

Almost every application needs to communicate with the user in some way.
Therefore, a substantial part of the code deals with the interaction
of program logic with GUI components.

Typically, the following is needed:

 put values into input fields under program control
 read and check input from the user
 pop up dialogs to query the user for further information


Task

For a minimal "application", write a program that presents a form with three components to the user:

 a numeric input field ("Value") 
 a button ("increment")
 a button ("random")


The field is initialized to zero.

The user may manually enter a new value into the field,
or increment its value with the "increment" button.

Entering a non-numeric value should be either impossible,
or issue an error message.

Pressing the "random" button presents a confirmation dialog,
and resets the field's value to a random value if the answer is "Yes".

(This task may be regarded as an extension of the task Simple windowed application).



use GTK::Simple;
use GTK::Simple::App;
 
my GTK::Simple::App $app .= new(title => 'GUI component interaction');
 
$app.set-content(
    my $box = GTK::Simple::VBox.new(
        my $value     = GTK::Simple::Entry.new(text => '0'),
        my $increment = GTK::Simple::Button.new(label => 'Increment'),
        my $random    = GTK::Simple::Button.new(label => 'Random'),
    )
);
 
$app.size-request(400, 100);
$app.border-width = 20;
$box.spacing = 10;
 
$value.changed.tap: {
    ($value.text ||= '0') ~~ s:g/<-[0..9]>//;
}
 
$increment.clicked.tap: {
    my $val = $value.text; $val += 1; $value.text = $val.Str
}
 
$random.clicked.tap: {
    # Dirty hack to work around the fact that GTK::Simple doesn't provide
    # access to GTK message dialogs yet :P
    if run «zenity --question --text "Reset to random value?"» {
        $value.text = (^100).pick.Str
    }
}
 
$app.run;