On Sat, 01 Jan 2011 14:28:08 +0100 Hans-Peter Diettrich <[email protected]> wrote:
> The FPDoc description of TAnchorSide looks wrong to me. I improved it. > IMO it should > reflect the following: > > Every side of a TControl can be anchored to another control, as > described by TControl.AnchorSides[side]. > > TAnchorSide.Owner is the control *to be* anchored. > [should read: Control] > [ctrl.AnchorSide[side].Owner = ctrl] True. > TAnchorSide.Kind is the control side (index in AnchorSides). > [should read: ControlSide] > [ctrl.AnchorSide[side].Kind = side] Yes. > TAnchorSide.Control is the anchor control, > [should read: AnchorControl] > > and TAnchorSide.Side is the side of that control, *to* which Owner is > anchored or aligned (plus asrCenter). > [should read: AlignTo] Yes, although 'aligned' can be confused with the Align property, so I avoid this in this context. > If this is correct, the FPDoc should be updated accordingly. > > > This is how IMO a control can be anchored: > > Normally the TControl.Top/Left is the absolute control origin within its > Parent, Width/Height is the absolute extent (size) of the control. ... within its Parent client area, ... > The sides of a control can be anchored to its Parent (ClientRect) sides, > as specified by TControl.Anchors. For every such anchored side the > distance to the Parent.ClientRect is preserved when the Parent is resized. Yes. > Lazarus adds another anchoring method to beforementioned Delphi > compatible anchoring: > > AnchorSides[] allow to anchor the control to other controls (siblings > only?). Siblings and Parent. > For every side a TAnchorSide object can specify the control and its > side, to which the control's side is anchored. For every such anchored > side the distance to the anchor control is preserved, as specified in > the control's BorderSpacing. yes. This is explained with examples here: http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Autosize_/_Layout#Anchor_Sides Mattias -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
