I'm not 100% sure on your problem, but you could simplify thing emenssly by using a RelativeLayout, and that may help you problem at the same time.
See: http://developer.android.com/resources/articles/layout-tricks-efficiency.html -Kitzy On Mar 10, 6:24 am, Sven Jacobs <sven.jac...@web.de> wrote: > Hi all, > > this is the first time I'm developing an Android app so please bear with me > ;) > > I've put an EditText and Button into a horizontal LinearLayout but > unfortunately the button is not aligned with the text field. In the > Hierarchy Viewer the text field has a absolute_y of 30 while the button has > 32. Please see screenshots of the Hierarchy Viewer > here:http://picasaweb.google.com/sj1981/Android > > The XML looks like this: > > <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"; > android:orientation="vertical" > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > android:layout_height="fill_parent" > > > <LinearLayout > android:orientation="horizontal" > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > android:layout_marginTop="5sp"> > <EditText > android:id="@+id/search_text" > android:layout_width="wrap_content" > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > android:layout_weight="1" > android:hint="@string/search_hint" > android:singleLine="true" > /> > <Button > android:id="@+id/search_button" > android:layout_width="wrap_content" > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > android:drawableLeft="@drawable/magnifier" > /> > </LinearLayout> > <LinearLayout > android:id="@+id/results_container" > android:orientation="vertical" > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > android:layout_height="fill_parent" > /> > </LinearLayout> > > What's the problem here? > > Many thanks, > Sven -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en
