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Overview of the Maplet Builder Palette Pane
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The Maplet Builder Palette pane displays palettes, which contain Maplet elements, organized by category. The categories are:
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Body Elements
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- Button. This element defines a button in a Maplet. For more information, see Button.
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- Check Box. This element defines a check box in a Maplet. For more information, see CheckBox.
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- Combo Box. This element defines a combination box, in which the user can enter text or select an item from the list, in a Maplet. For more information, see ComboBox.
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- Drop-Down Box. This element defines a drop-down box, from which the user can select an item, in a Maplet. For more information, see DropDownBox.
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- Label. This element defines a label in a Maplet. For more information, see Label.
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- List Box. This element defines a list box, in which the user can select zero or more items, in a Maplet. For more information, see ListBox.
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- MathML Editor. This element defines a MathML editor in a Maplet that provides editing functionality for entering math expressions. For more information, see MathMLEditor.
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- MathML Viewer. This element defines a MathML viewer for displaying 2-D math in a Maplet. For more information, see MathMLViewer.
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- Plotter. This element defines a plot viewer to display or animate functions in a Maplet. For more information, see Plotter.
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- Radio Button. This element defines a radio button in a Maplet. For more information, see RadioButton.
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- Slider. This element defines a slider in a Maplet, which allows the user to select an integer between two points. For more information, see Slider.
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- Table. This element defines a Maplet table. For more information, see Table.
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- Text Box. This element defines a text box for input or output in a Maplet. For more information, see TextBox.
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- Text Field. This element defines a text field, which is a single line text box, in a Maplet. For more information, see TextField.
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- Toggle Button. This element defines a toggle button, a button that the user can click to alternate between the in (true) and out (false) states, in a Maplet. For more information, see ToggleButton.
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Dialog Elements
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- Alert Dialog. This element defines an alert dialog designed with a caption and two buttons, OK and Cancel. For more information, see AlertDialog.
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- Color Dialog. This element defines a color dialog designed for easy selection of colors from a color palette. For more information, see ColorDialog.
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- Confirm Dialog. This element defines a confirmation dialog designed with a caption and three buttons, Yes, No, and Cancel. For more information, see ConfirmDialog.
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- File Dialog. This element defines a file chooser dialog designed for easy navigation of your system. For more information, see FileDialog.
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- Input Dialog. This element defines an input dialog designed with a caption, a textfield, and two buttons, OK and Cancel. For more information, see InputDialog.
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- Message Dialog. This element defines a message dialog designed with a caption and an OK button. For more information, see MessageDialog.
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- Question Dialog. This element defines a question dialog designed with a caption and two buttons, Yes and No For more information, see QuestionDialog.
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Menu Elements
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A Maplet window can contain a menu bar. A menu bar can contain one or more menus, each with menu items, check box menu items, radio button menu items, and menu separators. You can add a pop-up menu to a Text Field or Text Box.
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- Check Box Menu. This element defines an entry with a check box in a menu. For more information, see CheckBoxMenu.
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- Menu. This element defines a menu in a menu bar. For more information, see Menu.
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- Menu Bar. This element defines a window menu bar. For more information, see MenuBar.
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- Menu Item. This element defines an entry in a menu. For more information, see MenuItem.
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- Menu Separator. This element specifies a horizontal line in a menu. For more information, see MenuSeparator.
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- Popup Menu. This element defines a pop-up menu in a TextField or TextBox element (see Body Elements). For more information, see PopupMenu.
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- Radio Button Menu. This element defines an entry with a radio button in a menu. For more information, see RadioButtonMenu.
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ToolBar Elements
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A Maplet window can contain a toolbar. A toolbar can contain toolbar buttons and separators.
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- Toolbar. This element defines a window toolbar. For more information, see ToolBar.
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- Toolbar Button. This element defines a button in a toolbar. For more information, see ToolBarButton.
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- Toolbar Separator. This element defines a separator in a toolbar. For more information, see ToolBarSeparator.
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Other Elements
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- Action. This element defines an action in a Maplet. For more information, see Action.
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- Argument. This element specifies the argument of a Maple function call. For more information, see Argument.
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- Button Group. This element associates radio and toggle buttons so that at most one in the group can be selected. For more information, see ButtonGroup.
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- Font. This element specifies a font for an element, for example, a Window element or TextBox element. For more information, see Font.
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- Image. This element specifies a JPEG or GIF image in a Maplet. For more information, see Image.
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- Return. This element contains ReturnItem elements, which specify the values to return to Maple when the Maplet closes. For more information, see Return.
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- Return Item. This element specifies which values are returned to Maple when the Maplet closes. For more information, see ReturnItem.
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Layout Elements
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A Maplet window accepts two layout schemes, box layout and grid layout. A box layout is a relative layout scheme in which you can control where items appear horizontally or vertically relative to other elements. A grid layout is a square layout in which all elements must appear within a square grid.
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- Box Cell. This element specifies an entry in a BoxColumn, BoxLayout, or BoxRow element. For more information, see BoxCell.
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- Box Layout. This element defines a box layout in a Maplet. For more information, see BoxLayout.
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- Grid Cell. This element specifies an entry in a row of a grid layout. For more information, see GridCell.
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- Grid Layout. This element defines a grid layout in a Maplet. For more information, see GridLayout.
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- Horizontal Glue. This element adds flexible spacing in its location in a BoxRow of a box layout. For more information, see HorizontalGlue.
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- Vertical Glue. This layout element adds flexible spacing in its location in a BoxColumn of a box layout. For more information, see VerticalGlue.
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Command Elements
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- Close Window. This command element closes a window in a running Maplet. For more information, see CloseWindow.
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- Evaluate. This command element runs a Maple procedure with the given set of arguments. For more information, see Evaluate.
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- Run Dialog. This command element displays a dialog defined in the running Maplet. For more information, see RunDialog.
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- Run Window. This command element displays a window defined in the running Maplet. For more information, see RunWindow.
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- Set Option. This command element sets the value of an option in a specified element. For more information, see SetOptions.
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- Shutdown. This command element closes a Maplet. For more information, see Shutdown.
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