Thanks! that worked. Still don't understand why its not working with a LinearLayout.
On Aug 31, 1:56 pm, Floaters <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe you can try RelativeLayout... > > 2010/8/31 William Ferguson <[email protected]> > > > OK, I'm obviously missing something fundamentally simple here. > > I have a LinearLayout containing 2 buttons. > > I've coloured the layout background red so I can see that it has > > expanded to fill its parent. > > I wanted the BooButton to center horizontally within the layout and > > the OtherButton to be right justified. > > But both buttons are on the left of the layout. > > > What have I done wrong? > > > <LinearLayout android:id="@+id/buttonBlock" > > android:orientation="horizontal" > > android:background="#ff0000" > > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > > android:layout_height="wrap_content"> > > > <Button android:id="@+id/booButton" > > android:text="Boo" > > android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" > > android:layout_width="wrap_content" > > android:layout_height="wrap_content"/> > > > <Button android:id="@+id/otherButton" > > android:text="Other" > > android:layout_gravity="right" > > android:layout_width="wrap_content" > > android:layout_height="wrap_content"/> > > </LinearLayout> > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en

