Monday, December 11, 2017

dtPickerX - December 2017 version

Okay, so I changed some things (again) inside, for the better.  And aside from listing what those are here, I decided to make this post as the official guide post for dtPickerX class too.  So what are these enhancements and what are the previous features which I may have not highlighted before?


Enhancements:

1. Better Year Spinner.  I have improved SpinnerX class so I can use it here and this, IMHO, gives a better look and faster reaction than the native Spinner object I have used on the earlier versions of this class.

2. Better Time Picker.  I modified ScrollTime class too to give it a better look and new attitude too, then used that for the time picking section here instead of the previous DropTime class.

3. Dates Color Explosion.  I added back the capability to put notes and holidays found in one older version, but this time in a much easier fashion plus with more color markings to choose from (7 colors, the 8th box is for HotKey Tooltip).  Also now, the initial set of holidays are all set to blue color (first color).  Nevertheless, users can choose to use any of the colors later for that but it would be better to leave the blue for holidays.

Why different colors?  Well, you may wish to use the colors to indicate the urgency of a note.  Say for those you need to remember such as birthdays of your loved ones, then you can set those to a strong color like pink.  So immediately when you see a date that is encased in a pink box, you know that that is a birthday occassion.  Or for your wedding anniversary, you may want to set that to red as when you forgot such occassion, you are definitely in trouble.