From: Lyle Johnson <lyle@...>
Date: 2004-01-19T09:15:03+09:00
Subject: Re: FXRuby: Justify text in TableItem

Daniel Sperl wrote:

> I just tried to justify a text in a FXTableItem of a FXTable, but I seem 
> to be doing something wrong with the justification modes.
> 
> I tried the following:
> 
> @table.getItem(10, 10).justify = JUSTIFY_TOP
> 
> But the text stays unchanged. On the other hand, when I use JUSTIFY_LEFT 
> instead, it is justified at top of the cell.
> I suppose I am using the wrong constants? Which constants are used to 
> achieve a correct justification?

When you have a question like this, a good place start is the API 
documentation at the FXRuby Home Page:

     http://www.fxruby.org

For example, if you check the documentation for FXTableItem:

     http://www.fxruby.org/doc/api/classes/Fox/FXTableItem.html

you'll see that for the "justify" attribute, an appropriate value is 
some combination of the values LEFT/RIGHT and TOP/BOTTOM. So this:

     @table.getItem(10, 10).justify = FXTableItem::TOP

should give text that is centered horizontally, and aligned against the 
top edge of the cell. If you instead wanted, say, text aligned against 
the bottom right corner you might use:

     tableItem.justify = FXTableItem::BOTTOM | FXTableItem::RIGHT

> -- by the way: Is there a FXRuby-Newsgroup as well, or is this the 
> correct place for this message, anyway?

Also listed on the FXRuby Home Page is information about the 
fxruby-users mailing list, which is probably a better place for 
FXRuby-specific questions.

Hope this helps,

Lyle