Hi MacArthur, Thanks for the replay. If I shorten the string the customer is treating it as Data lost. So I think that shouldn't a good solution. Yes it is a touch screen only. And u suggested to use Roller....Can u post a pseudo code that how to use Roller.
-- * Thanks & Regards, Rajesh Kumar P * On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 2:14 PM, MacArthur, Ian (SELEX GALILEO, UK) < [email protected]> wrote: > > > I am using choice box in my application. Choice box is > > expanding > > up to the maximum data size. I think this is the general property, which > > seems to be fine. But my resolution is 240*320. So the data in choice box > > is going away out of my display. And even choice box doesn't have > > horizontal and vertical scroll also. Can any body give suggestions, how > to > > restrict the extending property of choice box. I am using FLTK1.3 on ARM > > linux platform. > > > I'm not sure if there's any really graceful "built in" solution... What I > did, in a similar sort of position, was measure the string before adding it > to the widget, and if it was going to be too long, I created a suitable > sized "reduced" version, i.e. "This string is much, much too long!" might > be reduced to "This string is..." instead. > > Not ideal, but... The advantage with "shortening" the strings under > program control was that I could make some attempt to do something "clever" > with the reduced string, rather than just truncating it abruptly. Not > always great though... > > Is this on a touchscreen device, BTW? > If so, you might want to think very carefully about what widgets you use - > a lot of "stock" widget choices don't work all that well in a touch > environment, and especially on small displays, so you might do better to > come up with something other than a choice box, since dropdowns and such > often don't function well in that context... > > You could probably use an Fl_Roller (maybe coupled to an Fl_Browser or > something) to make up a "wheel widget" somewhat like the list scrolling > widgets that you see on an iPhone, for example... Just a thought... > > > > > > > > > SELEX Galileo Ltd > Registered Office: Sigma House, Christopher Martin Road, Basildon, Essex > SS14 3EL > A company registered in England & Wales. Company no. 02426132 > ******************************************************************** > This email and any attachments are confidential to the intended > recipient and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended > recipient please delete it from your system and notify the sender. > You should not copy it or use it for any purpose nor disclose or > distribute its contents to any other person. > ******************************************************************** > > _______________________________________________ > fltk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.easysw.com/mailman/listinfo/fltk > _______________________________________________ fltk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.easysw.com/mailman/listinfo/fltk
