config pane design

[bill-auger]

feature of epic #31

the "Config" pane currently overlaps exactly with the "Preview" and "Chat" panes when in configuration mode

the "Config" pane includes all of the configuration widgets for the application - these are divided into the following overlapping sub-panes:

• ConfigScreen
• ConfigCamera
• ConfigAudio
• ConfigText
• ConfigImage
• ConfigOutput
• ConfigChat

ConfigScreen:

• screenGroup - (simple border)
• displayLabel - (label for displaySlider)
• displaySlider - (select screen capture x-display number)
• screenLabel - (label for screenSlider)
• screenSlider - (select screen capture x-screen number)
• screenWidthLabel - (label for screenWidthText)
• screenWidthText - (enter screen capture width)
• screenHeightLabel - (label for screenHeightText)
• screenHeightText - (enter screen capture width)
• xOffsetLabel - (label for xOffsetText)
• xOffsetText - (enter screen capture x-offset)
• yOffsetLabel - (label for yOffsetText)
• yOffsetText - (enter screen capture y-offset)

ConfigCamera:

• cameraGroup - (simple border)
• cameraDevLabel - (label for cameraDevCombo)
• cameraDevCombo - (select camera capture device)
• cameraResLabel - (label for cameraResCombo)
• cameraResCombo - (select camera capture resolution)

ConfigAudio:

• audioGroup - (simple border)
• audioApiLabel - (label for audioApiCombo)
• audioApiCombo - (select audio capture API)
• audioDevLabel - (label for audioDevCombo)
• audioDevCombo - (select audio capture device)
• audioCodecLabel - (label for audioCodecCombo)
• audioCodecCombo - (select audio capture API)
• nChannelsLabel - (label for nChannelsSlider)
• nChannelsSlider - (select audio capture number of channels)
• samplerateLabel - (label for samplerateCombo)
• samplerateCombo - (select audio capture samplerate)
• audioBitrateLabel - (label for audioBitrateCombo)
• audioBitrateCombo - (select audio capture bitrate)

ConfigText:

• textGroup - (simple border)
• motdLabel - (label for motdText)
• motdText - (enter overlay text)
• textStyleLabel - (label for textStyleCombo)
• textStyleCombo - (select overlay text style)
• textPosLabel - (label for textPosCombo)
• textPosCombo - (select overlay text position)

ConfigImage:

• imageGroup - (simple border)
• locationLabel - (label for interstitialText)
• interstitialText - (enter static image file location)
• browseButton - (open file chooser for static image file location)

ConfigOutput:

• outputGroup - (simple border)
• outputStreamLabel - (label for outputSinkCombo)
• outputSinkCombo - (select output sink)
• outputWidthLabel - (label for outputWidthText)
• outputWidthText - (enter output width)
• outputHeightLabel - (label for outputHeightText)
• outputHeightText - (enter output height)
• framerateLabel - (label for framerateCombo)
• framerateCombo - (select screen and output framerate)
• bitrateLabel - (label for videoBitrateCombo)
• videoBitrateCombo - (select output bitrate)
• outputDestLabel - (label for outputDestLabel)
• outputDestText - (enter output destina

ConfigChat:

• chatGroup - (simple border)
• networkLabel - (label for networkCombo)
• networkText - (enter chat network)
• portLabel - (label for portText)
• portText - (enter chat server port)
• nickLabel - (label for nickText)
• nickText - (enter chat nick)
• passLabel - (label for passText)
• passText - (enter chat password)
• channelLabel - (label for channelText)
• channelText - (enter chat channel)
• greetingLabel - (label for greetingText)
• greetingText - (enter chat greeting text)
• timestampLabel - (label for timestampToggle)
• timestampToggle - (show/hide chat message timestamps)
• joinPartLabel - (label for joinPartLabel)
• joinPartToggle - (show/hide join/part notices)

the "Config" pane includes also hosts a large textarea for context-sensative help which is always vivible

Config:

• hintsGroup - (simple border)
• hintsText (help text for the currently visible configuration pane)

[bill-auger]

the configuration page that is now running out of space and probably needs to be split off into tabs in order to make room for any new features

the biggest challenge to designing this app is that the target screen resolution is 1280x800 and this constrains the number of controls that can be visible at once

[bill-auger]

split configuration GUI groups into separate panes 2d14b00