk.gocuiSize.h0 = 15
-	tk.gocuiSize.h1 = 18
-
-	tk.Show()
-}
-
-func (win *guiWidget) checkWindowClose(w int, h int) bool {
-	s := fmt.Sprintf("mouse(%d,%d) ", w, h)
-	offW := win.full.w1 - w
-	offH := h - win.full.h0
-	s += fmt.Sprintf("offset(%d,%d)", offW, offH)
-	if (offW < 2) && (offH < 2) {
-		log.Info("attempting close on ", s, win.cuiName)
-		me.myTree.SendWindowCloseEvent(win.node)
-		// store the stdout corner for computing the drag size
-		return true
-	}
-	// log.Info("not attempting close on ", s, win.cuiName)
-	return false
 }