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Noel Grandin commented on PIVOT-331:
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Looking at this again, I can see some very elegant solutions.
But perhaps, given that this use-case is not going to be that common, we can
simply support the brute-force approach of allowing the designer to set a
verticalSpacing style on each individual Form.Field?
Then the designer would be free to apply the necessary corrections to only
those fields that needed it.
Perhaps not the most elegant solution, but it has the benefit of simplicity :-)
> Form's vertical spacing should be baseline-aware
> ------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: PIVOT-331
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIVOT-331
> Project: Pivot
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: wtk
> Reporter: Todd Volkert
> Priority: Minor
> Fix For: 2.0
>
> Attachments: form-layout-mockup.png, screenshot-before-and-after.png
>
>
> Graphic designers often want to lay out forms such that the vertical spacing
> between the baselines of the form elements is predictable. Though Pivot's
> Form can now align the baselines of its fields with their labels, it provides
> no way to coordinate the vertical spacing of the baselines. Take, for
> example, the following WTKX:
> <Window maximized="true"
> xmlns:wtkx="http://pivot.apache.org/wtkx";
> xmlns="org.apache.pivot.wtk">
> <content>
> <CardPane styles="{padding:10}">
> <Form>
> <sections>
> <Form.Section>
> <Label Form.label="Field 1" text="Foo"/>
> <Label Form.label="Field 2" text="Bar"/>
> <TextInput Form.label="Field 3" text="Baz"/>
> <TextInput Form.label="Field 4" text="Something Else"/>
> </Form.Section>
> </sections>
> </Form>
> </CardPane>
> </content>
> </Window>
> It produces the attached screenshot, where the vertical spacing between the
> baselines is unpredictable, even though the form's "verticalSpacing" style is
> evenly applied. Contrast this with the attached mockup provided by a graphic
> designer, where they clearly specify the layout in terms of spacing between
> baselines.
> It's not clear how best to achieve this feature from an architectural point
> of view. Ideas are welcome in this ticket.
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