Undo

# Warmup:

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Recall the ["Door Study"](../wk03/people-vision.html#59) from our Properties of People 1: Vision
class.

Think, then discuss with your neighbor: do you think this follows the basic
ethics of the [Belmont Report](../wk06/menus-experiment.html#53)
(Beneficence, Respect for Persons, Justice)?

We'll share out in a moment

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![:youtube Video of someone asking for directions while another person
walks by with a door,FWSxSQsspiQ]
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# Undo reasoning and implementation

Lauren Bricker

CSE 340 Winter 23
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# Today's Agenda

- Administrivia
  - Menus part 5-6, due Thur 16-Feb @10pm
  - Menus code will be graded over the weekend
  - Undo
      - parts 1-7 due Fri 24-Feb
      - part 8 (reflection) due Sun 26-Feb
- A note on `View` visibility
- Learning goals
  - Introduce need for Undo by reviewing mental models
  - Introduce Undo conceptually
  - Describe Implementation details for assignment

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## A Note from Menus

A TODO item in `MenuExperimentView#startSelection` prompted you to make the menu visible. How did
you accomplish that?

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```Java
setVisibility(VISIBLE);
```
.footnote[(see the Android documentation for [View#setVisibility(int)](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View#setVisibility(int)))
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A TODO item in `MenuExperimentView#endSelection` prompted you think about what to reset other than
the state machine? What did you do there?

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We saw two different solutions that mean different things:

