rebuilt

Terminal.Gui/View/IDesignable.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+namespace Terminal.Gui;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Interface declaring common functionality useful for designer implementations.
+/// </summary>
+public interface IDesignable
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Causes the View to enable design-time mode. This typically means that the view will load demo data and
+    ///     be configured to allow for design-time manipulation.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="context">Optional arbitrary, View-specific, context.</param>
+    /// <typeparam name="TContext">A non-null type for <paramref name="context"/>.</typeparam>
+    /// <returns><see langword="true"/> if the view successfully loaded demo data.</returns>
+    public bool EnableForDesign<TContext> (in TContext context) where TContext : notnull => EnableForDesign ();
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Causes the View to enable design-time mode. This typically means that the view will load demo data and
+    ///     be configured to allow for design-time manipulation.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <returns><see langword="true"/> if the view successfully loaded demo data.</returns>
+    public bool EnableForDesign () => false;
+}

Terminal.Gui/Views/Button.cs

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui;
 ///         invoked repeatedly while the button is pressed.
 ///     </para>
 /// </remarks>
-public class Button : View
+public class Button : View, IDesignable
 {
     private readonly Rune _leftBracket;
     private readonly Rune _leftDefault;
@@ -190,4 +190,12 @@ public class Button : View
             }
         }
     }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public bool EnableForDesign ()
+    {
+        Title = "_Button";
+
+        return true;
+    }
 }

Terminal.Gui/Views/ComboBox.cs

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ using System.ComponentModel;
 namespace Terminal.Gui;
 
 /// <summary>Provides a drop-down list of items the user can select from.</summary>
-public class ComboBox : View
+public class ComboBox : View, IDesignable
 {
     private readonly ComboListView _listview;
     private readonly int _minimumHeight = 2;
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ public class ComboBox : View
     public event EventHandler Expanded;
 
     /// <inheritdoc/>
-    protected internal override bool OnMouseEvent  (MouseEvent me)
+    protected internal override bool OnMouseEvent (MouseEvent me)
     {
         if (me.Position.X == Viewport.Right - 1
             && me.Position.Y == Viewport.Top
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ public class ComboBox : View
             set => _hideDropdownListOnClick = WantContinuousButtonPressed = value;
         }
 
-        protected internal override bool OnMouseEvent  (MouseEvent me)
+        protected internal override bool OnMouseEvent (MouseEvent me)
         {
             var res = false;
             bool isMousePositionValid = IsMousePositionValid (me);
@@ -983,4 +983,14 @@ public class ComboBox : View
             AddCommand (Command.LineUp, () => _container.MoveUpList ());
         }
     }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public bool EnableForDesign ()
+    {
+        var source = new ObservableCollection<string> (["Combo Item 1", "Combo Item two", "Combo Item Quattro", "Last Combo Item"]);
+        SetSource (source);
+        Height = Dim.Auto (DimAutoStyle.Content, minimumContentDim: source.Count + 1);
+
+        return true;
+    }
 }

Terminal.Gui/Views/ListView.cs

@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public interface IListDataSource: IDisposable
 ///         first item that starts with what the user types will be selected.
 ///     </para>
 /// </remarks>
-public class ListView : View
+public class ListView : View, IDesignable
 {
     private bool _allowsMarking;
     private bool _allowsMultipleSelection = true;
@@ -921,6 +921,15 @@ public class ListView : View
             Source.SuspendCollectionChangedEvent = false;
         }
     }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public bool EnableForDesign ()
+    {
+        var source = new ListWrapper<string> (["List Item 1", "List Item two", "List Item Quattro", "Last List Item"]);
+        Source = source;
+
+        return true;
+    }
 }
 
 /// <summary>

Terminal.Gui/Views/Menu/MenuBar.cs

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui;
 ///         duplicates a shortcut (e.g. _File and Alt-F), the hot key wins.
 ///     </para>
 /// </remarks>
-public class MenuBar : View
+public class MenuBar : View, IDesignable
 {
     // Spaces before the Title
     private static readonly int _leftPadding = 1;
@@ -1591,4 +1591,177 @@ public class MenuBar : View
     }
 
