From: Jason Persampieri <ruby@...>
Date: 2003-02-25T11:44:45+09:00
Subject: Re: FXRuby FXText width?


--- 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,
> 500)
>         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)
>         ...
> 

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 ;)

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