Re: [Lazarus] Borderspacing property not working?
You probably do something wrong. Here both Button1.AnchorParallel(akLeft, 10, Form1); or Button1.BorderSpacing.Left:=10; Button1.AnchorSide[akLeft].Control:=Form1; Button1.Anchors:=[akLeft]; works well. V . __ Od: "Timothy Groves via lazarus" Komu: "Lazarus mailing list" Datum: 12.02.2021 20:25 Předmět: Re: [Lazarus] Borderspacing property not working? Update: Then I realized what had changed. I attempted to clean up some of my other dynamically created page tabs, and problems persisted. I ran some experiments, and determined the root problem. So this problem is more properly expressed as: When anchoring to Parent, border settings are ignored, regardless if they are set using a method (such as AnchorToNeighbour or AnchorParallel) or directly (by changing the BorderSpacing property). Is this a known bug? Or is it an undocumented feature? If the latter, how do I anchor to a parent in a manner that respects border spacing? On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 at 14:19, Timothy Groves > wrote:That worked. Thanks. On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 at 14:06, Vojtěch Čihák via lazarus > wrote:Try to add there AnchorParallel: labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akTop].Control := labSurfaceLocation; labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akTop].Side := asrBottom; labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akLeft].Control := Parent; labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akLeft].Side := asrRight; labSurface[0].AnchorParallel(akLeft, 0, labSurfaceLocation); for index := 1 to 8 do begin labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akTop].Control := labSurface [index - 1]; labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akTop].Side := asrBottom; labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akLeft].Control := Parent; labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akLeft].Side := asrRight; labSurface [index].AnchorParallel(akLeft, 0, labSurfaceLocation); end; __ > Od: "Timothy Groves via lazarus" > > Komu: "Lazarus mailing list" > > Datum: 12.02.2021 19:26 > Předmět: [Lazarus] Borderspacing property not working? > I have created several dynamic controls in my form, and setting the BorderSpacing property produces consistently incorrect results. Dynamically created controls will exhibit borders between themselves, but not to the parent object. What am I doing wrong?Here is a chunk of the offending code. for index := 0 to 8 do begin labSurface [index] := tLabel.Create (Application); with (labSurface [index]) do begin parent := tabSurface; Caption := LocationNames [index]; BorderSpacing.Around := 8; BorderSpacing.Left := 8; Anchors := [akTop, akLeft]; end; end; labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akTop].Control := labSurfaceLocation; labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akTop].Side := asrBottom; labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akLeft].Control := Parent; labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akLeft].Side := asrRight; for index := 1 to 8 do begin labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akTop].Control := labSurface [index - 1]; labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akTop].Side := asrBottom; labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akLeft].Control := Parent; labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akLeft].Side := asrRight; end; -- "Cows fly like clouds, but are never quite successful." --Megahal -- -- ___ lazarus mailing list lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org https://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus <https://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus> -- ___ lazarus mailing list lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org https://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus <https://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus> -- "Cows fly like clouds, but are never quite successful." --Megahal -- "Cows fly like clouds, but are never quite successful." --Megahal -- -- ___ lazarus mailing list lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org https://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus <https://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus> -- ___ lazarus mailing list lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org https://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Borderspacing property not working?
Update: Then I realized what had changed. I attempted to clean up some of my other dynamically created page tabs, and problems persisted. I ran some experiments, and determined the root problem. So this problem is more properly expressed as: When anchoring to Parent, border settings are ignored, regardless if they are set using a method (such as AnchorToNeighbour or AnchorParallel) or directly (by changing the BorderSpacing property). Is this a known bug? Or is it an undocumented feature? If the latter, how do I anchor to a parent in a manner that respects border spacing? On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 at 14:19, Timothy Groves wrote: > That worked. Thanks. > > On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 at 14:06, Vojtěch Čihák via lazarus < > lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote: > >> Try to add there AnchorParallel: >> >> >> >> labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akTop].Control := labSurfaceLocation; >> >> labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akTop].Side := asrBottom; >> >> labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akLeft].Control := Parent; >> >> labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akLeft].Side := asrRight; >> >> labSurface[0].AnchorParallel(akLeft, 0, labSurfaceLocation); >> >> for index := 1 to 8 do begin >> >> labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akTop].Control := labSurface [index - 1]; >> >> labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akTop].Side := asrBottom; >> >> labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akLeft].Control := Parent; >> >> labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akLeft].Side := asrRight; >> >> labSurface [index].AnchorParallel(akLeft, 0, labSurfaceLocation); >> >> end; >> >> >> >> __________ >> > Od: "Timothy Groves via lazarus" >> > Komu: "Lazarus mailing list" >> > Datum: 12.02.2021 19:26 >> > Předmět: [Lazarus] Borderspacing property not working? >> > >> I have created several dynamic controls in my form, and setting the >> BorderSpacing property produces consistently incorrect results. >> Dynamically created controls will exhibit borders between themselves, but >> not to the parent object. What am I doing wrong? >> Here is a chunk of the offending code. >> for index := 0 to 8 do begin >> labSurface [index] := tLabel.Create (Application); >> with (labSurface [index]) do begin >> parent := tabSurface; >> Caption := LocationNames [index]; >> BorderSpacing.Around := 8; >> BorderSpacing.Left := 8; >> Anchors := [akTop, akLeft]; >> end; >> end; >> >> labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akTop].Control := labSurfaceLocation; >> labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akTop].Side := asrBottom; >> labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akLeft].Control := Parent; >> labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akLeft].Side := asrRight; >> for index := 1 to 8 do begin >> labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akTop].Control := labSurface [index - >> 1]; >> labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akTop].Side := asrBottom; >> labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akLeft].Control := Parent; >> labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akLeft].Side := asrRight; >> end; >> -- >> "Cows fly like clouds, but are never quite successful." >> --Megahal >> >> >> -- >> >> -- >> ___ >> lazarus mailing list >> lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org >> https://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus >> -- >> ___ >> lazarus mailing list >> lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org >> https://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus >> > > > -- > "Cows fly like clouds, but are never quite successful." > --Megahal > -- "Cows fly like clouds, but are never quite successful." --Megahal -- ___ lazarus mailing list lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org https://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Borderspacing property not working?
