I can't drag my G4P GWindows - Help!

Processing Libraries
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OK, I am a total newvie, and I am using Processing 3.5.4 with the G4P library. When I say newbie, I really, really mean it. A week ago I thought a class was a room full of kids, and I still have no clue what a handler is. But…

I am writing (and by “writing”, I mean “stealing someone else’s code and trying to work out what the hell it all means”) a little app that has a main window and some G4P-created GWindows.

The Gwindows are created like this:

First by defining the windows:

GWindow patterningWindow,
        knitWindow,
        configWindow;

Then by calling them in void setup:

void setup() {
  dh = new DisposeHandler(this);
  
  visualpassapSettings = new JSONObject();

  size(1080, 800);
  noSmooth();
  surface.setTitle("Visual Passap");
  UsedFont = loadFont("GillSansMT-48.vlw"); 
  textFont(UsedFont);

  //load Logo
  visualpassapLogoImage = loadImage("VP_logo_80px.gif");
  displayButtonsGUI(); //GUI tab
  drop = new SDrop(this);
  //load BasicSettings
  visualpassapSettingsName = "data/BasicVPSettings.json";
  loadvisualpassapSettingsFile();
  
   // create Windows
  createConfigWindow();
  configWindow.setVisible(false);
  createPatterningWindow();
  patterningWindow.setVisible(false);
  createKnitWindow();
  knitWindow.setVisible(false);
}

And then by creating my own void-thingy (is that a class?) to actually create it:

public void createKnitWindow() {
  knitWindow = GWindow.getWindow(this, "Knit", 0, 0, 200, 400, JAVA2D);
    displayButtonsKnit();
    knitWindow.setAlwaysOnTop(true);
    knitWindow.addDrawHandler(this, "knitDraw");
    knitWindow.addMouseHandler(this, "knitMouse");
}

but they are fixed firmly in place and I can’t drag them around with my mouse. How can I make this be possible? I know that it is possible because it works in one of the examples but I am blowed if I can see where my code is different…

Please can you explain slowly and carefully for the hard of thinking? Thank you!

2

So the library examples that come with G4P work but your code doesn’t. I can see no obvious error but it is impossible to test your code because

  1. it is incomplete
  2. uses assets (images and fonts not available to me)

I suggest that you create a small sketch (without external assets) that demonstrates the problem and post that.

BTW if you are going to use G4P a lot then you might try the GUI Builder tool.