Re: Reordering components in HPanel fails

[Stéphane Aulery <lkppo@xxxxxxx>]

Le 16/07/2024 à 14:34, T Lee Davidson a écrit :
> On 7/16/24 08:21, T Lee Davidson wrote:
> > On 7/16/24 08:06, Stéphane Aulery wrote:
> > > So, the order is the order of insertion ?
> >
> >
> > > It would be better to have an explicit Order property instead of 
> > > fiddling with the IDE.
> > >
> > > I expected that at least the container tree editor could change the 
> > > order since it has the buttons to reorder. Is this a bug or missing 
> > > feature?
> >
> > I recall having an similar issue (actually a misunderstanding of 
> > expected behavior) a while back. Back far enough that I don't remember 
> > the minute details at the moment. I'll have to see if I can find the 
> > thread on the mailing list archive. In the meantime...
> >
> > The order used is the order in the IDE graphical designer. For a 
> > container having the Arrangement property set to other than "None", 
> > the components cannot be reordered via the Hierarchy tree.
> >
> > You could try enlarging the container temporarily to give more room to 
> > reorder the controls. Then set it back to the size you want.
>
> Here is the link to the informative response from Benoît:
> https://lists.gambas-basic.org/pipermail/user/2024-January/081309.html

Benoît said they follow the values of X property. However, it seemed to 
me that this was not the case. I'll check later.

And what would happen if X is the same everywhere and only Y varies?

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Stéphane Aulery