     #endregion Mouse Handling
+
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public bool EnableForDesign<TContext> (in TContext context) where TContext : notnull
+    {
+        if (context is not Func<string, bool> actionFn)
+        {
+            actionFn = (s) => true;
+        }
+
+        Menus =
+        [
+            new MenuBarItem (
+                             "_File",
+                             new MenuItem []
+                             {
+                                 new (
+                                      "_New",
+                                      "",
+                                      () => actionFn ("New"),
+                                      null,
+                                      null,
+                                      KeyCode.CtrlMask | KeyCode.N
+                                     ),
+                                 new (
+                                      "_Open",
+                                      "",
+                                      () => actionFn ("Open"),
+                                      null,
+                                      null,
+                                      KeyCode.CtrlMask | KeyCode.O
+                                     ),
+                                 new (
+                                      "_Save",
+                                      "",
+                                      () => actionFn ("Save"),
+                                      null,
+                                      null,
+                                      KeyCode.CtrlMask | KeyCode.S
+                                     ),
+                                 null,
+
+                                 // Don't use Application.Quit so we can disambiguate between quitting and closing the toplevel
+                                 new (
+                                      "_Quit",
+                                      "",
+                                      () => actionFn ("Quit"),
+                                      null,
+                                      null,
+                                      KeyCode.CtrlMask | KeyCode.Q
+                                     )
+                             }
+                            ),
+            new MenuBarItem (
+                             "_Edit",
+                             new MenuItem []
+                             {
+                                 new (
+                                      "_Copy",
+                                      "",
+                                      () => actionFn ("Copy"),
+                                      null,
+                                      null,
+                                      KeyCode.CtrlMask | KeyCode.C
+                                     ),
+                                 new (
+                                      "C_ut",
+                                      "",
+                                      () => actionFn ("Cut"),
+                                      null,
+                                      null,
+                                      KeyCode.CtrlMask | KeyCode.X
+                                     ),
+                                 new (
+                                      "_Paste",
+                                      "",
+                                      () => actionFn ("Paste"),
+                                      null,
+                                      null,
+                                      KeyCode.CtrlMask | KeyCode.V
+                                     ),
+                                 new MenuBarItem (
+                                                  "_Find and Replace",
+                                                  new MenuItem []
+                                                  {
+                                                      new (
+                                                           "F_ind",
+                                                           "",
+                                                           () => actionFn ("Find"),
+                                                           null,
+                                                           null,
+                                                           KeyCode.CtrlMask | KeyCode.F
+                                                          ),
+                                                      new (
+                                                           "_Replace",
+                                                           "",
+                                                           () => actionFn ("Replace"),
+                                                           null,
+                                                           null,
+                                                           KeyCode.CtrlMask | KeyCode.H
+                                                          ),
+                                                      new MenuBarItem (
+                                                                       "_3rd Level",
+                                                                       new MenuItem []
+                                                                       {
+                                                                           new (
+                                                                                "_1st",
+                                                                                "",
+                                                                                () => actionFn (
+                                                                                                "1"
+                                                                                               ),
+                                                                                null,
+                                                                                null,
+                                                                                KeyCode.F1
+                                                                               ),
+                                                                           new (
+                                                                                "_2nd",
+                                                                                "",
+                                                                                () => actionFn (
+                                                                                                "2"
+                                                                                               ),
+                                                                                null,
+                                                                                null,
+                                                                                KeyCode.F2
+                                                                               )
+                                                                       }
+                                                                      ),
+                                                      new MenuBarItem (
+                                                                       "_4th Level",
+                                                                       new MenuItem []
+                                                                       {
+                                                                           new (
+                                                                                "_5th",
+                                                                                "",
+                                                                                () => actionFn (
+                                                                                                "5"
+                                                                                               ),
+                                                                                null,
+                                                                                null,
+                                                                                KeyCode.CtrlMask
+                                                                                | KeyCode.D5
+                                                                               ),
+                                                                           new (
+                                                                                "_6th",
+                                                                                "",
+                                                                                () => actionFn (
+                                                                                                "6"
+                                                                                               ),
+                                                                                null,
+                                                                                null,
+                                                                                KeyCode.CtrlMask
+                                                                                | KeyCode.D6
+                                                                               )
+                                                                       }
+                                                                      )
+                                                  }
+                                                 ),
+                                 new (
+                                      "_Select All",
+                                      "",
+                                      () => actionFn ("Select All"),
+                                      null,
+                                      null,
+                                      KeyCode.CtrlMask
+                                      | KeyCode.ShiftMask
+                                      | KeyCode.S
+                                     )
+                             }
+                            ),
+            new MenuBarItem ("_About", "Top-Level", () => actionFn ("About"))
+        ];
+        return true;
+    }
 }

