//! Messages that we used to thread control throughout the application. //! If you come from React/Redux, you can liken it to that world. use cacao::appkit::App; use crate::app::TodosApp; mod defaults; pub use defaults::Defaults; mod todos; pub use todos::{Todo, TodoStatus, Todos}; /// Message passing is our primary way of instructing UI changes without needing to do /// constant crazy referencing in Rust. Dispatch a method using either `dispatch_ui` for the main /// thread, or `dispatch` for a background thread, and the main `TodosApp` will receive the /// message. From there, it can filter down to components, or just handle it as necessary. #[derive(Clone, Debug)] pub enum Message { /// (Re)Open the main window. OpenMainWindow, /// Open the Preferences window. OpenPreferencesWindow, /// Switch the Preferences panel to the General section. SwitchPreferencesToGeneralPane, /// Switch the Preferences panel to the Advanced section. SwitchPreferencesToAdvancedPane, /// Open a "add new todo" window, as a modal sheet. OpenNewTodoSheet, /// Close the current active sheet, usually the receive window. CloseSheet, /// Called to instruct the app to process a todo from the input box. ProcessNewTodo, /// Called when there's a new Todo to store. StoreNewTodo(String), /// Mark a todo as complete. MarkTodoComplete(usize), /// Mark a todo as incomplete. MarkTodoIncomplete(usize) } /// Dispatch a message on a background thread. pub fn dispatch_ui(message: Message) { println!("Dispatching UI message: {:?}", message); App::::dispatch_main(message); }