Apple Newton Programmer’s Newton 2.0 (for Newton 2.0) - Manual (Page 205)

C H A P T E R 6
Pickers, Pop-up Views, and Overviews
General-Purpose Pickers 6-5
Figure 6-1 A protoPopupButton example
■ The protoPopInPlace picker is a text button that displays a picker when
tapped. When the user chooses an item from the picker, the text of the chosen
item appears in the button. For information about the slots and methods for this
picker, see “protoPopInPlace” (page 5-6) in Newton Programmer’s Reference.
Figure 6-2 shows an example of a
protoPopInPlace .
Figure 6-2 A protoPopInPlace example
■ The protoLabelPicker is a label that displays a picker when tapped. The
currently selected item in the list is displayed next to the label. For information
about the slots and methods for this picker, see “protoLabelPicker” (page 5-8) in
Newton Programmer’s Reference. Figure 6-3 shows an example of a
protoLabelPicker .
Figure 6-3 A protoLabelPicker example
■ The protoPicker is a picker that displays anything from a simple text list to a
two-dimensional grid containing shapes and text. For information about the slots
and methods for this picker, see “protoPicker” (page 5-13) in Newton
Button After button is tapped, it is highlighted
and picker is shown to the right of it.
Button After item is chosen from
picker, it is shown in button After button is tapped,
picker is shown on top of it.
Current choice
shown next to
label (optionally
includes icon, if
used in picker list) Menu of choices
pops up