The enclosing "bin h" makes the two inside bins line up horizontally.
By default, buttons will only stretch out horizontally. So their behaviour in bins depends on whether the bins are horizontal or vertical. If the enclosing "bin h" is changed to "bin v", then the behaviour again seems correct. On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Don Guinn <[email protected]> wrote: > It's as if the the enclosing "bin h" is ignored. With the enclosing "bin v" > the first two buttons stretch and the last two separate. Shouldn't the same > thing happen with the enclosing "bin h"? > > After I sent the message I realized that the change I mentioned didn't show > anything. Please ignore that. > > On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 3:40 PM, chris burke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This looks OK to me. The example is given below. > > > > The form has a horizontal bin, containing two horizontal bins. > > > > 1. In the original form, stretching occurs only between B10 and B11, and > > indeed this is the only place in the form where there is a stretch > > parameter. > > > > 2. In the modified form (with the first bin z replaced by bin sz), there > > are now two stretch parameters. The first stretch parameter allows the > > first horizontal bin to stretch, so in the modified form there are two > > stretches: > > > > * both horizontal bins stretch to grab half the horizontal space each > > > > * in the first bin, the new space appears at the end of the bin > > > > * in the second bin, the new space appears in the middle of the bin > > > > wd 0 : 0 > > pc B0HS1 closeok; pn B0HS1; > > bin h; > > bin h; > > cc b00 button;cn B00; > > cc b01 button;cn B01; > > bin z; > > bin h; > > cc b10 button;cn B10; > > bin s0; > > cc b11 button;cn B11; > > bin z; > > bin z; > > pmove 600 100 _1 _1; > > pshow; > > ) > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 2:01 PM, Don Guinn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The actions of the bin s are still vague to me as to how and when > widgets > > > stretch or not. As I understand, bin h and bin v create bins or > > rectangular > > > boxes in which other widgets can be placed either horizontally or > > > vertically. The "s" parameter can modify how widgets within a bin are > > > placed. But "s" should not affect how widgets outside the containing > bin > > > are placed, other than changing the size of the bin. Below is a script > > > which creates 6 forms. The top two show two forms with bins to be put > > into > > > the forms below. Those in the right column contain an "s" and those on > > the > > > left do not. The middle row places the bins horizontally and the bottom > > row > > > vertically. > > > > > > The bottom right seems to work right as the "s" in the second bin does > > not > > > affect how the widgets in the first bin act. The still stretch as > > expected. > > > However the middle right form the enclosed bins seems to be ignored as > > the > > > left 3 buttons stay to the left when stretched horizontally. Shouldn't > > the > > > first two buttons stretch and the last two separate? > > > > > > Just to confuse me more I modified the "bin z" in form "b0" to "bin sz" > > > (the first form) and then the form B0HS1 works properly. > > > > > > > > > NB. wd 'reset;' NB. Remove NB. for easy closing the forms > > > > > > b0=:0 : 0 > > > bin h; > > > cc b00 button;cn B00; > > > cc b01 button;cn B01; > > > bin sz; > > > ) > > > > > > b1=:0 : 0 > > > bin h; > > > cc b10 button;cn B10; > > > cc b11 button;cn B11; > > > bin z; > > > ) > > > > > > bs1=:0 : 0 > > > bin h; > > > cc b10 button;cn B10; > > > bin s0; > > > cc b11 button;cn B11; > > > bin z; > > > ) > > > > > > wd 'pc B0 closeok;pn B0;' > > > wd b0 > > > wd 'pmove 0 0 _1 _1;' > > > wd 'pshow;' > > > > > > wd 'pc BS1 closeok;pn BS1;' > > > wd bs1 > > > wd 'pmove 600 0 _1 _1;' > > > wd 'pshow;' > > > > > > wd 'pc B0H1 closeok; pn B0H1;' > > > wd 'bin h;' > > > wd b0 > > > wd b1 > > > wd 'bin z;' > > > wd 'pmove 0 100 _1 _1;' > > > wd 'pshow;' > > > > > > wd 'pc B0HS1 closeok; pn B0HS1;' > > > wd 'bin h;' > > > wd b0 > > > wd bs1 > > > wd 'bin z;' > > > wd 'pmove 600 100 _1 _1;' > > > wd 'pshow;' > > > > > > wd 'pc B0V1 closeok; pn BV1;' > > > wd 'bin v;' > > > wd b0 > > > wd b1 > > > wd 'bin z;' > > > wd 'pmove 0 200 _1 _1;' > > > wd 'pshow;' > > > > > > wd 'pc B0VS1 closeok; pn BVS1;' > > > wd 'bin v;' > > > wd b0 > > > wd bs1 > > > wd 'bin z;' > > > wd 'pmove 600 200 _1 _1;' > > > wd 'pshow;' > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
