I''m using wxRuby 2.0.1 on a PCLinuxOS system I have a form with a horizontal sizer. The form was built by wsFormBuilder if that matters. The sizer''s proportion is set to 1. There are two controls in the sizer. On the left is a listbox with proportion of 1. On the right is a textbox with proportion 2. By use of the minimum size, both boxes start off with correct sizes. When I stretch the form, however, the two controls stretch as desired in the horizontal direction, but the veritcal sizes don''t change at all. This creates a very ugly space beneath the controls (and above another horizontal sizer that has the control buttons in it ... that sizer has a proportion of 0 and doesn''t stretch - again, as desired. I''m obviously missing something. What do I need to do to get the controls to stretch in the vertical direction as well as the horizontal? As always, thanks in advance ---Michael -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Hello Michael, What you need to do, is in wxFormBuilder, you need to ensure that under Sizer Properties for the sizer in question, you have wxGROW and wxEXPAND checked, in order for both vertical and horizontal growth to occur when re-sizing the main form. Otherwise, it will only follow the rules given to it by a wxSizer of whatever direction you choose. hth, Mario On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Michael Satterwhite <lists at ruby-forum.com>wrote:> I''m using wxRuby 2.0.1 on a PCLinuxOS system > > I have a form with a horizontal sizer. The form was built by > wsFormBuilder if that matters. The sizer''s proportion is set to 1. > > There are two controls in the sizer. On the left is a listbox with > proportion of 1. On the right is a textbox with proportion 2. By use of > the minimum size, both boxes start off with correct sizes. > > When I stretch the form, however, the two controls stretch as desired in > the horizontal direction, but the veritcal sizes don''t change at all. > This creates a very ugly space beneath the controls (and above another > horizontal sizer that has the control buttons in it ... that sizer has a > proportion of 0 and doesn''t stretch - again, as desired. > > I''m obviously missing something. What do I need to do to get the > controls to stretch in the vertical direction as well as the horizontal? > > As always, thanks in advance > ---Michael > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > _______________________________________________ > wxruby-users mailing list > wxruby-users at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wxruby-users >-- Mario Steele Lieutenant Commander 3 XO - Geo 99 XO - STO IFT Fleet Chief Engineer - Second Life http://www.trekfederation.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/wxruby-users/attachments/20100822/8764f56c/attachment.html>
Mario Steele wrote:> Hello Michael, > > What you need to do, is in wxFormBuilder, you need to ensure that under > Sizer Properties for the sizer in question, you have wxGROW and wxEXPAND > checked, in order for both vertical and horizontal growth to occur when > re-sizing the main form. Otherwise, it will only follow the rules given > to > it by a wxSizer of whatever direction you choose.I''m looking at the sizer in wxFormBuilder right now. I see wxExpand - and it is checked. I don''t see a wxGrow *ANYWHERE* in the properties. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Michael Satterwhite wrote:> I''m looking at the sizer in wxFormBuilder right now. I see wxExpand - > and it is checked. I don''t see a wxGrow *ANYWHERE* in the properties. >Wx::GROW is just a (less frequently used) synonym for Wx::EXPAND. But Wx::EXPAND (or in C++/xrc, wxExpand) is definitely what you want, as Mario says. The proportion argument controls sizing in the main (in this case horizontal) dimension. Wx::EXPAND means it should fill the space in the other dimension. If that''s not working, check that the sizer itself is really getting the space you think it is - have a look at the boundaries in XRC designer - these should be an accurate reflection of what it will look like. If that doesn''t help, please post a minimal snippet that reproduces the problem. a
Got it - and, of course, I had missed something that should have been obvious. I had the sizers set up correctly. I hadn''t checked wxExpand in the controls, though. I want to thank those who replied. Your feedback got me looking in the right direction. I appreciate the help! ---Michael -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
That is what we are here for Michael. Glad that it worked, and helped you find the problem. Mario On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Michael Satterwhite <lists at ruby-forum.com>wrote:> Got it - and, of course, I had missed something that should have been > obvious. I had the sizers set up correctly. I hadn''t checked wxExpand in > the controls, though. > > I want to thank those who replied. Your feedback got me looking in the > right direction. I appreciate the help! > > ---Michael > > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > _______________________________________________ > wxruby-users mailing list > wxruby-users at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wxruby-users >-- Mario Steele Lieutenant Commander 3 XO - Geo 99 XO - STO IFT Fleet Chief Engineer - Second Life http://www.trekfederation.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/wxruby-users/attachments/20100824/e7909f17/attachment.html>