Thanks Greg, What I originally expected aspect ratio to do is to increase the smallest of either height or width to keep the ratio constant. But my focus is only on my own needs so it is hard to see the big picture. It turns out a square button looks terrible when I did get it working and I ended up using an aspect ratio of 1.2. To get that ratio to work I had to set preferred height but I don't like setting explicit dimensions if it can be avoided though.
What I am ultimately trying to do at the moment is create a vertical "toolbar" that keeps all buttons the same size. The size of the buttons are dictated by the button with the largest content and the aspect ratio is to keep all the buttons at a nice shape. One of the apps I work on is touch screen based so keeping the buttons large and a nice shape is important. On Fri, 7 Aug 2009 11:21:22 am Greg Brown wrote: > Preferred aspect ratio currently affects the height if it is less than > 1, and the width if it is greater than or equal to 1. However, I can > see why you might expect that setting it to a value of 1 would produce > a square button. I'll look into that. > > In the meantime, your best bet is to either a) use square content > (such as an icon whose width and height are equal) or b) manually set > the preferred width and height to the same value. > > G > > On Aug 6, 2009, at 8:44 PM, Scott Lanham wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I would like to create a PushButton that stays square no matter what > > its > > button data contains. I have tried to set preferredAspectRatio to 1 > > but it > > only appears to affect the button width. Is there any way I can keep > > a button > > square besides setting the preferred height and width to be the same? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Scott.
