Pickers, Pop-up Views, and Overviews

Overview Protos

Overview Protos

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You can use the protos described in this section to create overviews of data. An over-
view allows the user to see all of data in a soup or an array scrolling list. The user
can select individual items and open them to see the detail. Overview protos include:

The

protoOverview

provides a framework for displaying an overview of the

data in your application. Each overview item occupies one line, and the user can
scroll the list and pick individual or multiple items. "Using protoOverview"
(page 6-24) has information on using this proto. For further information about
the slots and methods of

protoOverview

, see "protoOverview" (page 5-85) in

Newton Programmer's Reference. Figure 6-35 shows an example of a

protoOverview

.

A

protoOverview

example

The

protoSoupOverview

provides a framework for displaying an overview

of soup entries in your application. For information about the slots and methods
for this proto, see "protoSoupOverview" (page 5-90) in Newton Programmer's
Reference. Figure 6-36 shows an example of a

protoSoupOverview

.