```Java
setVisibility(INVISIBLE);
```
```Java
setVisibility(GONE);

```

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# `INVISIBLE` vs `GONE`

`INVISIBLE` Means the view is invisible, but it still takes up space for layout purposes
([doc](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View#INVISIBLE))

`GONE` Means the view is invisible, but it **does not** take up space for layout purposes
([doc](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View#GONE))

.footnote[(see the Android documentation for [View#setVisibility(int)](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View#setVisibility(int)))
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(Hint: something to write down...)

You will need to know this difference for Undo....

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## Reminder: Every system has at least 3 different models
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<br>
<div class="mermaid">
graph TD
  S[System Image: <br>Your Implementation ] --> |System Feedback | U[User Model: How the user thinks  <br>the system works]
  D[Design Model: How you <br>intend the system to work ]-->S
  U -->|User Feedback | S
</div>

]

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# Relating the Human and the Interaction

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![:img Doors with identical handles labeled push and pull, 100%, width](img/undo/doors.jpeg)
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![:img Door with what appears to be a push handle labeled pull, 100%, width](img/undo/doors2.jpeg)
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![:img Don Norman's Human Action Cycle, 100%, width](img/undo/human-action-cycle.png)
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.footnote[[Don Norman, When Three World Collide: A model of the Tangible Interaction Process, 2009](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/221332102_When_three_worlds_collide_A_model_of_the_tangible_interaction_process)]

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Note to instructors: Need to change image  to mermaid

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# Relating the Human and the Interaction

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**Gulf of Execution** is the user's belief in the functions the system _doesn't have_

**Gulf of Evaluation** is where the user _doesn't realize the system HAS a functionality_.
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![:img Don Norman's Human Action Cycle, 100%, width](img/undo/human-action-cycle.png)
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# Better definitions

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**Gulf of Execution** is "the gap between a user's goal for action and the means to
execute that goal."<sup>1</sup>

**Gulf of Evaluation** is the difficulty interpreting the state of a system and
how well the interface supports the discovery and interpretation of that state.<sup>2</sup>
  - "The gulf is small when the system provides information about its state in a form that is
    easy to get, is easy to interpret, and matches the way the person thinks of the system" - Don Norman
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![:img Simplified version Don Norman's Human Action Cycle, 100%, width](img/undo/gulf-gap.png)
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.footnote[
<sup>1</sup>[Gulf of Execution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_execution#cite_note-3) <br>
<sup>2</sup>[Gulf of Evaluation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_evaluation)
]

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# Relating Gulfs and Mental Models

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![:img Blank Procreate interface,75%,width](img/undo/procreate-blank.jpg)
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How do you use this program?
- What "affordances" do you see?
- What features do you think exist?
- How would you first approach this interface?
  - What would you try?

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# Relating Gulfs and Mental Models

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![:img Procreate interface being explored,75%,width](img/undo/procreate-explore.gif)
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What are you noticing here?
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# Relating Gulfs and Mental Models

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![:img Blank Procreate interface being used,100%,width](img/undo/procreate-explore2.gif)
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How does a user explore the system?

What happens when the user does something they think is core but is really not supported?

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- Need to undo!
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# How do we support Undo?

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## Remember this?

![:img Picture of interactor hierarchy connected to an interface and a
dotted line indicating application interface, 100%,width](img/undo/callbacks.png)]
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Dispatch Strategies
- Bottom-first and top-down positional
- Focus-based

State Machine describes *within-view* response to events
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## Event Dispatch

![:img Picture of interactor hierarchy connected to an interface and a
dotted line indicating application interface and a do_action() call
happening below the line in response to a button_pressed(), 100%,width](img/undo/callbacks2.png)]
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Callbacks handle *application* response to events
- Update Application Model

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## Event Dispatch

![:img Picture of interactor hierarchy connected to an interface and a
dotted line indicating application interface with do_action() replaced
with an actionListener, 100%, width](img/undo/callbacks3.png)]
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Callbacks handle *application* response to events
- Update Application Model
- Best implemented using custom listeners

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# What is `ActionPerformed`?
`Higher level` input event (`Command` or `Action` object)
 - Puts some  separation between UI and translation objects
 - Application (or UI) can ‘listen’ for these events:

Key advantage: interactors don’t need to know who/what got notification

Same basic flow as simple callbacks
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# What should an Action object do?
`doAction()`

???
seems like a lot of work when we could just directly do the
action. Major reason for action objects
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`undoAction()`

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What additional information do we need to undo an action?

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# Advantages of an action object
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- can be stored on an undo stack
