[Gambas-user] Centering problem

[ISS Boss]

   Hi, Benoît:
   When I look at the tiny red items in the LEFT tool icon, I see them stacked
   vertically.  The RIGHT icon shows red items stacked horizontally.  I think I
   know what you mean, but I've never really seen a tool in any IDE that will
   'spread' instead of 'center'.  I can live with what exists, but it is a bit
   confusing.  Any multi-item centering I need to do I can do using pixels and
   a calculator.  It would be nice to have a tool that will take whatever one
   selects and center it either vertically or horizontally.
   Containers would be nice also.  Either way you choose I can work with.
   Bill
   Benoît Minisini wrote, On 12/28/2013 14:25:

Le 28/12/2013 20:20, ISS Boss a écrit :

I've mentioned this before, but only in passing on other comments.  Now,
I've created a tiny project that illustrates what I've been talking about.

It is just a single form with 6 items on it that are NOT centered
horizontally.  To demonstrate what I am talking about, give this a try:

1) open the project and take a look at the form

(((((  Between each step, hit 'CTRL-Z' to go back to start.  )))))

2) Select item #1 and click 'Center Horizontally".  It should do just
that, properly.  (NOTE: the 'tool tip' is wrong for both tools - jpg's
attached)

3) Select Item #1 & #2 and click the centering tool.  They should
scatter into weird positions

4) Select #1, #2, & #3 and click the centering tool.  Same result (only
worse)

5) Select #1, #2, #3, & #4 and click the centering tool.  Same result
(much worse)

6) Any more selected and the tool with IGNORE you.  Nothing gets
centered at all.

The tooltips are right, but the verb "center" is not accurate, it should
be "spread" instead. Anyway, its behaviour is not clever.

I will think about it: maybe I will make four tools instead of two, one
for spread (correctly), and another for (really) center.

Or maybe I will remove them entirely! And replacing them by containers
that can center and spread at runtime.

Regards,