Re: Reordering components in HPanel fails

[Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 at 12:51, Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 at 12:20, Stéphane Aulery <lkppo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Hi,
>>
>> I try to clone AstroGrep under Linux
>>
>> https://astrogrep.sourceforge.net/pics/ss_main_new.png
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>> I'm having trouble with the layout. I can't get the fields to stretch
>> horizontally. I guess I'm not using the right combination of containers
>> and options. Maybe you can advise me on this (I'll provide a screenshot
>> this evening).
>>
>> For the moment I tried to put ComboBoxes and Labels in an HPanel, itself
>> in the left part of a Splitter. I use the HPanel because it
>> automatically arranges the fields.
>>
>> My problem is that if I arrange the fields with the graphical editor or
>> try to order them with the container tree viewer, I never get the
>> controls in the order I want. If I reorder the fields in the container
>> tree viewer and then save, the order is lost.
>>
>> I don't understand what order it follows unless it's the initial
>> insertion order of the components, which is no use to me since you can't
>> define an Order property.
>>
>> What am I doing wrong?
>>
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> There are tricks i do to sort misordering out.
>
> For example if the panel that should be on the right is appearing on the
> left I would do this..
> Right click the right hand panel and select Cut.
> Move the left hand panel a pixel or 2
> Then Paste the right hand panel back in again.
> Then usually the ordering is correct again.
>
> Also when you right click an object there is the Arrangement/Bring to
> Front and Bring to Back options that rearrange the ordering.
>
> By code you can use hMyPanel.Raise and hMyPanel.Lower commands.
>
> Respects
> BruceS
>

A very useful feature here would be if you could select a bunch of
contained objects and have an Arrangement option like "Use visible layout"
that would set the order to how they currently look in the IDE.

Respects
BruceS