Attached is my wtkx file. For one button the aspect ratio worked great, but for two and three buttons they get progressively smaller.
On Fri, 7 Aug 2009 12:41:01 pm Greg Brown wrote: > For an example, see: > > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/pivot/trunk/wtk/test/org/apache/p >ivot/wtk/test/preferred_aspect_ratio_test.wtkx > > G > > On Aug 6, 2009, at 10:36 PM, Greg Brown wrote: > > OK, TerraPushButtonSkin now properly respects the > > "preferredAspectRatio" style. If you set it to 1 (and the parent > > container respects the button's preferred size), you'll get a square > > button. > > > > However, you won't be able to simply rely on the box pane for > > calculating the correct preferred height for all of the buttons. The > > (unconstrained) preferred height of the box pane is still going to > > be determined as the sum of the unconstrained preferred heights of > > the buttons. Only when the width of the box pane is constrained can > > we determine the actual button heights (since they depend on the > > max. button width, which isn't known until layout - it is not, and > > cannot be, known at preferred size calculation time). > > > > So, you identified a valid issue - thank you! But in order to meet > > your use case, you'll need to ensure that the box pane is given > > enough vertical height to accommodate all the buttons - that height > > can't be determined automatically. Even a scroll pane or panorama > > can't help here - your box pane must simply be given enough vertical > > screen real estate to display all of the buttons. > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > G > > > > On Aug 6, 2009, at 9:47 PM, Greg Brown wrote: > >> I understand your use case. I think that a vertical box pane with > >> fill set to true would meet your needs, if we can get PushButton to > >> behave correctly with respect to preferred aspect ratio. :-) I'm > >> looking into it right now. > >> > >> On Aug 6, 2009, at 9:42 PM, Scott Lanham wrote: > >>> 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.
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