I'm using GRID-LAYOUT quite often to lay out CAPI panes within an interface. Sometimes I'm missing the ability to have some pane span several columns or rows like it can be done in an HTML table. Did others here ever want the same functionality or am I missing an already existing way to do it? I'm considering to write my own layout class for this and of course I'd be happy if someone told me that this is not necessary... :)
On Wednesday 27 February 2008 10:38:19 pm Edi Weitz wrote: > I'm using GRID-LAYOUT quite often to lay out CAPI panes within an > interface. Sometimes I'm missing the ability to have some pane span > several columns or rows like it can be done in an HTML table. Did > others here ever want the same functionality or am I missing an > already existing way to do it? > > I'm considering to write my own layout class for this and of course > I'd be happy if someone told me that this is not necessary... :) Column-layout and row-layout are subclasses of grid-layout which is a sublcass of x-y-adjustable-layout. I haven't actually done this, but my first impulse would be to check out the abilities of these layout classes before trying to invent my own class... pt
On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:02:46 -0500, Paul Tarvydas <tarvydas@visualframeworksinc.com> wrote:
> Column-layout and row-layout are subclasses of grid-layout which is
> a sublcass of x-y-adjustable-layout. I haven't actually done this,
> but my first impulse would be to check out the abilities of these
> layout classes before trying to invent my own class...
I know about column-layout and row-layout and have used them hundreds
of times already. Sometimes you can achieve things you can't achieve
with a grid layout by nesting these somehow. But sometimes you can't,
at least not in a straightforward way.
Consider something like this:
[ PANE1 ] [ PANE2 ]
[ PANE3 ] [ PANE4 ]
[ PANE5 ] [ PANE6 ]
[ PANE7 ]
[ PANE8 ] [ PANE9 ]
I want the panes on the left to be right-adjusted and the panes on the
right to be left-adjusted. If it weren't for the fourth row, I could
simply use a grid layout with :x-adjust '(:right :left). If it
weren't for the /fifth/ row, I could use such a grid layout for the
first three rows and a centered row layout for the fourth line. But I
want the panes in the fifth row to be aligned with the panes in the
first three rows.
As I said, in an HTML table this would be done with something like
colspan=2. In CAPI, I'm not aware of an easy way to do it.
On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:00:31 +0300, "Dmitriy Ivanov" <divanov@aha.ru> wrote: > I did provide similar features for cl-typesetting tables and, IMHO, > the task is a bit tougher for CAPI layouts. Are you sure the game is > worth the candle? :-) No... :) Maybe if I find some spare time. It may be interesting as I've never done my own layouts before. Incidentally, is there example code somewhere for creating your own layouts?
On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:15:41 +0100, "Arthur Lemmens" <alemmens@xs4all.nl> wrote: > How about the capi/layouts directory? ;-) Ugh, I could have sworn I had looked there recently without finding anything... :) Thanks, Edi.