Ed Leafe explained how, and then said: > Either way, you will now have your panel with the desired size. Make > sure that its sizer settings are Proportion=0, Expand=False so that > the sizer doesn't try to resize it. > > Longer term, I'd be interested in hearing what people think about re- > enabling manually setting size from the property sheet. Is it too > confusing when using sizers, or should we just let them figure it out? > > -- Ed Leafe
Hello. I'm very new to both Dabo and Python, so I'm still playing with the demos and haven't settled to actually developing anything of my own yet. So far, I like everything I see, and I am enjoying (and learning from) this list. It seems quite fortuitous that you are discussing automatic vs. manual sizing of panels just now, because it's relevant to one of the things I want to do in the application I'm planning. I need to be able to display an ordered stack or cascade of small panels containing time-series data or images. There may be up to thirty panels in the stack. The users have to be able to select two or more panels from the stack which can then be displayed side-by- side (or one above another) for visual comparison (imagine a surgeon viewing x-rays on a light wall). The user must then be able to put panels back into the stack and/or get more panels out to view. The stack may or may not retain its initial order. In some ways it will be similar to the classic Solitaire card game. For initially displaying the stack, the program controls the size and placement; the user should then get full control of size and placement of each panel after he/she selects it from the stack; and finally the user clicks the 'return' button and the panel snaps back into the stack under program control. This could be awkward or tedious to achieve if there isn't an easy choice between manual and automatic sizing. I might be completely misunderstanding the use of Dabo's sizers (in which case I apologise for taking up your time), but what would be wrong with having a pair of simple radio buttons, 'Auto' and 'Manual', to control the initial/default size of a panel? Best regards to everyone here; I'm looking forward to learning to use Dabo properly, and to seeing new versions. Merf Adamson _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users
