Overview of the Maplet Builder Palette Pane
The Maplet Builder Palette pane displays palettes, which contain Maplet elements, organized by category. The categories are:
Body Elements
Dialog Elements
Menu Elements
Toolbar Elements
Other Elements
Layout Elements
Command Elements
ToolBar Elements
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- Button. This element defines a button in a Maplet. For more information, see Button.
- Check Box. This element defines a check box in a Maplet. For more information, see CheckBox.
- 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.
- 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.
- Label. This element defines a label in a Maplet. For more information, see Label.
- 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.
- MathML Editor. This element defines a MathML editor in a Maplet that provides editing functionality for entering math expressions. For more information, see MathMLEditor.
- MathML Viewer. This element defines a MathML viewer for displaying 2-D math in a Maplet. For more information, see MathMLViewer.
- Plotter. This element defines a plot viewer to display or animate functions in a Maplet. For more information, see Plotter.
- Radio Button. This element defines a radio button in a Maplet. For more information, see RadioButton.
- 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.
- Table. This element defines a Maplet table. For more information, see Table.
- Text Box. This element defines a text box for input or output in a Maplet. For more information, see TextBox.
- Text Field. This element defines a text field, which is a single line text box, in a Maplet. For more information, see TextField.
- 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.
- Alert Dialog. This element defines an alert dialog designed with a caption and two buttons, OK and Cancel. For more information, see AlertDialog.
- Color Dialog. This element defines a color dialog designed for easy selection of colors from a color palette. For more information, see ColorDialog.
- Confirm Dialog. This element defines a confirmation dialog designed with a caption and three buttons, Yes, No, and Cancel. For more information, see ConfirmDialog.
- File Dialog. This element defines a file chooser dialog designed for easy navigation of your system. For more information, see FileDialog.
- 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.
- Message Dialog. This element defines a message dialog designed with a caption and an OK button. For more information, see MessageDialog.
- Question Dialog. This element defines a question dialog designed with a caption and two buttons, Yes and No For more information, see QuestionDialog.
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 popup menu to a Text Field or Text Box.
- Check Box Menu. This element defines an entry with a check box in a menu. For more information, see CheckBoxMenu.
- Menu. This element defines a menu in a menu bar. For more information, see Menu.
- Menu Bar. This element defines a window menu bar. For more information, see MenuBar.
- Menu Item. This element defines an entry in a menu. For more information, see MenuItem.
- Menu Separator. This element specifies a horizontal line in a menu. For more information, see MenuSeparator.
- Popup Menu. This element defines a popup menu in a TextField or TextBox element (see Body Elements). For more information, see PopupMenu.
- Radio Button Menu. This element defines an entry with a radio button in a menu. For more information, see RadioButtonMenu.
A Maplet window can contain a toolbar. A toolbar can contain toolbar buttons and separators.
- Toolbar. This element defines a window toolbar. For more information, see ToolBar.
- Toolbar Button. This element defines a button in a toolbar. For more information, see ToolBarButton.
- Toolbar Separator. This element defines a separator in a toolbar. For more information, see ToolBarSeparator.
- Action. This element defines an action in a Maplet. For more information, see Action.
- Argument. This element specifies the argument of a Maple function call. For more information, see Argument.
- 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.
- Font. This element specifies a font for an element, for example, a Window element or TextBox element. For more information, see Font.
- Image. This element specifies a JPEG or GIF image in a Maplet. For more information, see Image.
- Return. This element contains ReturnItem elements, which specify the values to return to Maple when the Maplet closes. For more information, see Return.
- Return Item. This element specifies which values are returned to Maple when the Maplet closes. For more information, see ReturnItem.
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.
- Box Cell. This element specifies an entry in a BoxColumn, BoxLayout, or BoxRow element. For more information, see BoxCell.
- Box Layout. This element defines a box layout in a Maplet. For more information, see BoxLayout.
- Grid Cell. This element specifies an entry in a row of a grid layout. For more information, see GridCell.
- Grid Layout. This element defines a grid layout in a Maplet. For more information, see GridLayout.
- Horizontal Glue. This element adds flexible spacing in its location in a BoxRow of a box layout. For more information, see HorizontalGlue.
- Vertical Glue. This layout element adds flexible spacing in its location in a BoxColumn of a box layout. For more information, see VerticalGlue.
- Close Window. This command element closes a window in a running Maplet. For more information, see CloseWindow.
- Evaluate. This command element runs a Maple procedure with the given set of arguments. For more information, see Evaluate.
- Run Dialog. This command element displays a dialog defined in the running Maplet. For more information, see RunDialog.
- Run Window. This command element displays a window defined in the running Maplet. For more information, see RunWindow.
- Set Option. This command element sets the value of an option in a specified element. For more information, see SetOptions.
- Shutdown. This command element closes a Maplet. For more information, see Shutdown.
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