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#1 2008-06-24 07:02:27

JSO
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Registered: 2007-06-23
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ScratchGUIde: GUI for Scratch applications

http://users.skynet.be/lodelauwers/jso/files/GUIde1.png

ScratchGUIde is a GUI, a graphical user interface. It is created to provide an easy way to create your own Scratch applications, like a paint program, a music player, a Scratch OS, or anything else you can imagine. ScratchGUIde will not be very useful to you when creating a race game, or any other *game*. Of course, there are exceptions... What about a level editor?

What's included in ScratchGUIde?
currently, ScratchGUIde contains one toolbar sprite, one title sprite and one toolbar lock sprite.
You can change settings (Show as a draggable window, a locked toolbar, a toolbox, number of toolbar rows,...) by typing numbers in a setting script at the top of the scripts, or drag "yes" or "no" into the set block...

How to implement?
It is very easy to use ScratchGUIde for your projects, you can just copy a toolbar, draw the icons, and change the settings. The code is quite complicated, but you don't have to change anything.

Tutorials coming soon.

Gallery
When you build an application from ScratchGUIde, please add it to this gallery. That way everyone can see what you builded with it.
http://users.skynet.be/lodelauwers/jso/files/GUIde2.pngClick to visit!

ScratchGUIde Template
To start building your application, download this project:
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/JSO/196305
It looks very boring and simple, but download it and you will see it is not.

Example projects
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/JSO/196306 A paint program

Please tell me, what do you think?

Joren


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#2 2008-06-24 10:35:07

Paddle2See
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Registered: 2007-10-27
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Re: ScratchGUIde: GUI for Scratch applications

Wow!  Very impressive...an entire template for application development!


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#3 2008-06-25 04:54:44

JSO
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Re: ScratchGUIde: GUI for Scratch applications

Thanks,

I am thinking on how to improve. Maybe I have to include some GUI widgets from TheWidgetfarmers thread. Or my own versions, like dialog boxes etc.

Another thing that might be possible is adding "tabs". I don't think anyone has created it yet...


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#4 2008-06-25 10:46:39

adriangl
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Re: ScratchGUIde: GUI for Scratch applications

Can you make a sort of special version for scratchresources?

Last edited by adriangl (2008-06-25 10:47:14)


Scratchin' since 2007

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#5 2008-06-26 01:07:21

andresmh
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Registered: 2007-03-05
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Re: ScratchGUIde: GUI for Scratch applications

Amazing work. It reminds me of this http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/wireframes/
maybe you can get additional ideas from there too.


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#6 2008-06-26 07:23:27

s_federici
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Re: ScratchGUIde: GUI for Scratch applications

Impressive. I'm going to try it immediately.

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