replace the popup with an overlay over the messagebox - this is much better on very small screens

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/curses-ui/curses-ui.vala b/src/curses-ui/curses-ui.vala
index b3efdd5..28fad08 100644
--- a/src/curses-ui/curses-ui.vala
+++ b/src/curses-ui/curses-ui.vala
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ public class CursesUI {
 	Logo banner;
 	ClockWindow clkwin;
 	StatusPanel statuswin;
+	MessageBoxOverlay mbOverlay;
 
 	public CursesUI() {
 		/* unicode support */
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ public class CursesUI {
 		Curses.init_pair(1, Curses.Color.GREEN, Curses.Color.BLACK);
 		Curses.init_pair(2, Curses.Color.WHITE, Curses.Color.RED);
 
-		/* initialize widgets */
+		/* initialize widgets */		
 		banner    = new Logo();
 		statuswin = new StatusPanel();
 		messages  = new MessageBox();
@@ -80,6 +81,11 @@ public class CursesUI {
 		
 	}
 
+	public void log_overlay(string title, string message, int closeAfter) {
+		mbOverlay = new MessageBoxOverlay(title, message, closeAfter);
+		Timeout.add_seconds(closeAfter, closeMbOverlay);
+	}
+
 	public void dialog_open(string title, string message, int closeAfter=0) {		
 		dialog = new Dialog(message, title, closeAfter);
 		if (closeAfter > 0) {
@@ -87,6 +93,14 @@ public class CursesUI {
 		}
 	}
 
+	bool closeMbOverlay() {
+		mbOverlay = null;
+		messages.redraw();
+		statuswin.redraw();
+		// just call me once
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	bool close() {		
 		dialog_close();
 		// just call me once