Standard States

This article walks through the standard States, what they are, and how they're used.

State References

States in many projects are referenced values.

Futurist has a few different States.

How States differ

Data from applications or the window itself can be referenced across them using shared states.

A specific example is the deviceDetail state, which contains the current height and width of the window.

Core contains an event listener to update on changes in window dimensions.

This updates the deviceDetail state with the newest resolution, which then updates the bounds for subsequent applications.

It's important to note that states, as well as their location, are expected.

This means releases of Core, Sidebar, or Applications should note what are the required fields for them to function.

Here's some state standards..

deviceDetail is a state included within the futurist-core.

It creates an object that looks like this:

{
    width: __window_width__,
    height: __window_height__,
    windows: []
}

The width and height are the current dimensions of the usable desktop area.

These are referenced as the bounds when dragging Application windows, so it doesn't escape the usable space.

The windows array of window objects.

futurist-core shows the desktop interface, including the Shortcuts.

When a Shortcut is opened, a window object is added to the windows array.

This