[PATCH] Provide buttons on the mode-line for basic browser control.

[David Kettler-2]

Simple GUI buttons are provided for controlling conkeror.  They are
intended to be unobtrusive and to steal as little screen space as
possible.  Clicking on them executes a conkeror command.  Hovering
over them tells you the command and the corresponding keystroke.
Hopefully they are useful for novices and casual users.

They can be enabled with:
  add_mode_line_buttons(standard_mode_line_buttons, true);

Problems:
  - The icons used do not clearly indicate their function.
  - The names of the commands are also probably unclear for novices.
  - There are probably too many buttons.  It might be better to have
    just a few, together with a popup menu.
---
 modules/mode-line.js |   77 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/mode-line.js b/modules/mode-line.js
index 72315f7..acb5e75 100644
--- a/modules/mode-line.js
+++ b/modules/mode-line.js
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ generic_element_widget_container.prototype = {
             element.setAttribute("class", class_name);
         if (crop)
             element.setAttribute("crop", crop);
+        return this.add_widget(widget, element);
+    },
+    add_widget : function (widget, element) {
         element.conkeror_widget = new generic_widget_element(element, widget);
         this.container.appendChild(element);
         return element.conkeror_widget;
@@ -224,6 +227,46 @@ loading_count_widget.prototype.update = function () {
         this.view.text = "";
 };
 
+function make_button_widget(command, attributes) {
+    var button_widget = function(window) {
+        this.class_name = "button-widget";
+        text_widget.call(this, window);
+    }
+    button_widget.prototype.__proto__ = text_widget.prototype;
+
+    button_widget.mode_line_adder = function (window) {
+        var widget = new button_widget(window);
+        var element = create_XUL(window, "image");
+
+        element.addEventListener("click", function (event) {
+            var ctx = { window: window, key_sequence: [], sticky_modifiers: 0 };
+            call_interactively(ctx, command);
+        }, false);
+
+        element.addEventListener("mouseover", function (event) {
+            var msg = "Button: " + command;
+            var list = find_command_in_keymap(window.buffers.current, command);
+            if (list.length)
+                msg += " (which is on key " + list.join(", ") + ")";
+            window.minibuffer.show(msg);
+        }, false);
+
+        element.addEventListener("mouseout", function (event) {
+            window.minibuffer.show("");
+        }, false);
+
+        element.setAttribute("id", "button-widget-" + command);
+        element.setAttribute("class", widget.class_name);
+        for (var a in attributes) {
+            element.setAttribute(a, attributes[a]);
+        }
+
+        window.mode_line.add_widget(widget, element);
+    };
+
+    return button_widget;
+}
+
 function mode_line_adder(widget_constructor) {
     if (!('mode_line_adder' in widget_constructor))
         widget_constructor.mode_line_adder = function (window) {
@@ -232,6 +275,40 @@ function mode_line_adder(widget_constructor) {
     return widget_constructor.mode_line_adder;
 }
 
+function mode_line_button(command, attributes, prepend) {
+    add_hook("mode_line_hook", mode_line_adder(make_button_widget(command, attributes)), prepend);
+}
+
+function simple_mode_line_button(command, icon, prepend) {
+    var attributes;
+    if (typeof(icon) == "string")
+        attributes = {src: "moz-icon://stock/gtk-" + icon};
+    else
+        attributes = icon;
+    mode_line_button(command, attributes, prepend);
+}
+
+function add_mode_line_buttons(buttons, prepend) {
+    if (prepend)
+        for (var i = buttons.length-1; i >= 0; i--)
+            simple_mode_line_button(buttons[i][0], buttons[i][1], true);
+    else
+        for (var i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++)
+            simple_mode_line_button(buttons[i][0], buttons[i][1], false);
+}
+
+standard_mode_line_buttons = [
+    ["find-url", "open"],
+    ["find-url-new-buffer", "new"],
+    ["go-back", "go-back"],
+    ["go-forward", "go-forward"],
+    ["reload", "refresh"],
+    ["kill-current-buffer", "close"],
+    ["buffer-previous", "go-up"],
+    ["buffer-next", "go-down"],
+    ["help-page", "help"],
+];
+
 add_hook("mode_line_hook", mode_line_adder(current_buffer_name_widget));
 add_hook("mode_line_hook", mode_line_adder(clock_widget));
 add_hook("mode_line_hook", mode_line_adder(current_buffer_scroll_position_widget));
--
1.6.2.1

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