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> On 2013/12/12, at 13:50, Luther Baker <lutherba...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Is there a way autolayout can be told to proportionally divide available
> free space amongst a set of views?
> 
> For example (please ignore the actual 'VFL' and consider the following
> horizontal layout string as pseudo code):
> 
>    H:|-[FirstName]-[LastName]-[SocialSecurity]-[Birthday]-[Age]-|
> 
> Assume that each control hugs its own content tightly and that in the
> simple case, the initial display ends up requiring only 50% of the
> available parent view width.
> 
> Can I set up the constraints so that the remaining space is divided up
> according to some user-defined relative weighting mechanism? IE: I want the
> FirstName and LastName textfields to grow - receiving 20% each of the
> remaining space with the Birthday button then getting the final extra 10%?
> 
> Using resistance and hugging properties, I know how to make 1 control
> receive all the extra space  ... but I don't know how to balance free space
> across several controls.
So this is where you might use long form. 
But basic thing is you need to calculate. Then set the metrics. Of course you 
might need to do some KVO or other means of keeping in sync with resizing. 

You might also just consider NSStackView designed for this purpose. 

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