> Am 11.02.2019 um 08:00 schrieb [email protected]:
>
> Hello!
>
> This is my weekly ChangeLog, from 4 February 2019 to 10 February 2019.
> You can see it in a better format by going here:
> http://log.smallworks.eu/web/search?from=4/2/2019&to=10/2/2019
>
> ChangeLog
> =========
>
> 9 February 2019:
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>
> * === On layouts
> As you know, I've been working on layouts for Spec 2. The basic layouts
> I want to have available next week(s) are four:
>
> * +SpecBoxLayout+ : A simple way to place components horizontally or
> vertically
> * +SpecPanedLayout+ : Same as box layout, but with a resizable splitter
> (and it will allow just two... if you want more you will need to compose).
> * +SpecGridLayout+ : To place components in a grid (x,y coordinates and
> spans)
> * +SpecXYLayout+ : This could be renamed as +SpecAbsoluteLayout+ and it's
> name says all, it will allow absolute location of components (obviously, in
> relation with its parent).
>
> For a second phase there will be a couple more +SpecFlowLayout+ and a
> kasowari layout (without name yet :P).
>
Apple and others call it auto layout. I don‘t like that name as it isn‘t really
clear. It could be called ConstraintLayout.
Norbert
> The ones on first phase are the most important ones. In particular, we
> have detected that with
> first three (Box, Paned, Grid) we can reproduce everything we have
> currently in Pharo. The second phase
> will add possibilities for the future.
>
> Anyway, I have "kind-of-working" the first three, but I have problems when
> applying layouts here and there, because
> morphic time to time wants to behave differently than asked.
>
> One of the problems is that for this layouts, to make them behave
> correctly (and without a lot of work from users),
> I will need to add the concept of "minimum, preferred and maximum" extent.
> Reason why I'm playing with a small
> implementation of styling... which most probably will go away once I find
> the best way to handle this constraints.
>
> So, this week I have nothing finished, just a pointer to my current work:
> [https://github.com/estebanlm/Spec/tree/dev-2.0](https://github.com/estebanlm/Spec/tree/dev-2.0)
>
>
> 7 February 2019:
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>
> * Small fix-a-day:
> [https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/2452](https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/2452)
>
>
> cheers!
> Esteban
>
