Wt

Hi Alistair,

There's no plans to support newer versions of ExtJS.

Note that it is possible to interface with JS libraries within Wt, not only through execution of JS code, but also by binding them to signals/slots that connect seamless to C++ signals and slots (see JSignal/JSlot/...). We used this mechanism to integrate ExtJS, others have used it to integrate JQuery UI widgets, so you may use it to use senche touch with Wt.

Wt has support for touch screen events.

BR,
Wim.

Hi,

Wt is poor in terms of widget variety and look & feel compared to extjs.

Shouldn't the integration of new widgets be very high on the roadmap ?

Cheers

Hi Wim,

Thanks for the reply, I've just taken a look and I'm struggling to see the point that C++ Ext hooks up with the javascript libraries. Would have been nice for a bit more development documentation :(

Hey,

Previously, we did integrate other widgets in Wt (Wt::Ext) but that has proven to be a cumbersome path. It adds another component which make hunting browser issues (layout, JavaScript errors) much harder because it can be a combination of events in different code bases. The browser (and JavaScript) is not a friendly environment to mix different things on a library level and expect them to work regardless of how developers are using your library (it is much easier to do it at an application level).

So, we have the development (rather than integration) of new widgets high on the roadmap. We are in the process of porting Wt to Android and iPad (both ports are in a happy experimental stage), so you can expect updates to our widgets for typical mobile devices.

In this area, it helps if you request specific widgets to be added to Wt (rather than point to a whole library).

Regards,
koen

Hi Koen,

I am glad to see that extjs is not the way forward. Since it requires a specific license, i try not to use these widgets.

I have created 3 feature requests. See #758, #759, #765
Hopefully they are in your roadmap already !

Regards
Christophe