I am a new user of FLTK3 who is migrating from using Tcl/Tk for GUI 
development.  My software development is in Common Lisp (SBCL).  I have some 
tests successfully running using FLTK3 in combination with OpenGL.

I like everything I am seeing in FLTK3, EXCEPT for (semi-)automatic layout of 
widget arrangements.  Tk has simple, yet effective ways to control widget 
placement.  I am willing to write layout class methods for FLTK, but some basic 
infrastructure appears to be missing.

An outside_measure() method should be implemented for classes, such as Button 
and all of its subclasses, so that the outside dimensions of those widgets can 
be determined.  The existing measure() method returns the dimensions of the 
label string and/or image.   I have implemented such methods for Menubar and 
Widget, but the implementations are fragile, depending on FLTK internal details.

Is there anything in the ROADMAP directed toward more advanced layout 
infrastructure?


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