Re: Gridview with spinbox

[BB <adamnt42@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 8/3/25 10:39 pm, Bruce Steers wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Mar 2025 at 03:54, Shane Powell <buster6seven@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > hi I'm trying to make a spin box in a grid-view column with this code
> >
> > Dim spn As SpinBox = New SpinBox(GridView1) As "spnEditor"
> >
> > and then size it with
> >
> > spn.Expand = False
> >
> > spn.Move(GridView1.Current.X, GridView1.Current.Y, 20, 20)
> >
> > but when the program runs it expands to the size of GridView1
> >
> > what am i doing wrong
> >
> > Cheers Shane.
>
> The main problem is you are treating a GridView like a Container/Panel ,
> but it is not a Container or a Panel it is a Control with it's own
> particular internal layout.
>
> Simply adding a SpinBox directly to GridView1 is really not going to work.
>
> You can cheat and overlay controls over the gridview but their
> placement/size needs to be managed as it's not inside a normal container.
>
> One trick is to use GridView1.Children[0]  (this is the ScrollArea of the
> gridview  and does not have Arrangement set allowing free placement of
> anything)
>
> The following example adds 2 items to a GridView and SpinBox's for the 2
> items.
>
>
> Public Sub Form_Open()
>
>    Dim sp As SpinBox
>
>    GridView1.Columns.Count = 2
>    GridView1.Rows.Count = 2
>    GridView1[0, 0].Text = "Left text 1"
>    GridView1[0, 1].Text = "Right text 1"
>    GridView1[1, 0].Text = "Left text 2"
>    GridView1[1, 1].Text = "Right text 2"
>
>    sp = New SpinBox(GridView1.Children[0]) As "Spin"
>    sp.Name = "item 0"
>    sp.W = 100
>    sp.H = GridView1.Rows.Height
>    sp.X = Me.W - 100
>    sp.Y = GridView1.Rows[0].Y + GridView1.Columns.Height  ' (Remove +
> GridView1.Columns.Height if not using headers)
>
>    sp = New SpinBox(GridView1.Children[0]) As "Spin"
>    sp.Name = "item 1"
>    sp.W = 100
>    sp.H = GridView1.Rows.Height
>    sp.X = Me.W - 100
>    sp.Y = GridView1.Rows[1].Y + GridView1.Columns.Height
>
> End
>
> Public Sub Spin_Change()
>
>    Debug Last.Name, Last.Value
>
> End
>
> I hope that makes sense :)
> BruceS
or use a TableView, which makes this kind of thing a truckload easier. 
Refer TableView.EditWith(control).

b