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Summary: | Ability to make context menu anchor selection check boxes standalone (not mutually exclusive) for Free Design layout | ||
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Product: | guibuilder | Reporter: | _ wadechandler <wadechandler> |
Component: | Natural Layout | Assignee: | issues@guibuilder <issues> |
Status: | NEW --- | ||
Severity: | blocker | ||
Priority: | P3 | ||
Version: | 5.x | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | All | ||
Issue Type: | ENHANCEMENT | Exception Reporter: |
Description
_ wadechandler
2006-10-05 17:20:08 UTC
> Currently to do this we have to use the designer to layout the component
> edge, then we have to go to properties and locate Layout and choose the
> Vertical and/or Horizontal Resizable which isn't very intuitive, and is
> time consuming.
No, there is Auto Resizing menu just below the Anchor menu. Moreover, there are
buttons in the toolbar for the same thing (<->).
I think that in Anchor menu the left/right and top/bottom options should remain
exclusive. I would not expect that changing (one) anchor would also change
resizability. But we could perhaps add the additional option to anchor on both
sides, so then we'd have 3 exclusive options for each dimension (we should also
change the menu items to radio buttons).
Ah ok. I haven't been using that feature too much. I see now. I think what threw me off is it isn't so much about resizing as it anchors to relative positions, but I see how it is a difficult concept to explain in both ways. Maybe instead of resize expand is a better word as expand deals with the fact that there is an anchor in multiple relative places, and these are kept relative as the UI expands so does the specific component. Either way I don't suppose either word is more intuitive. So, maybe it does make sense to deal with it as anchors, and only deal with it as anchors. Then we could actually do away with the resize/auto-resize context menu, and I only say that because we are not actually telling it to push the size out vertically or horizontally, but instead we are actually telling it to anchor on both ends and to expand to keep those anchors. Yes I agree they should be radios. I suppose I should add....along with the radios put a divider between the H and V axis options to make it more visible. |