Hi,
That's not just documentation, it implies in a change in the API. If you
take a look at the "iup.h" header you will see that all boxes have the same
constructors just like gridbox.
Best,
Scuri
On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 4:03 PM, Andrew Robinson <arobinso...@cox.net>
wrote:
> You are a very responsive developer, Antonio! I have yet to see anyone
> like you in any other group like IUP. I just hope that even when you
> someday leave this group, that nothing will change about it. You saved me
> the work of having to do my own GUI layout handler. I will give you future
> feedback on it, if needed.
>
> In the meantime, here is a little feedback in regards to the IupGridBox
> documentation:
>
> Ihandle* IupGridBoxv(Ihandle ***children*); should be listed as
> Ihandle* IupGridBoxv(Ihandle **children[]*); or
> Ihandle* IupGridBoxv(Ihandle ****children*);
>
> That last one might seem a little strange, but I saw it used by GTK+
> for argv in their entry routine. Maybe this Stack Overflow discussion will
> make sense of that: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13998669/cpp-
> pointers-and-arrays
>
> I know, I'm a little anal about documentation and a lot of people are not
> receptive about that, so if this isn't really all that important to you,
> you can safely ignore it. I just thought I would at least try :^)
>
> Andrew
> On 1/19/2017 at 10:26 AM, Antonio Scuri <antonio.sc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I added a new option for SIZECOL and SIZELIN, they can now be -1. If so
> all controls will be considered when computing the gridbox size.
>
> Also I fixed an error in gridbox alignment.
>
> Just committed to SVN.
>
> IUP 3.21 should be released next week.
>
> Best,
> Scuri
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 2:04 PM, Antonio Scuri <antonio.sc...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Ok. Got it.
>>
>> Best,
>> Scuri
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 1:11 PM, Andrew Robinson <arobinso...@cox.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> int fnSrcFile(void) { return IUP_DEFAULT }
>>> int fnDstFile(void) { return IUP_DEFAULT }
>>> int fnBtnOk(void) { return IUP_DEFAULT }
>>> int fnBtnQuit(void) { return IUP_CLOSE }
>>> int main(int argc, char **argv) {
>>> Ihandle *dlg, *hTxt, *guiPtr;
>>> struct stGui {
>>> Ihandle *lbl1;
>>> Ihandle *lbl2;
>>> Ihandle *txt1;
>>> Ihandle *btn1;
>>> Ihandle *lbl3;
>>> Ihandle *lbl4;
>>> Ihandle *txt2;
>>> Ihandle *btn2;
>>> Ihandle *lbl5;
>>> Ihandle *lbl6;
>>> Ihandle *btn3;
>>> Ihandle *btn4;
>>> Ihandle *end1 = 0; }
>>>
>>> IupOpen(&argc, &argv);
>>>
>>> lbl1 = IupLabel('SOURCE FILE')
>>> lbl2 = IupLabel(':')
>>> lbl3 = IupLabel('DST DIR')
>>> lbl4 = IupLabel(':')
>>> txt1 = IupText(NULL)
>>> IupSetAttribute(txt1,'RASTERSIZE','125')
>>> IupSetAttribute,(txt1,'MULTILINE','NO')
>>> txt2 = IupText(NULL)
>>> IupSetAttribute(txt2,'RASTERSIZE','125')
>>> IupSetAttribute(txt2,'MULTILINE','NO')
>>> btn1 = IupButton('SRC',NULL)
>>> IupSetCallback(btn1,'ACTION',&fnSrcFile)
>>> btn2 = IupButton('DST',NULL)
>>> IupSetCallback(btn2,'ACTION',&fnDstFile)
>>> lbl5 = IupLabel('')
>>> lbl6 = IupLabel('')
>>> btn3 = IupButton('OK',NULL)
>>> IupSetCallback(btn3,'ACTION',&fnBtnOk)
>>> btn4 = IupButton('QUIT',NULL)
>>> IupSetCallback(btn4,'ACTION',&fnBtnQuit)
>>>
>>> ptrGui = &stGui;
>>> gbox = IupGridBoxv(guiPtr)
>>> IupSetAttribute(gbox,'ORIENTATION','HORIZONTAL')
>>> IupSetAttribute(gbox,'NUMDIV','4')
>>> IupSetAttribute(gbox,'SIZELIN','0')
>>> IupSetAttribute(gbox,'SIZECOL','2')
>>> IupSetAttribute(gbox,'MARGIN','5x5')
>>> IupSetAttribute(gbox,'GAPCOL','5')
>>> IupSetAttribute(gbox,'GAPLIN','5')
>>> IupSetAttribute(gbox,'ALIGNMENTLIN','ACENTER')
>>> IupSetAttribute(gbox,'ALIGNMENTCOL','ARIGHT')
>>>
>>> dlg = IupDialog(gbox)
>>> IupSetAttribute(dlg,'TITLE','Hello World')
>>> IupShowXY(dlg,IUP_CENTER,IUP_CENTER)
>>>
>>> IupMainLoop
>>> IupClose
>>>
>>> Forgive me if there are some typos in translating this.
