On Jun 1, 2013, at 2:14 PM, Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 3:34 AM, Stephan Aßmus <superstippi@xxxxxx> wrote: >> >> I think you would have to also assign the menu field a weight of 0 for your >> example to work, or else the menu field and the glue would get their equal >> share of the available space: >> >> .AddGroup(B_HORIZONTAL) >> .Add(fCompressionMF, 0.0f) >> .AddGlue() >> .End() >> >> Using alignments might be another option, but I think in this case they >> would be more difficult to work with, since the size of the menu field is >> not fixed and one would have to restrict the max size of it dynamically. > > I doubt anyone has the time or motivation right now, but it might be > nice if we had some sort of Layout Tips or FAQ which describes how to > solve these sorts of problems in an idiomatic way. Maybe if you are > motivated John you could create a wiki page and at least document this > one? > > Whichever works the best of Rene and Stephan's suggestions... I'm still waiting for 'Laying it All Out Part 2' :)