Settings Window

[im-coder-lg]

The title.

Joking, here is my idea btw:

Continued from #16

Please use this issue for your ideas. I might not be able to add a PR on this, so @Moosems @sumeshir26 I would need your help on this.

[not-nef]

hello i am also a programmer and i am pretty fit with ui

[not-nef]

although i dont quite get your drawing

[Moosems]

hello i am also a programmer

I would hope so.

[Moosems]

Joking, here is my idea btw:

Works good for me. I might work on a PR for this on Saturday.

[im-coder-lg]

although i dont quite get your drawing

It's a design. You know that Sun Valley and Tkinger also allows tabbed windows, right? We can add anything else we need to add witht this feature. @Moosems can we try adding the About page in the settings tab itself? Might be easier. We ca also add the update mechanism like in https://GitHub.com/Futura-Py/TimerX

[not-nef]

ok do you want me to do anything for this project?

[im-coder-lg]

Hmm... @Moosems can you initiaise the PR? Me, @sumeshir26 and @not-nef will work on it together. We would have to refactor it repeatedly, trust me. I will add a list of things that we can implement and add some things myself. @sumeshir26 can you add the About page to the Settings tab? And @not-nef we need to add a simple update system like on TimerX, so can you do that? @Moosems I need your help to perfect this. I have a more elaborate vision, and will add it here soon.

[not-nef]

yeah i can start work on the updating system tomorrow

[Moosems]

The updates can't modify the bundle contents. So you can't just change the file.

[im-coder-lg]

The updates can't modify the bundle contents. So you can't just change the file.

What do you mean?

[not-nef]

huh you dont need to modify anything, we just check if theres a newer version and if there is we open the browser with a link to the release

[im-coder-lg]

My vision of the settings tab(if it is possible): Settings icon by Icons8 btw

SVG for closer inspection


[not-nef]

my design 😊

[not-nef]

i could do that since i have done pretty much exactly this for notes.

[im-coder-lg]

WE THOUGHT THE SAME THING?! Wow, talk about a freakin' coincidence! Edit: I thought of this type since I saw it elsewhere, guess it was Notes and TimerX

[not-nef]

no i mean my notes app has THIS design

[not-nef]

check it out github.com/futura-py/notes

[im-coder-lg]

Well, that is what made me think of this. But that tabs inside tabs is my design haha

[not-nef]

i have put a lot of effort into it :)

[not-nef]

Well, that is what made me think of this. But that tabs inside tabs is my design haha

yeah i can just put my design into a frame and integrate it here

[im-coder-lg]

Let @Moosems start. He really knows the code here, since he coded 99% of it. Then you add your changes, I will add mine, and @sumeshir26 can add a good About page with the icon. Yeah, we kind of got an icon. It was commented at #16, and I like it. We also need to add credits/links to icons if we did use them, like the settings one from Icons8.

[im-coder-lg]

Okay, gotta go!

[not-nef]

yeah ok then i dont need to do anything since i dont really have any ideas. im not a very creative person

[Moosems]

Remember, there are only two settings....

[Moosems]

Let @Moosems start. He really knows the code here, since he coded 99% of it. Then you add your changes, I will add mine, and @sumeshir26 can add a good About page with the icon. Yeah, we kind of got an icon. It was commented at #16, and I like it. We also need to add credits/links to icons if we did use them, like the settings one from Icons8.

Send me the icon so I can integrate it into the builds please!

[not-nef]

once this project is finished i bet there will be a lot more

[sumeshir26]

Let @Moosems start. He really knows the code here, since he coded 99% of it. Then you add your changes, I will add mine, and @sumeshir26 can add a good About page with the icon. Yeah, we kind of got an icon. It was commented at #16, and I like it. We also need to add credits/links to icons if we did use them, like the settings one from Icons8.

Ok, I will start working on the About page after the settings page is done.

[sumeshir26]

Let @Moosems start. He really knows the code here, since he coded 99% of it. Then you add your changes, I will add mine, and @sumeshir26 can add a good About page with the icon. Yeah, we kind of got an icon. It was commented at #16, and I like it. We also need to add credits/links to icons if we did use them, like the settings one from Icons8.

Send me the icon so I can integrate it into the builds please!

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/68823982/259160710-118fae2e-d570-431d-873a-6d59b3ff3e2d.png

[sumeshir26]

once this project is finished i bet there will be a lot more

i hope so too - but in India this is my Boards(like a important exam) year so i will have very little time for coding very soon

[Moosems]

once this project is finished i bet there will be a lot more

For? Units and color mode seems to be the only thing that really matters here. This project already got bloated by adding the sv_ttk feature.

[sumeshir26]

Remember, there are only two settings....

Yes, a full blown settings window will be kind of overkill here. But i guess it dosent hurt to get the framework in place so we can add more settings if and when we need to.

[im-coder-lg]

once this project is finished i bet there will be a lot more

i hope so too - but in India this is my Boards(like a important exam) year so i will have very little time for coding very soon

You said it. Same here. And I got competition at school.

Remember, there are only two settings....

Hmm...

• API Key customisation for users
• Dark/Light/System mode(to each their own)
• Units(Imperial/Metric)

Anything else? I believe that is it for now.

Yes, a full blown settings window will be kind of overkill here. But i guess it dosent hurt to get the framework in place so we can add more settings if and when we need to.

Well, setting up a layout always helps.

For? Units and color mode seems to be the only thing that really matters here. This project already got bloated by adding the sv_ttk feature.

Perhaps we might have to use the multiple scripts method if it gets more bloated in the process. Honestly, it depends. But if it was like a multiple filesystem, maybe it is easy to manage, right?

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New design?

SVG


[Moosems]

I like the design. I have recommended using a web scraper in the past instead of an API, thoughts?

[Moosems]

I can handle this next PR on my own, just want to iron out the details first.

[im-coder-lg]

I like the design. I have recommended using a web scraper in the past instead of an API, thoughts?

How does that work?

I can handle this next PR on my own, just want to iron out the details first.

We want to help though! I will try adding the API setting, and if I find anything else to add, I will add that. @sumeshir26 can integrate the app icon to the code, before we add it to packaging. @not-nef will add a similar update system like on TimerX. And you can refactor it to make it look better. Plus, I want to add some more things to the About page.

[not-nef]

I like the design. I have recommended using a web scraper in the past instead of an API, thoughts?

How does that work?

i think he just wants to do the requests.get() on a weather site

[sumeshir26]

We want to help though! I will try adding the API setting, and if I find anything else to add, I will add that. @sumeshir26 can integrate the app icon to the code, before we add it to packaging. @not-nef will add a similar update system like on TimerX. And you can refactor it to make it look better. Plus, I want to add some more things to the About page.

Will take care of it in the next 3-4 hours.

[Moosems]

i think he just wants to do the requests.get() on a weather site

Request the data from the website and then parse the data.

[sumeshir26]

@im-coder-lg Done with the icon. @not-nef Any updates on update system?

[sumeshir26]

What does everyone think about separating the UI code and the weather API code into different files?

[im-coder-lg]

Better file management?

[Moosems]

What does everyone think about separating the UI code and the weather API code into different files?

The API code is so simple it doesn't need its own file. This is a small project and doesn't need more than one file.

[not-nef]

@im-coder-lg Done with the icon.

@not-nef Any updates on update system?

my gf was over today im afraid i can only work on it tomorrow. will do my best.

[im-coder-lg]

Okay, it's been a long time, so sorry to blast everyone's notification box. But something like this is on #21, but it's still in the WIP stage.