On Tue, 2012-03-06 at 09:05 -0700, asom...@gmail.com wrote: > If you pack your widgets into boxes or tables, then they will never > overlap (unless you're using buggy 3rd party widgets). Normally, the > only way to make widgets overlap would be to use a Layout or a Fixed > to manually place your widgets. But that's generally a bad idea. I > recommend that you read > http://www.pygtk.org/pygtk2tutorial/ch-PackingWidgets.html and pack > your widgets into boxes.
I'm very much aware of widget packing. But having widgets that can be deliberately dragged around on a surface [Layout] is specifically the purpose in this case. > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 8:14 AM, Adam Tauno Williams > <awill...@whitemice.org> wrote: > This isn't specifically related to Gtk / PyGtk, but since I'm using > PyGTK I thought I'd ask it here [it just relates generally to UI > design]. > If I have a layout that contains widgets [which are rectangles] > detecting with widgets overlap isn't that hard. But is there a > generally accepted scheme / algorthym for redistributing the widgets > in such a fashion that they no longer overlap and 'feels' intuitive? > I've seen this behavior in a couple of applications and am curious if > ther is anything like a 'standard' approach to this issue? [relevant > links?] -- System & Network Administrator [ LPI & NCLA ] <http://www.whitemiceconsulting.com> OpenGroupware Developer <http://www.opengroupware.us> Adam Tauno Williams _______________________________________________ pygtk mailing list pygtk@daa.com.au http://www.daa.com.au/mailman/listinfo/pygtk Read the PyGTK FAQ: http://faq.pygtk.org/
