[haiku-development] Re: Using the Layout System to Fix Some EasyTasks

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Ankur Sethi <get.me.ankur@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm trying to get in a patch for one of the EasyTasks before the
> accepted student list for GSoC is out. Right now I'm trying my hand at
> #2837 (http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/2837) because the InterfaceKit
> is the only part of the API I've toyed with so far :P
>
> The BColorControl works wonderfully with Playground, but I'm having
> troubles with getting it to lay out properly. The code lays out each
> GUI control pixel-by-pixel, so I was wondering if it would be good
> idea to change it to use the layout system. Also, #169
> (http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/169) looks like it could be fixed with
> the layout system.
>
> Since Playgound looks like an application you use to learn the API, I
> thought it would be a good idea to ask.

Actually Playground's purpose is more for testing to experiment with
UI looks and things like that so you can see all the controls at once.
I'll let Stephan answer whether or not he'd want that to be using
layout or not though :)

Regards,

Rene

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