But shouldn't it still work with parent.x+5 anyway?
I mean, parent.width-10 works as expected.


-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Stowell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 2:04 PM
To: William Krick; [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Laszlo-user] syntax problem using variables in a view's x
and y


> The second black box isn't positioned correctly relative to its 
> parent.

That's because it is constrained to its parent's x position. Nested 
views have coordinates relative to their parent. So, if you set the x of 
the black view to 5, then it will always be 5 pixels from its parent's 
left border.

>
> Do I have the syntax wrong?
>
>
>
> <canvas width="600" height="400">
>   <simplelayout axis="x"/>
>
>   <view bgcolor="red" width="100" height="100">
>     <view bgcolor="black"
>           width="${parent.width-10}"
>           height="${parent.height-10}"
>           x="${parent.x+5}"
>           y="${parent.y+5}"/>
>   </view>
>
>   <view bgcolor="red" width="100" height="100">
>     <view bgcolor="black"
>           width="${parent.width-10}"
>           height="${parent.height-10}"
>           x="${parent.x+5}"
>           y="${parent.y+5}"/>
>   </view>
>
> </canvas>
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Dan Stowell
Software Engineer
Laszlo Studios




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