Yes! It took me a few seconds to figure that out after you explained it, my brain is fragile...
When setting just one of the constraints, (left or right) or (top or bottom) it makes perfect sense... but setting both (top and bottom) or (left and right), i just figured it manually set the width or height behind the scenes. I'm probably confusing constraint based layout with the term "Docking" in .Net windows development. --Scott --- In [email protected], "Tim Hoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, just one more point: constraints (similar to padding) have > nothing to do with the dimensions of a container. They simply > provide a mechanism for positioning. While using top, bottom, left > and right can cause resizing, relative to the parent, they are more > or less just a tool for placement. > > -TH > > --- In [email protected], "scott_flex" <skrause@> wrote: > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > I do agree that the vbox automatically grows based on it's content > is > > a good thing sometimes, i am making use of that default behavior > for > > sure. > > > > However, the constraint based layout is designed so i don't have > to > > manually code changes for the width and height when the parent > object > > is resized... so I would have never expected this behavior nor > does > > it make sense (IMHO). > > > > I'll just continue on with what i've done, it's not that > complicated, > > just more work for me :). > > > > --Scott > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Tim Hoff" <TimHoff@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Unless you explicitly set the height and width of a container, > it > > will > > > automatically measure to include all of it's children; with no > > scroll > > > bars. This is a good thing in some situations. If you want > the > > scroll > > > bars to show up, set the dimensions. clipContent is an entirely > > > different animal; and provides interesting reading in the help > docs. > > > > > > -TH > > > __________________________________ > > > > > > Tim Hoff > > > Cynergy Systems, Inc. > > > http://www.cynergysystems.com > > > Office <http://www.cynergysystems.comoffice/> : 866-CYNERGY > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "scott_flex" <skrause@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Any particualar reason why a Vbox won't correctly clip content > and > > > show > > > > scrollbars when the object is using constraint based layout > > > positioning? > > > > > > > > I'm adding up to 50 child objects to the vbox and want the > > scrollbars > > > > to appear so the user can scroll to see them all. > > > > > > > > If i set the height, and width everything works as expected, > so > > i've > > > > manually tapped into the resize event on my parent canvas and > > manually > > > > set the height and width to get the effect of a constraint > based > > > > layout. Doesn't seem like i should have to do this. > > > > > > > > If i used the top,left,right,bottom properties, my VBox just > > expands > > > > its size to include all child objects added... which then > forces > > the > > > > scroll bars on it's parent container, not what i want. > > > > > > > > Maybe i'm doing something wrong... > > > > > > > > > >