Terminal.Gui/Views/ProgressBar.cs

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public enum ProgressBarFormat
 ///         <see cref="Pulse"/> method is called. Call <see cref="Pulse"/> repeatedly as progress is made.
 ///     </para>
 /// </remarks>
-public class ProgressBar : View
+public class ProgressBar : View, IDesignable
 {
     private int [] _activityPos;
     private bool _bidirectionalMarquee = true;
@@ -277,4 +277,13 @@ public class ProgressBar : View
         _fraction = 0;
         Initialized += ProgressBar_Initialized;
     }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public bool EnableForDesign ()
+    {
+        Width = Dim.Fill ();
+        Height = Dim.Auto (DimAutoStyle.Text, minimumContentDim: 1);
+        Fraction = 0.75f;
+        return true;
+    }
 }

Terminal.Gui/Views/RadioGroup.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 namespace Terminal.Gui;
 
 /// <summary>Displays a group of labels each with a selected indicator. Only one of those can be selected at a given time.</summary>
-public class RadioGroup : View
+public class RadioGroup : View, IDesignable
 {
     private int _cursor;
     private List<(int pos, int length)> _horizontal;
@@ -229,32 +229,6 @@ public class RadioGroup : View
         }
     }
 
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public override string Text
-    {
-        get
-        {
-            if (_radioLabels.Count == 0)
-            {
-                return string.Empty;
-            }
-
-            // Return labels as a CSV string
-            return string.Join (",", _radioLabels);
-        }
-        set
-        {
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty (value))
-            {
-                RadioLabels = [];
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                RadioLabels = value.Split (',').Select (x => x.Trim ()).ToArray ();
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     /// <summary>The currently selected item from the list of radio labels</summary>
     /// <value>The selected.</value>
     public int SelectedItem
@@ -487,4 +461,11 @@ public class RadioGroup : View
                 break;
         }
     }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public bool EnableForDesign ()
+    {
+        RadioLabels = new [] { "Option _1", "Option _2", "Option _3" };
+        return true;
+    }
 }

UICatalog/Scenarios/AllViewsTester.cs

@@ -348,49 +348,17 @@ public class AllViewsTester : Scenario
             view.ColorScheme = Colors.ColorSchemes ["Base"];
         }
 
-        // If the view supports a Text property, set it so we have something to look at
-        if (view.GetType ().GetProperty ("Text") != null)
+        if (view is IDesignable designable)
         {
-            try
-            {
-                view.GetType ()
-                    .GetProperty ("Text")
-                    ?.GetSetMethod ()
-                    ?.Invoke (view, new [] { _demoText });
-            }
-            catch (TargetInvocationException e)
-            {
-                MessageBox.ErrorQuery ("Exception", e.InnerException.Message, "Ok");
-                view = null;
-            }
-        }
-
-        // If the view supports a Title property, set it so we have something to look at
-        if (view != null && view.GetType ().GetProperty ("Title") != null)
-        {
-            if (view.GetType ().GetProperty ("Title")!.PropertyType == typeof (string))
-            {
-                view?.GetType ()
-                    .GetProperty ("Title")
-                    ?.GetSetMethod ()
-                    ?.Invoke (view, new [] { "Test Title" });
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                view?.GetType ()
-                    .GetProperty ("Title")
-                    ?.GetSetMethod ()
-                    ?.Invoke (view, new [] { "Test Title" });
-            }
+            designable.EnableForDesign (_demoText);
         }
-
-        // If the view supports a Source property, set it so we have something to look at
-        if (view != null && view.GetType ().GetProperty ("Source") != null && view.GetType ().GetProperty ("Source").PropertyType == typeof (IListDataSource))
+        else
         {
-            var source = new ListWrapper<string> (["Test Text #1", "Test Text #2", "Test Text #3"]);
-            view?.GetType ().GetProperty ("Source")?.GetSetMethod ()?.Invoke (view, [source]);
+            view.Text = _demoText;
+            view.Title = "_Test Title";
         }
 