That worked. Thanks. On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 at 14:06, Vojtěch Čihák via lazarus < lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote: > Try to add there AnchorParallel: > > > > labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akTop].Control := labSurfaceLocation; > > labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akTop].Side := asrBottom; > > labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akLeft].Control := Parent; > > labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akLeft].Side := asrRight; > > labSurface[0].AnchorParallel(akLeft, 0, labSurfaceLocation); > > for index := 1 to 8 do begin > > labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akTop].Control := labSurface [index - 1]; > > labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akTop].Side := asrBottom; > > labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akLeft].Control := Parent; > > labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akLeft].Side := asrRight; > > labSurface [index].AnchorParallel(akLeft, 0, labSurfaceLocation); > > end; > > > > __ > > Od: "Timothy Groves via lazarus" > > Komu: "Lazarus mailing list" > > Datum: 12.02.2021 19:26 > > Předmět: [Lazarus] Borderspacing property not working? > > > I have created several dynamic controls in my form, and setting the > BorderSpacing property produces consistently incorrect results. > Dynamically created controls will exhibit borders between themselves, but > not to the parent object. What am I doing wrong? > Here is a chunk of the offending code. > for index := 0 to 8 do begin > labSurface [index] := tLabel.Create (Application); > with (labSurface [index]) do begin > parent := tabSurface; > Caption := LocationNames [index]; > BorderSpacing.Around := 8; > BorderSpacing.Left := 8; > Anchors := [akTop, akLeft]; > end; > end; > > labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akTop].Control := labSurfaceLocation; > labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akTop].Side := asrBottom; > labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akLeft].Control := Parent; > labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akLeft].Side := asrRight; > for index := 1 to 8 do begin > labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akTop].Control := labSurface [index - > 1]; > labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akTop].Side := asrBottom; > labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akLeft].Control := Parent; > labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akLeft].Side := asrRight; > end; > -- > "Cows fly like clouds, but are never quite successful." > --Megahal > > > -- > > -- > ___ > lazarus mailing list > lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org > https://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus > -- > ___ > lazarus mailing list > lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org > https://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus > -- "Cows fly like clouds, but are never quite successful." --Megahal -- ___ lazarus mailing list lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org https://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Borderspacing property not working?
Try to add there AnchorParallel: labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akTop].Control := labSurfaceLocation; labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akTop].Side := asrBottom; labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akLeft].Control := Parent; labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akLeft].Side := asrRight; labSurface[0].AnchorParallel(akLeft, 0, labSurfaceLocation); for index := 1 to 8 do begin labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akTop].Control := labSurface [index - 1]; labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akTop].Side := asrBottom; labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akLeft].Control := Parent; labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akLeft].Side := asrRight; labSurface [index].AnchorParallel(akLeft, 0, labSurfaceLocation); end; __ Od: "Timothy Groves via lazarus" Komu: "Lazarus mailing list" Datum: 12.02.2021 19:26 Předmět: [Lazarus] Borderspacing property not working? I have created several dynamic controls in my form, and setting the BorderSpacing property produces consistently incorrect results. Dynamically created controls will exhibit borders between themselves, but not to the parent object. What am I doing wrong?Here is a chunk of the offending code. for index := 0 to 8 do begin labSurface [index] := tLabel.Create (Application); with (labSurface [index]) do begin parent := tabSurface; Caption := LocationNames [index]; BorderSpacing.Around := 8; BorderSpacing.Left := 8; Anchors := [akTop, akLeft]; end; end; labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akTop].Control := labSurfaceLocation; labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akTop].Side := asrBottom; labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akLeft].Control := Parent; labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akLeft].Side := asrRight; for index := 1 to 8 do begin labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akTop].Control := labSurface [index - 1]; labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akTop].Side := asrBottom; labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akLeft].Control := Parent; labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akLeft].Side := asrRight; end; -- "Cows fly like clouds, but are never quite successful." --Megahal -- -- ___ lazarus mailing list lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org https://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus <https://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus> -- ___ lazarus mailing list lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org https://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus
[Lazarus] Borderspacing property not working?
I have created several dynamic controls in my form, and setting the BorderSpacing property produces consistently incorrect results. Dynamically created controls will exhibit borders between themselves, but not to the parent object. What am I doing wrong? Here is a chunk of the offending code. for index := 0 to 8 do begin labSurface [index] := tLabel.Create (Application); with (labSurface [index]) do begin parent := tabSurface; Caption := LocationNames [index]; BorderSpacing.Around := 8; BorderSpacing.Left := 8; Anchors := [akTop, akLeft]; end; end; labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akTop].Control := labSurfaceLocation; labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akTop].Side := asrBottom; labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akLeft].Control := Parent; labSurface [0].AnchorSide [akLeft].Side := asrRight; for index := 1 to 8 do begin labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akTop].Control := labSurface [index - 1]; labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akTop].Side := asrBottom; labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akLeft].Control := Parent; labSurface [index].AnchorSide [akLeft].Side := asrRight; end; -- "Cows fly like clouds, but are never quite successful." --Megahal -- ___ lazarus mailing list lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org https://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus
