TableListBoxModel and ListBoxModel in same class?

General JUCE discussion
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Hey …

may be it’s silly question and have easy solution but I am unaware of it. please let me know if any.
I want to put tableList and listbox in same class like following
class abc: public Component, public TableListBoxModel , public ListBoxModel

But both TableListBoxModel , ListBoxModel has virtual method
int getNumRows()

So how this can be done ?

One way is, I can create another component xyz : public ListBoxModel that can go inside component abc : public TableListBoxModel … But I want to know if i use both model in same class ?

thanks

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It can be done with virtual base classes, but don’t! Much cleaner to just use separate classes with a single responsibility.

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Actually i’m working on a customised listbox that is multicolumn and where The final class also has built in models in order to replicate the XOJO way but i realise this breaks the MVC way that juice listboxes operate.

I did it to overcome some limitations in the standard classes - primarily the inability for the listbox class to easily facilitate painting in the area below the last row actually present in the
model.

I’ve found this a lot more painful than just using inheritance, overriding and the like. In the end i’m having to take the route of making customised copies of both ListBox and aTableListBox
.

ListBox has to be modified because of code in Listbox::ListViewport


    void updateVisibleArea (const bool makeSureItUpdatesContent)
    {
        hasUpdated = false;

        const int newX = getViewedComponent()->getX();
        int newY = getViewedComponent()->getY();
        const int newW = jmax (owner.minimumRowWidth, getMaximumVisibleWidth());
        

    
        // OLD const int newH =  owner.totalItems * owner.getRowHeight();  // D STENNING
        const int newH = getMaximumVisibleHeight();  // D STENNING
        

        if (newY + newH < getMaximumVisibleHeight() && newH > getMaximumVisibleHeight())
            newY = getMaximumVisibleHeight() - newH;

        getViewedComponent()->setBounds (newX, newY, newW, newH);

        if (makeSureItUpdatesContent && ! hasUpdated)
            updateContents();
    }

I also had to modify the TableListbox file

It would be much better if the standard classes can just be tweaked a little to handle my needs.

Put simply - the classes need to allow for all the row component instances BEYOND the actual rows in the model to be optionally handled. Whether for a mouse click or for painting the background ( or maybe even foreground )

I will submit my final classes here.

I plan to merge my versions of ListBox and TableListBox into just one class - since its getting far too complicated.

I’m doing all this to replicate the way XOJO ListBoxes work - which are always multi column and allow all the above.