+        // TODO: Add IOrientation so this doesn't require reflection
         // If the view supports a Title property, set it so we have something to look at
         if (view?.GetType ().GetProperty ("Orientation") is { } prop)
         {

UICatalog/Scenarios/MenuBarScenario.cs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ using Terminal.Gui;
 
 namespace UICatalog.Scenarios;
 
-[ScenarioMetadata ("MenuBar", "Demonstrates the MenuBar using the same menu used in unit tests.")]
+[ScenarioMetadata ("MenuBar", "Demonstrates the MenuBar using the demo menu.")]
 [ScenarioCategory ("Controls")]
 [ScenarioCategory ("Menus")]
 public class MenuBarScenario : Scenario
@@ -14,186 +14,6 @@ public class MenuBarScenario : Scenario
     private Label _lastAction;
     private Label _lastKey;
 
-    /// <summary>
-    ///     This method creates at test menu bar. It is called by the MenuBar unit tests, so it's possible to do both unit
-    ///     testing and user-experience testing with the same setup.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="actionFn"></param>
-    /// <returns></returns>
-    public static MenuBar CreateTestMenu (Func<string, bool> actionFn)
-    {
-        // TODO: add a disabled menu item to this
-        var mb = new MenuBar
-        {
-            Menus =
-            [
-                new MenuBarItem (
-                                 "_File",
-                                 new MenuItem []
-                                 {
-                                     new (
-                                          "_New",
-                                          "",
-                                          () => actionFn ("New"),
-                                          null,
-                                          null,
-                                          KeyCode.CtrlMask | KeyCode.N
-                                         ),
-                                     new (
-                                          "_Open",
-                                          "",
-                                          () => actionFn ("Open"),
-                                          null,
-                                          null,
-                                          KeyCode.CtrlMask | KeyCode.O
-                                         ),
-                                     new (
-                                          "_Save",
-                                          "",
-                                          () => actionFn ("Save"),
-                                          null,
-                                          null,
-                                          KeyCode.CtrlMask | KeyCode.S
-                                         ),
-                                     null,
-
-                                     // Don't use Application.Quit so we can disambiguate between quitting and closing the toplevel
-                                     new (
-                                          "_Quit",
-                                          "",
-                                          () => actionFn ("Quit"),
-                                          null,
-                                          null,
-                                          KeyCode.CtrlMask | KeyCode.Q
-                                         )
-                                 }
-                                ),
-                new MenuBarItem (
-                                 "_Edit",
-                                 new MenuItem []
-                                 {
-                                     new (
-                                          "_Copy",
-                                          "",
-                                          () => actionFn ("Copy"),
-                                          null,
-                                          null,
-                                          KeyCode.CtrlMask | KeyCode.C
-                                         ),
-                                     new (
-                                          "C_ut",
-                                          "",
-                                          () => actionFn ("Cut"),
-                                          null,
-                                          null,
-                                          KeyCode.CtrlMask | KeyCode.X
-                                         ),
-                                     new (
-                                          "_Paste",
-                                          "",
-                                          () => actionFn ("Paste"),
-                                          null,
-                                          null,
-                                          KeyCode.CtrlMask | KeyCode.V
-                                         ),
-                                     new MenuBarItem (
-                                                      "_Find and Replace",
-                                                      new MenuItem []
-                                                      {
-                                                          new (
-                                                               "F_ind",
-                                                               "",
-                                                               () => actionFn ("Find"),
-                                                               null,
-                                                               null,
-                                                               KeyCode.CtrlMask | KeyCode.F
-                                                              ),
-                                                          new (
-                                                               "_Replace",
-                                                               "",
-                                                               () => actionFn ("Replace"),
-                                                               null,
-                                                               null,
-                                                               KeyCode.CtrlMask | KeyCode.H
-                                                              ),
-                                                          new MenuBarItem (
-                                                                           "_3rd Level",
-                                                                           new MenuItem []
-                                                                           {
-                                                                               new (
-                                                                                    "_1st",
-                                                                                    "",
-                                                                                    () => actionFn (
-                                                                                                    "1"
-                                                                                                   ),
-                                                                                    null,
-                                                                                    null,
-                                                                                    KeyCode.F1
-                                                                                   ),
-                                                                               new (
-                                                                                    "_2nd",
-                                                                                    "",
-                                                                                    () => actionFn (
-                                                                                                    "2"
-                                                                                                   ),
-                                                                                    null,
-                                                                                    null,
-                                                                                    KeyCode.F2
-                                                                                   )
-                                                                           }
-                                                                          ),
-                                                          new MenuBarItem (
-                                                                           "_4th Level",
-                                                                           new MenuItem []
-                                                                           {
-                                                                               new (
-                                                                                    "_5th",
-                                                                                    "",
-                                                                                    () => actionFn (
-                                                                                                    "5"
-                                                                                                   ),
-                                                                                    null,
-                                                                                    null,
-                                                                                    KeyCode.CtrlMask
-                                                                                    | KeyCode.D5
-                                                                                   ),
-                                                                               new (
-                                                                                    "_6th",
-                                                                                    "",
-                                                                                    () => actionFn (
-                                                                                                    "6"
-                                                                                                   ),
-                                                                                    null,
-                                                                                    null,
-                                                                                    KeyCode.CtrlMask
-                                                                                    | KeyCode.D6
-                                                                                   )
-                                                                           }
-                                                                          )
-                                                      }
-                                                     ),
-                                     new (
-                                          "_Select All",
-                                          "",
-                                          () => actionFn ("Select All"),
-                                          null,
-                                          null,
-                                          KeyCode.CtrlMask
-                                          | KeyCode.ShiftMask
-                                          | KeyCode.S
-                                         )
-                                 }
-                                ),
-                new MenuBarItem ("_About", "Top-Level", () => actionFn ("About"))
-            ]
-        };
-        mb.UseKeysUpDownAsKeysLeftRight = true;
-        mb.Key = KeyCode.F9;
-        mb.Title = "TestMenuBar";
-
-        return mb;
-    }
-
     public override void Main ()
     {
         // Init
@@ -239,14 +59,19 @@ public class MenuBarScenario : Scenario
         _focusedView = new Label { X = Pos.Right (label), Y = Pos.Top (label), Text = "" };
         appWindow.Add (_focusedView);
 