>>>
>>> On 1/9/2017 at 10:54 AM, Antonio Scuri <antonio.sc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Can you send me the code for that example. I may have an idea.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Scuri
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 3:16 PM, Andrew Robinson <arobinso...@cox.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> This is just feedback of user satisfaction. It is not a complaint,
>>>> it is just an opinion and requires no response. I'm hoping someone will
>>>> understand what I am saying here and will think of a way to improve the
>>>> container functionality to bring it up to a more state-of-the-art level.
>>>>
>>>> With the following parameters:
>>>>
>>>> MARGIN=5x5
>>>> GAPCOL=5
>>>> GAPLIN=5
>>>>
>>>> I get the following rendering:
>>>>
>>>> Note how GAPLIN has no effect. That's because IUP needs to be told
>>>> which component in the entire grid is the the tallest component in the
>>>> entire grid, so with that in mind, I used the following parameters,
>>>>
>>>> SIZELIN=1
>>>> SIZECOL=2
>>>> MARGIN=5x5
>>>> GAPCOL=5
>>>> GAPLIN=5
>>>>
>>>> and I get the following rendering:
>>>>
>>>> So now GAPLIN is working, but I have a problem with the GAPCOL ignoring
>>>> the QUIT button's width because IUP hasn't been told that the QUIT button
>>>> is the widest button in that column, but I cannot convey that information
>>>> to IUP without screwing up the rest of the layout, since columns zero and
>>>> one of line 2 are zero width and zero height:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> To get this to work, I tried inserting the GridBox inside of a Vbox or
>>>> Hbox, but they too have no effect on the QUIT button margin. I could make
>>>> this work by overriding the fault main window width by using USERSIZE, but
>>>> why have containers if I typically will have to override them like this?
>>>>
>>>> That was only for a simplified user interface. Just spelling out the
>>>> labels and flipping SRC with DST, I get this rendering,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> which is awful and not very fixable.
>>>>
>>>> Therefore the problem is this: I cannot choose a container that will
>>>> let me align components both vertically and horizontally. It is either one
>>>> or the other, but not both. GridBox comes close but it isn't very powerful,
>>>> as you can see. There is no point in having any of these containers, if
>>>> they can only do very simple "Hello World" interfaces and nothing beyond
>>>> that, without having to compile a confusing slew of Vboxes, Hboxes, and
>>>> GridBoxes into your user interface. As much as I hate JAVA, their version
>>>> of the GridBox was very useful. As it stands, I need to resort to the
>>>> cumbersome CX and CY attributes of each component to make anything more
>>>> complicated than a "Hellow World" user interface work.
>>>>
>>>> What is really great about GridBox is that you only need to pass one
>>>> parameter to the function to load your entire interface.
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Andrew
>>>>
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>>
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