[Gambas-user] Column auto reseize in tables views.

[Benoît Minisini]

> Il domenica 2 agosto 2009 11:54:12 Benoît Minisini ha scritto:
> > > Il sabato 1 agosto 2009 19:36:51 David Villalobos Cambronero ha scritto:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > How can I automaticly auto resize the column width of my gridview or
> > > > tableview. I mean, when I show the view, I want all the columns
> > > > adjusted to the cell content.
> > > >
> > > >  Regards
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > David
> > >
> > > You can't automatically. You could write a function
> > > to calculate the maximum length of a cell content
> > > in the same column and then change the column width.
> > > The basic thing is that you have to calculate the width
> > > of a cell content. You could do this:
> > >
> > > Dim iContentW as Integer
> > >
> > > iContentW = GridView1.Font.Width(GridView1[0,0].Text)
> > >
> > > Once you have the longest cell content, you can resize that
> > > column adding a little value.
> > >
> > > GridView1.Columns[0].Width = iContentW + 10
> > >
> > > You have to calculate the width of all cell content of a specific row,
> > > select the longest, resize the column. Not comfortable, but not
> > > impossible.
> > >
> > >
> > > Bye,
> > >
> > > Stefano
> >
> > Normally, setting the column width or row height to -1 does the job, but:
> > - It seems to work strangely when the GridView is filled by the Data
> > event. - It is not implemented in gb.gtk yet.
> >
> > Regards,
>
> Aaaargh... :-)  there's a lot of magic hidden inside Gambas. I read
> the width/column stuff in the help and nothing is telling me
> that width = -1 automagically resizes the column width. But I may be
> wrong again. :-)
>
> Saluti,
>
> Stefano
>

I didn't document that maybe because it does not work well in gb.qt and not at 
all in gb.gtk?

-- 
Benoît