[haiku-development] Re: Layout problems

  • From: Stephan Assmus <superstippi@xxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:10:45 +0200

On 2009-03-31 at 17:48:58 [+0200], Sean Healy <jalopeura@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm working on bug #190 and I'm having some problems with the layout 
> system. The top view takes up all the space, with its text way down at 
> the bottom, like so:
> 
> |--------------------------|
> | |----------------------| |
> | |                      | |
> | |                      | |
> | |                      | |
> | |                      | |
> | |                      | |
> | |                      | |
> | |                      | |
> | |                      | |
> | | Text1                | |
> | |----------------------| |
> |                          |
> | |----------------------| |
> | | Text2                | |
> | |----------------------| |
> |--------------------------|
> 
> I tried adding glue after the second view, and then the glue and the top 
> view get about the same amount of space, and the second view still takes 
> up just what it needs, like so:
> 
> |--------------------------|
> | |----------------------| |
> | |                      | |
> | |                      | |
> | |                      | |
> | | Text1                | |
> | |----------------------| |
> |                          |
> | |----------------------| |
> | | Text2                | |
> | |----------------------| |
> |                          |
> | |----------------------| |
> | |                      | |
> | |                      | |
> | |                      | |
> | |                      | |
> | |----------------------| |
> |--------------------------|
> 
> I tried looking through the list archives, but when I left the search too 
> general, I got more results than I could efficiently look through, and 
> when I narrowed the search, none of the results helped me.
> 
> On the plus side, it looks like using the layout system here will also 
> fix bug #1801, since the text indicated in that bug is no longer cut off. 
> (Of course, at the moment, the information is all squeezed down at the 
> bottom because of the above problem, but at least it's all visible.)

From your pictures and description, I don't understand which views exactly 
are the problem. Could you post your code? You can also send it to me in 
private, if you prefer.

Best regards,
-Stephan


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