OpenEuphoria

Re: Windows values??

• Posted by Jonas Temple <jtemple at yhti.net> May 20, 2004
• 406 views

cklester wrote:
> 
> 
> Derek Parnell wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > When values between 0 and 1 are used, it refers to the fraction 
> > corresponding parent dimension. In your example, you are specify a
> > Window whose left edge begins 20% (0.2) of the screen width, and
> > the top edge is 20% of the screen height, and the width is 60% of 
> > the screen width and height is 60% of the screen height. So if your
> > screen is 800x600 pixels your specification is equivalent to ...
> > 
> >  create(Window, winName, 0, 160, -- 20% of 800
> >                             120, -- 20% of 600
> >                             480, -- 60% of 800
> >                             360, -- 60% of 600
> >                      0)
> > 
> > There are even more variations available for specifying relative
> > dimensions. Check out the documentation for the create() routine.
> 
> Derek, do the "child" controls maintain their relative size and
> position when the parent control changes its dimensions?
> 

No, that's what Don Phillips' xControls is for!