7 October 2005
I've built a control that lets the user set all sorts of preferences
for his or her schedule. Here, for example, I've demanded that the
schedule include 12 to 15 credits, and have indicated a strong
preference for Monday/Wednesday/Friday classes. In this case I'd
prefer classes after 12:20 but classes after 1:45 would be a little
better.
I built the SeverityMeter control (the colorful slider)
from scratch by creating an image of the slider and then writing code
to move a button back and forth based on mouse and keyboard
events.
Each entry in the list is a particular type of
PreferenceViewer, which means I can create any kind of
Preference I want and just throw it in the list.
Next Up: Create a "library" or "toolbox" of possible preference types so that the user can pick and choose those to include.