Subclassing PasteUpMorph

On 04.05.2016, at 19:48, Michael Rice <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> I'm experimenting with subclassing PasteUpMorph to get some additional behavior. One thing I want to do is have my subclass open with a CircleMorph at 0@0. I already get that behavior, the CircleMorph in the upper left corner, but want my subclass' origin to be at its center, and the CircleMorph drawn there. My current initialize method,
>
> initialize
>       ""
>
>       super initialize.
>       self originAtCenter; addMorph: ((CircleMorph new) color: Color white) centeredNear: 0@0.
>
> still places it in the upper left corner.
>
> How do I get the origin, 0@0, at the center?

You could use

        circle x: 0 y: 0.

The originAtCenter flag only affects the PasteUpMorph’s cartesianOrigin which is used by Etoys (via the x/y methods) and puts the origin at either its lowerLeft corner or its center, just as in Math (and unlike Squeak).

That said, Morphic currently does not use a fully transform-based graphics engine. You cannot easily transform the coordinate system for submorphs. Etoys gets around this by applying the origin offset in its x/y accessors (which also flip the y direction from downwards to upwards).

- Bert -




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