Re: [GITGRUB] New menu interface (implementation)

[Bean <bean123ch@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Michal Suchanek <hramrach@centrum.cz> wrote:
> 2009/10/9 Bean <bean123ch@gmail.com>:
>> On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 5:46 AM, Michal Suchanek <hramrach@centrum.cz> wrote:
>>> 2009/10/8 Bean <bean123ch@gmail.com>:
>>>> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Michal Suchanek <hramrach@centrum.cz> wrote:
>>>>>> 2, You should use far position as you want to extend the widget at the
>>>>>> far side (top).
>>>>>
>>>>> This dependency is a problem. The rules for creating a working layout
>>>>> are then complicated and hard to understand.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also I have no idea why I should set position on the screen, it is
>>>>> never positioned.
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> For example, if parent width=10, two children, width=4, then the
>>>> extend property decide how to assign the extra 2 space:
>>>>
>>>> extend=first, space is added to first widget, which is 6,4
>>>> extend=all, space is distributed to alls widget, which is 5,5
>>>> extend=last, space is added to last widget, which is 4,6
>>>
>>> This should not be necessary. The default is to wrap the children with
>>> any spacing the children specify.  This should work nicely for layouts
>>> similar to the current gfxterm.
>>>
>>> If the panel is larger (because it is itself extended or fixed-width)
>>> then children are packed at the start (which is determined by
>>> direction). This should work nicely for buttons in a dialog box, for
>>> example. If a dialog has two buttons they should be placed together,
>>> placing one on each end can easily lead to situation when the user
>>> notices only one of the buttons.
>>>
>>> If you want to explicitly control which children get the available
>>> space then finer granularity is again achieved by setting properties
>>> on the chidren. Any child that has the expand property will take a
>>> share of the surplus space. If you want children to take space without
>>> growing add another property which specifies that the space should be
>>> taken without expanding the element.
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> What if more than one children has the extend property, for example,
>> how do we handle config like this:
>>
>> panel {
>>  panel { halign="extend" }
>>  panel { }
>>  panel { halign="extend"}
>>  panel { }
>> }
>>
>>
>
> Then both get a share of the available space, obviously. It's similar
> to your extend=all but each child can opt to get a share of the extra
> space individually.

Hi,

Ok, fine with me.

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