Thanks. That makes sense. While at work, i'm testing the windows version and trying to work with CSS. So far, none of the CSS is reflected on the diagram. Otherwise, it's been pretty simple to use and start putting it a design that I've been working on. Is there a way to move the text associated with a line?
The CSS really ties in with the model. I can imagine it takes some time getting used to.
Text on lines can not be moved separately.
I was not seeing the CSS apply to the model items within my diagram. Not sure if it matters that I'm trying to use the C4 Model items. Is there a sample Gaphor file that I could download that has examples of how a small project works?
Looks like some of the CSS applied after closing Gaphor and then re-loading the .gaphor file into the app.
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I've been playing with the CSS quite a bit tonight and I'm finally getting the hang of what the object names are to make the CSS apply properly. Helps to look at the XML behind the file to find what to try. Looks so much better once I get it to apply with the C4 objects.
Sorry for all the questions on CSS. I have 2 Dependencies that I added to my diagram which only show 1/2 the line into a System. The 3rd Dependency shows up fine but was created after the system. Is there a way to "bring to front" or "send to back" for the line to show up without recreating it?
With a transparent background (for System) you won't run into this issue visually. We have no "bring to front/send to back" functionality in Gaphor at the moment. Actually I think the application should take care of this by itself.
If all lines are drawn after the box-like shapes, we should be fine, right? Would there be a reason to have "bring to front" functionality in the application danyeaw @sz332 ?
I was thinking a future feature that would be helpful is to display the CSS selector for an item when viewing its properties. This would help to be able to identify the way to set its style within the CSS. Doesn't need to be fancy, just a display of the selector that would be needed to get down to the level of the item you're looking at if it is multiple layers deep. Also, would help given the different types of items that can be on the diagram so you can see what they're called without digging through the .gaphor file to figure out what they're called.
When the data is not saved in the model, the text from the text widget has not been synchronized with the data model (the Stylesheet element). This synchronization happens with a background function that fires after a second (give or take) after the last edit.
Maybe you can start Gaphor from a shell (cmd or powershell) and see if there's any errors being printed.
ok, i let it sit for about 5 minutes and it hadn't updated. i'm on windows at the moment so i'm not sure how i would start it from a command shell exactly. i'm new to python apps and not much of a developer but willing to help if i can figure out how to. maybe i was making too many changes too quickly. when I tried again it got part of the CSS but didn't save all of it to the file.
Let the software open for a couple hours with a saved file open. Never applied the CSS. Checked the .gaphor file and it showed the CSS I had manually added to it. Within app, clicked Save again and it overwrote what I added with the incomplete version even though the CSS box showed the complete CSS. Closed app, added CSS to the .gaphor file and saved within Notepad++. Opened app and loaded .gaphor file and the CSS applied as expected.
@joshmikow thanks a lot for testing this 🙏. I’ll do some more tests as well.
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And the macOS build has some trouble with a json file (?)
All I can think of is a corrupted cache. I can not reproduce the macos errors locally, at least.
Your poetry update and my updates to fix gvsbuild / PyGObject means the build is passing again
I fixed an issue with missing property editors yesterday.
I started working on the “automatic” diagram item ordering. But that needs some work still.
gvsbuild is working again, now I need to update gtksourceview. Hopefully it is that easy 😀
It is nice having nacho back from holiday, gvsbuild is accepting PRs again
We should be able to update the CI to py310 once the next PyInstaller version is released
I created a PR for the "lines in front of boxes" issue.
I think the Code Editor CSS PR is finally ready, do you have time to try the dmg on macOS today? Also I'm now a gtkwin member now, so I can help with future gvsbuild chores 😀
PyInstaller also has gi tests running now as part of their CI, hopefully that will drastically reduce GTK issues
I’ll check the macOS build
I expect your gtkwin membership will come in handy when we migrate to GTK 4 😁