- can create a consistent abstraction for reversing an action
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<div class="mermaid">
classDiagram

class AbstractAction {
  doAction()
}

class AbstractReversibleAction {
  +boolean done
  +undoAction()
}

class AbstractReversibleViewAction  {
  +invalidate
}

</div>
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# Where do we store actions? A stack

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<div class="mermaid">
classDiagram

AbstractHistory <|.. StackHistory
class AbstractHistory {
  addAction(AbstractReversibleAction action)
  undo()
  redo()
  canUndo()
  canRedo()
}

class StackHistory {
   +capacity: "Max stack size"
}

</div>
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Why a stack?
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Consider having some volunteers be actions and have them act it out?
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# Undo and Redo

1. new action object created and `doAction()` called
2. Undo stack updated
3. new action object created and `doAction()` called
4. Undo stack updated
5. `undo()` invoked
6. Undo stack reduced and Redo stack increased
7. `undo()` invoked
8. Undo stack reduced and Redo stack increased
9. `redo()` invoked
10. Redo stack decreased and Undo stack increased
11. new action object created and `doAction()` called
12. Redo stack cleared and Undo stack stack increased

???
draw sequence
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# What if an action can't be undone?

Actions that put system into a totally different context (like saving a file)

Clear both `undo` *and* `redo` stacks!

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Users may get frustrated with this design

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# Implementing undo()

System pops action off undo stack

Calls `undoAction()` method on it

Pushes it on redo stack

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# Why is undoAction() hard?

Two ways to implement `undoAction()`:

- *Direct Code* (each action object has custom code)
 - Need parameters of original action
 - Better store in `doAction()` for later
 - This is what we will implement

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# Why is undoAction() hard?

Two ways to implement `undoAction()`:

- *Direct Code* (each action object has custom code)
- *Change Records* (Keep a record of the “old value” for everything
changed by the application, then put all those values back to undo)
 - Like some version control systems
 - More general
 - Takes more space
 - `Action` object records `ChangeRecord` (changes which are abstracted into a
 common data format)
 - Application has to provide code to restore from change records

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# Implementing redo()

System pops action off redo stack

Calls `doAction()` method

Pushes it on undo stack

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# More sophisticated forms of Undo

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Explicit visualization of steps

Manipulation of action list

Delete actions from the middle, reorder, etc.
by undoing back to point of change then redoing forward

But note: `doAction()` must be able to work in new context
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![:img Photoshop history tool with 10 different items and the 5th item selected,70%,width](img/undo/photoshop-history.png)

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# Flatland: Semantic Undo

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![:img Picture of a map with multiple edits including deleting and adding roads,100%,width](img/undo/flatland-roads.png)
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![:img Picture of an undo history with a transaction stack that
represents causality in a timeline, 80%,width](img/undo/flatland.png)
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.footnote[
Edwards, W. K. ; Igarashi, T. ; LaMarca, A .; Mynatt, E. D. A temporal model for multi-level undo and redo.
UIST 2000, Proceedings of 13th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology; 2000 November 5-8; San Diego, CA. NY: ACM; 2000; 31-40.
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# Discussion of assignment

HCI Goals
  - Modify and existing app in a consistent fashion
  - Make your modifications accessible
  - Make your modifications usable

Android Goals:
- Be able to understand and modify an existing user interface
  - Learn about floating action buttons
  - Integrate a custom ColorPicker view
  - Implement core data structure for Undo

Open ended portion: Implement something new
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# Discussion of assignment

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Other example videos on this [playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdU5lz7sdq7k5GL82NgOP5lCZzyoZh9wK)

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# Discussion of assignment

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Like accessibility, you are modifying a fully working program

Lots to explore and understand
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<div class="mermaid">
graph TD
M[ReversibleDrawingActivity] --> D[DrawingView]
M --> FUndo[FAB:Undo]
M --> FRedo[FAB:Redo]
M --> FColor[FAB:Color]
M --> FThick[FAB:Thickness]
FColor --> Red[Red]
FColor --> Green[Green]
FColor --> Blue[Blue]
FThick --> Thin[Thin]
FThick --> Med[Med]
FThick --> Thick[Thick]

classDef normal fill:#e6f3ff,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px;
classDef start fill:#d1e0e0,stroke:#333,stroke-width:4px;

class M,D,FColor,FThick,Vis start
class Red,Green,Blue,Thin,Med,Thick,Hid normal

</div>
]

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# Discussion of assignment

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DrawingView: Holds strokes

FABs:
- Green ones are always visible
- Purple ones are only visible when active
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<div class="mermaid">
graph TD
M[ReversibleDrawingActivity] --> D[DrawingView]
M --> FUndo[FAB:Undo]
M --> FRedo[FAB:Redo]
M --> FColor[FAB:Color]
M --> FThick[FAB:Thickness]
FColor --> Red[Red]
FColor --> Green[Green]
FColor --> Blue[Blue]
FThick --> Thin[Thin]
FThick --> Med[Med]
FThick --> Thick[Thick]

classDef normal fill:#e6f3ff,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px;
classDef start fill:#d1e0e0,stroke:#333,stroke-width:4px;

class M,D,FColor,FThick,Vis start
class Red,Green,Blue,Thin,Med,Thick,Hid normal

</div>
]

You should read through `AbstractDrawingActivity#addCollapsibleMenu` and
`ReversibleDrawingActivity#toggleMenu` to see how Undo "opens up" a FAB menu

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# Code deliverables

There are five parts for the coding part of this assignment:
- Part 1: Implement `ChangeThicknessAction`
- Part 2: Implement history
- Part 3: Add a thickness 0 FAB to the thickness menu
- Part 4: Integrate colorpicker
- Part 5: Your own Undo-able thing

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