Generic Function

Summary

The generic function make-container creates a container for a specified element.

Package

capi

Signature

make-container element &rest interface-args

Description

This creates a container for element such that calling display on it will produce a window containing element on the screen. It will produce a container for any of the following classes of object:

simple-pane
layout
interface
pinboard-object
menu
menu-item
menu-component
list

In the case of a list , the CAPI tries to see what sort of objects they are and makes an appropriate container. For instance, if they were all simple panes it would put them into a column layout.

The arguments interface-args will be passed through to the make-instance of the top-level interface, assuming that pane is not a top-level interface itself.

The complementary function contain uses make-container to create a container for an element which it then displays.

Example

(capi:display (capi:make-container

                (make-instance

                 'capi:text-input-pane)))

See also

contain
display
interface
element