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> > _______________________________________________ > Laszlo-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.openlaszlo.org/mailman/listinfo/laszlo-user Dan Stowell Software Engineer Laszlo Studios _______________________________________________ Laszlo-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.openlaszlo.org/mailman/listinfo/laszlo-user
