wrapping my head around this code again

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/dropdown.go b/dropdown.go
index 24fb4c6..3674e1e 100644
--- a/dropdown.go
+++ b/dropdown.go
@@ -10,6 +10,17 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/widget"
 )
 
+// dropdowns don't exist so this is an attempt to pretend they exist
+// by having a fake window view in gocui that appears with the dropdown
+// items. by detecting where the user clicks, we should be
+// able to set the text of the button to that value (and
+// rezise it.
+
+// the thing is this is so damned complicated because it
+// is very hard to debug this. thanks to the floating on
+// screen debugging output I might be able to figure it
+// it out now. maybe. notsure.
+
 func makeDropdownView(ddItems string) *guiWidget {
 	newNode := addDropdown()
 	tk := newNode.TK.(*guiWidget)
@@ -145,12 +156,12 @@ func (w *guiWidget) dropdownClicked(mouseW, mouseH int) string {
 }
 
 func dropdownUnclicked(mouseX, mouseH int) {
+	log.Log(GOCUI, "dropdownUnclicked() mouseup: got inside me.dropdown handler? wxh =", mouseX, mouseH)
 	if me.dropdownV == nil {
 		log.Log(GOCUI, "mouseUp() dropdownV = nil", mouseX, mouseH)
 		return
 	}
 	tk := me.dropdownV
-	log.Log(GOCUI, "mouseUp() view msgMouseDown (check here for dropdown menu click) (w,h) =", mouseX, mouseH)
-	log.Log(GOCUI, "mouseUp() ddview is the thing that was clicked", mouseX, mouseH)
-	log.Log(GOCUI, "mouseUp() find out what the string is here", mouseX, mouseH, tk.gocuiSize.h1)
+	log.Log(GOCUI, fmt.Sprintf("dropdownUnclicked at apparently (w=%d h=%d)", mouseX, mouseH))
+	log.Log(GOCUI, "dropdownUnclicked() find out what the string is here", mouseX, mouseH, tk.gocuiSize.h1)
 }