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Re: [e4-dev] Declarative UI in E4

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> I think there are various levels of solution depending on what our goals
> are. My starting goals are relatively modest, which is to make it easier
> to style what we have, and to be able to style the widgets a bit more. CSS
> just happens to be an existing well known format for doing the former. I
> think it also raises our expectations of what our UIs should look like,
> which is healthy, and pushes on the second point.

Yes, I agree. We should always start with a simple solution.

>
> What you're describing is even more advanced, but I think we could do the
> same with a declarative model in conjunction with CSS, no?

Yes, it is.

> Granted XAML
> has a certain elegance in combining the two. Then again, we're going to be
> able to something similar with the modelled workbench, so at the part
> level but not the individual widget level. I'm not sure control level
> replacement is a problem we're in search of a solution, is it?
>

The purpose of my description is to give your an idea about the capability
of a XML online style definition.

Yves
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