-        MenuBar menuBar = CreateTestMenu (
-                                          s =>
-                                          {
-                                              _lastAction.Text = s;
+        MenuBar menuBar = new MenuBar ();
+        menuBar.UseKeysUpDownAsKeysLeftRight = true;
+        menuBar.Key = KeyCode.F9;
+        menuBar.Title = "TestMenuBar";
+
+        bool fnAction (string s)
+        {
+            _lastAction.Text = s;
+
+            return true;
+        }
 
-                                              return true;
-                                          }
-                                         );
+        menuBar.EnableForDesign ((Func<string, bool>)fnAction);
 
         menuBar.MenuOpening += (s, e) =>
                                {

UnitTests/Views/MenuBarTests.cs

@@ -1253,14 +1253,16 @@ wo
         MenuItem mbiCurrent = null;
         MenuItem miCurrent = null;
 
-        MenuBar menu = MenuBarScenario.CreateTestMenu (
-                                                       s =>
+        MenuBar menu = new MenuBar ();
+        menu.EnableForDesign (
+                               new Func<object, bool> (s =>
                                                        {
-                                                           miAction = s;
+                                                           miAction = s as string;
 
                                                            return true;
-                                                       }
-                                                      );
+                                                       })
+                              );
+
         menu.Key = KeyCode.F9;
         menu.MenuOpening += (s, e) => mbiCurrent = e.CurrentMenu;
         menu.MenuOpened += (s, e) => { miCurrent = e.MenuItem; };
@@ -1301,14 +1303,16 @@ wo
         MenuItem mbiCurrent = null;
         MenuItem miCurrent = null;
 
-        MenuBar menu = MenuBarScenario.CreateTestMenu (
-                                                       s =>
+        MenuBar menu = new MenuBar ();
+        menu.EnableForDesign (
+                               new Func<object, bool> (s =>
                                                        {
-                                                           miAction = s;
+                                                           miAction = s as string;
 
                                                            return true;
-                                                       }
-                                                      );
+                                                       })
+                              );
+
         menu.Key = KeyCode.F9;
         menu.MenuOpening += (s, e) => mbiCurrent = e.CurrentMenu;
         menu.MenuOpened += (s, e) => { miCurrent = e.MenuItem; };