I started to use Spec, i love nested layouts and so on. But i've got a little problem. I'm creating a Window with 14 TextInputFieldModel and 14 ButtonModel and, to avoid the definition of 28 different instance variables (obviously), i created two arrays which contain the ButtonModel and the TextInputFieldModel that i need. 

 ^ SpecLayout composed

       

            newColumn: [ :columnTeam | 

1 to: 14 do:[:i|

columnTeam 

                 newRow: [ :rowPlayer |

                     rowPlayer 

add: (textPlayer at:i) ;

                         add:#captainButton;

add: (buttonStartingEleven at:i). 

].

.....

This is what i did in the defaultSpec of my Player class. captainButton is a RadioButton defined in self instantiateModels: in initializeWidgets, while textPlayer and buttonStartingEleven are the arrays of above.

Theoretically the idea is great, while in practice it doesn't work. It give me the following message: 

TextInputFieldModel>>layoutFrame:

Help me please!

Paolo

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> Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:38:58 -0300
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> Subject: Re: [Pharo-users] Writing a GUI - Where to start?
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> I recommend you to go with Spec. It is the newest and designed to be the most capable. It is also the way forward, it will be the 'standard' GUI builders in the future. We know that the documentation right now is far from optimal. Ben and I will work on that in January. 
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> On Nov 20, 2013, at 1:30 PM, Mun Mun <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> > Hi everyone,
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> > Nobody mentioned Polymorphic. My understanding is that both Spec and Polymorph are built on top of Morphic. I only looked at code example and brief tutorial for both of them, but it seemed to me that Polymorph was easier to grasp: it's quite obivous in the code where and how the widgets are built. I have trouble understanding how the job is done in Spec. On the other hand, Spec seems to have a lot of users in this mailling list.
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> > To sum up this thread with many different options proposed, what would be the right path for a newbie like me ?
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> > Thanks in advance !
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