this is exciting!

Hello!

I'm trying to use controlP5 from the eclipse IDE, and I've run into the following: If I try to open additional ControlWindows (see code below), they will appear on the screen, but they will be empty, that is no control elements drawn/visible. also the background color will only appear as a small colored dot in the middle of the window. However, If I execute the same code from the Processing environment, everything works fine. Buttons/Controls in the main window of the PApplet also appear as expected.. (eg. deleting the last line of the setup method)

Anybody experienced this before or an idea wher it comes from??? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!


Hendrik


import processing.core.PApplet;
import controlP5.*;

public class testWindow extends PApplet{


ControlP5 controlP5;

int myColorBackground = color(0,0,0);

ControlWindow controlWindow;

public int sliderValue = 40;

public void setup() {
 size(400,400);
 frameRate(25);
 controlP5 = new ControlP5(this);
 controlWindow = controlP5.addControlWindow("controlP5window",400,200);
 controlWindow.setBackground(color(0,0,100));
 Controller mySlider = controlP5.addSlider("sliderValue",0,255,40,40,100,10);
 mySlider.setWindow(controlWindow);
}
 
public void draw() {
 background(sliderValue);
 controlP5.draw();
}

}

hi,
there is a preliminary version of controlP5 available at http://www.sojamo.de/controlP5 version 0.1.8

* rectMode and ellipseMode issue fixed.

* added global controllers.  these controllers are stored in a tab called global. to make a controller global, use controlP5.controller("theControllerNameHere").setTab("global"). controllers can be hidden with the key-combination alt-h, to prevent global controllers from being hidden, use controlP5. setGlobalControllersAlwaysVisible(true/false).

* added setValue(float theValue) to set controller values after the initialization of a controller, so values can be set from processing any time with controller.setValue(float theValue)

* auto initialization is configurable. use controlP5.setAutoInitialization(true/false); . this means, if you set the auto initialization to false, controllers wont fire anymore after they are created.

* added Textlabel to leave notes on the screen. Textlabel is multiline and flexible in width/height and has a scrollbar. not dragable yet, but try here  http://www.sojamo.de/content/p5/controlP5/examples/ControlP5Textlabel/ControlP5Textlabel.pde

* TextField, added getText() to the TextField to request the current text of the controller without having to confirm the textline with return.

* there where issues with controlWindows which are supposed to be fixed now, but i have only tested this on osx.

* controllers can be shown and hidden individually. controller.show(), controller.hide(), check if a controller is visible with controller.isVisible()

* controllers can be moved from one tab to the other with controller.moveTo(String theTabName)

* remove controllers from controlP5 with controlP5.remove(String theControllerName) or controlP5.remove(Controller theController)

* added a multilist controller, basically a multidimensional menu. an example can be found at http://www.sojamo.de/content/p5/controlP5/examples/ControlP5List/ControlP5List.pde
you have to import controlP5.extended.*; though

there is more, i will compile all the changes for the final  release. this is an in progress version, so there shouldn't be problems but there might be. official release will be end of june.

best,
andi

there wont be support for PFont but i will find a way for putting in custom pixelfonts.

andi

hi,
the font is called standard_07_57 and is available at miniml.com

andi

Hi, thank you very much for doing this. Very cool interface, I like it a lot and hope you will not stop development!

I have a problem with 0.1.1 when use the "translate" command, then it is not possible to use the slider. I also tried version 0.1.8. Any help?

Thanks & go on with your great work!
Klaus

Hi andi,

thank you very much, works perfect! Great!

Klaus