That might be a better (or more intuitive) interface than getAttributeRelative. We surely want to add more CSS support.
On 2006-04-06 08:35 PDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Would it make more sense to propose the addition of a "position" > attribute to the view class? It could be set to "absolute" or > "relative" (and default to absolute) - this would mirror the CSS > attribute of the same name. > > Getting and setting the x or y position of a relatively positioned > view would set or return the value relative to parent, whilst > getting or setting an absolutely positioned view would set or > return the value relative to canvas. > > I suspect this could also be achieved by creating a custom layout > with a position attribute, or by extending the view class. > > > > On Thursday, April 06, 2006, at 03:37PM, William Krick <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > online.com> wrote: > >> I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on "x" vs "absolutex"... >> -----Original Message----- >> From: William Krick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 3:05 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: [Laszlo-user] syntax problem using variables in a >> view's x >> and y >> >> >> Ok, that makes sense now. >> >> It *is* a little strange though in that it isn't symmetrical... >> >> When I query a view for its x or y, it gives me its position >> relative to the canvas, but when I set a view's x or y, I'm >> setting the its position relative to its parent. >> >> I think it would make more sense if there were two types of x >> positions.. >> >> view.x and view.absolutex >> >> view.x is always the x relative to the view's parent. >> >> view.absolutex is always the x relative to the canvas. >> >> Obviously, this all applies to y as well. >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dan Stowell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 2:47 PM >> To: William Krick; [email protected] >> Subject: RE: [Laszlo-user] syntax problem using variables in a >> view's x >> and y >> >> >>> But shouldn't it still work with parent.x+5 anyway? >> >> Not quite. parent.x refers to the parent's x position relative to the >> canvas. In your example, the first red view has an x of 0 in the >> canvas. >> The interior view is constrained to have an x of parent.x + 5, which >> works out to 5 in this case. The second red view has an x of 100 >> relative to the canvas. The interior view therefore has an x of 105. >> Since it is being place 105 pixels from the left of the second red >> view, >> the views are not working as desired. Here's a modified version: >> >> <canvas width="600" height="400"> >> >> <simplelayout axis="x"/> >> >> <view name="first" >> bgcolor="red" width="100" height="100"> >> <view bgcolor="black" >> width="${ parent.width - 10 }" height="$ >> { parent.height - >> 10 }" >> x="5" y="5"/> >> </view> >> >> <view name="second" >> bgcolor="red" width="100" height="100"> >> <view bgcolor="black" >> width="${ parent.width - 10 }" height="$ >> { parent.height - >> 10 }" >> x="5" y="5"/> >> </view> >> >> </canvas> >> >>>> <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 >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> Dan Stowell >> Software Engineer >> Laszlo Studios >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Laszlo-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.openlaszlo.org/mailman/listinfo/laszlo-user >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Laszlo-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.openlaszlo.org/mailman/listinfo/laszlo-user >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Laszlo-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.openlaszlo.org/mailman/listinfo/laszlo-user _______________________________________________ Laszlo-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.openlaszlo.org/mailman/listinfo/laszlo-user
