Pickers, Pop-up Views, and Overviews

General-Purpose Pickers

A

protoPopupButton

example

The

protoPopInPlace

picker is a text button that displays a picker when

tapped. When the user chooses an item from the picker, the text of the chosen
item appears in the button. For information about the slots and methods for this
picker, see "protoPopInPlace" (page 5-6) in Newton Programmer's Reference.
Figure 6-2 shows an example of a

protoPopInPlace

.

A

protoPopInPlace

example

The

protoLabelPicker

is a label that displays a picker when tapped. The

currently selected item in the list is displayed next to the label. For information
about the slots and methods for this picker, see "protoLabelPicker" (page 5-8) in
Newton Programmer's Reference. Figure 6-3 shows an example of a

protoLabelPicker

.

A

protoLabelPicker

example

The

protoPicker

is a picker that displays anything from a simple text list to a

two-dimensional grid containing shapes and text. For information about the slots
and methods for this picker, see "protoPicker" (page 5-13) in Newton

Button

After button is tapped, it is highlighted
and picker is shown to the right of it.

Button

After item is chosen from
picker, it is shown in button

After button is tapped,
picker is shown on top of it.

Current choice
shown next to
label (optionally
includes icon, if
used in picker list)

Menu of choices
pops up