FXRuby FXText width?

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1

I have the following (1.0.20) code. All FXTextFields are set to a default
width, regardless of what I pass the constructor or set afterwards. What am
I doing wrong?

class DBLogin < FXMainWindow
  include Responder

  attr_accessor :dblogin

  def initialize(app)
    @app = app
    super(@app, "Login", nil, nil, DECOR_ALL, 0, 0, 400)

    FXLabel.new(self, 'Server')
    @server = FXTextField.new(self, 1, nil, 0, TEXTFIELD_NORMAL, 0, 0,
  1. FXLabel.new(self, ‘Database’)
    @database = FXTextField.new(self, 1)
    FXLabel.new(self, ‘User’)
    @username = FXTextField.new(self, 1)
    FXLabel.new(self, ‘Password’)
    @password = FXTextField.new(self, 1)
    …
2

If you want to specify the width (or height) of a widget, you must specifiy that you are doing so.

FXTextField(self, 1, nil, 0, LAYOUT_FIX_WIDTH, 0, 0, 500)

this threw me off for a while as well :wink:

I kinda wish you could do this automagically by passing in ‘nil’ for the values you don’t want to
specify. What do ya think, Lyle?

Jason

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— Chris Morris chrismo@clabs.org wrote:

I have the following (1.0.20) code. All FXTextFields are set to a default
width, regardless of what I pass the constructor or set afterwards. What am
I doing wrong?

class DBLogin < FXMainWindow
  include Responder

  attr_accessor :dblogin

  def initialize(app)
    @app = app
    super(@app, "Login", nil, nil, DECOR_ALL, 0, 0, 400)

    FXLabel.new(self, 'Server')
    @server = FXTextField.new(self, 1, nil, 0, TEXTFIELD_NORMAL, 0, 0,
  1. FXLabel.new(self, ‘Database’)
    @database = FXTextField.new(self, 1)
    FXLabel.new(self, ‘User’)
    @username = FXTextField.new(self, 1)
    FXLabel.new(self, ‘Password’)
    @password = FXTextField.new(self, 1)
    …
3

Hi,

First of all, the second parameter in the constructor of FXTextField tells FOX
how many characters in the textfield should at least be visible… so 1 is
kind of small.

Second, if you want to specify the width or height by pixels, you need to pass
LAYOUT_FIX_WIDTH or LAYOUT_FIX_HEIGHT to the options parameter. (then the 500
for example will be actually be used for example). Ofcourse most of the time
its better to say LAYOUT_FILL_X, so that it will take as much space there is
available.

Hope this helps,

Sander

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On Monday 24 February 2003 08:18 pm, Chris Morris wrote:

I have the following (1.0.20) code. All FXTextFields are set to a default
width, regardless of what I pass the constructor or set afterwards. What am
I doing wrong?

class DBLogin < FXMainWindow
  include Responder

  attr_accessor :dblogin

  def initialize(app)
    @app = app
    super(@app, "Login", nil, nil, DECOR_ALL, 0, 0, 400)

    FXLabel.new(self, 'Server')
    @server = FXTextField.new(self, 1, nil, 0, TEXTFIELD_NORMAL, 0, 0,
  1. FXLabel.new(self, ‘Database’)
    @database = FXTextField.new(self, 1)
    FXLabel.new(self, ‘User’)
    @username = FXTextField.new(self, 1)
    FXLabel.new(self, ‘Password’)
    @password = FXTextField.new(self, 1)
    …

–
Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too
dark to read.

4

For some goofy reason I read the 2nd parameter as columns, like columns in
multiple column list box or somesuch. 1 is pretty small :slight_smile: … lessee …
hey, that works a lot better with a reasonable number in there.

Thx.

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----- Original Message -----
From: “Sander Jansen” sander@knology.net
To: “ruby-talk ML” ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 8:45 PM
Subject: Re: FXRuby FXText width?

Hi,

First of all, the second parameter in the constructor of FXTextField tells
FOX
how many characters in the textfield should at least be visible… so 1 is
kind of small.

Second, if you want to specify the width or height by pixels, you need to
pass
LAYOUT_FIX_WIDTH or LAYOUT_FIX_HEIGHT to the options parameter. (then the
500
for example will be actually be used for example). Ofcourse most of the time
its better to say LAYOUT_FILL_X, so that it will take as much space there is
available.

Hope this helps,

Sander

On Monday 24 February 2003 08:18 pm, Chris Morris wrote:

I have the following (1.0.20) code. All FXTextFields are set to a default
width, regardless of what I pass the constructor or set afterwards. What
am
I doing wrong?

class DBLogin < FXMainWindow
  include Responder

  attr_accessor :dblogin

  def initialize(app)
    @app = app
    super(@app, "Login", nil, nil, DECOR_ALL, 0, 0, 400)

    FXLabel.new(self, 'Server')
    @server = FXTextField.new(self, 1, nil, 0, TEXTFIELD_NORMAL, 0, 0,
  1. FXLabel.new(self, ‘Database’)
    @database = FXTextField.new(self, 1)
    FXLabel.new(self, ‘User’)
    @username = FXTextField.new(self, 1)
    FXLabel.new(self, ‘Password’)
    @password = FXTextField.new(self, 1)
    …

–
Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too
dark to read.