John Spackman wrote:
> Hi Jim
>
> Isn't that inconsistent with other controls such as a text field which
> expand to fill the available space? For example, if you add a
> TextField in exactly the same way, it does not cause the composite to
> grow.
Hi,
Not necessarily. If the widget has a minWidth set, the composite will
expand to encompass it. I use this feature (not bug) in my own app to
change the default rendering of the single form renderer without having
to create a new class.
Also, you can use maxWidth and allowGrowX to control this behavior, the
label will simply use an ellipsis if it is too long. You could add a
click listener on the label which would set rich to true, set the width
to the maxWidth and set wrap true, and this would allow users to
expand/contract the label by clicking it. You still get your layout
preserved and manage scant real estate nicely.
Greg
>
> Here's another example that demonstrates this: http://tinyurl.com/32l7ums
>
> The size of the outer composite is a factor of the user interface that
> you design, eg a list must be big enough (height & width) to be
> readable, a toolbar big enough to hold the buttons each of which is
> big enough for text and image etc -- and if a label cannot wrap then
> it must be high enough and wide enough to display the text, but the
> ability to wrap means only that the label needs only to be high enough
> because the width is negotiable.
>
> This becomes an issue for me because I combine tabview pages from
> various sources -- generally speaking, each page is roughly the same
> size but there is always some variation and all the other controls
> expand to fit the available space without leaving odd gaps at the
> side. Having a label at a fixed width disaffects the autosizing of
> the entire app and undoes the good work of the layout classes.
>
> John
>
> From: Jim Hunter <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
> Reply-To: qooxdoo Development <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>>
> Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 02:05:23 -0700
> To: qooxdoo Development <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>>
> Subject: Re: [qooxdoo-devel] qx.ui.basic.Label sizing problem
>
> If you don't specifically set the width of the label, how do you
> expect it to stop stretching? The label needs to know when to stop and
> when to wrap (if you have Wrap set to enabled) unless you tell it
> where. You have to remember that the control can not read your mind.
> If you put a long line of text into it, it will display it because
> that is what you asked it to do. So if you don't want the label to be
> more then 200 pixels, then setMaxWidth(200) and your problem is solved.
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 1:02 AM, John Spackman <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
> Hi guys
>
> I find that unless I specifically restrict the width of a
> qx.ui.basic.Label, it will stretch all the other components around
> it to allow the text to fit into one line (as much as possible,
> anyway). This is a bit of a pain because these label's are
> usually long descriptions or user-friendly text that is expected
> to go into paragraphs and should fit into the available space as
> opposed to expand the available space to get one long line of text.
>
> Is there a way to stop Label stretching? I've tried
> allowGrowX=false and allowStretchX=false with no joy. Here's my
> example: http://tinyurl.com/2w4btzh
>
> Thanks
> John
>
>
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