On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 9:45 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys <
mailingli...@geldenhuys.co.uk> wrote:
> Why can I place a TEdit above a StatusBar, but a TImage I can't? See
> attached screenshot.
>
Follow up on the forum.
http://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,27932.0.html
thanks,
Dmitry
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On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 5:19 PM, Graeme Geldenhuys <
mailingli...@geldenhuys.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Can Lazarus already handle such "developer defined components"? I
> remember the good old days of Delphi 7. Define a nice Form or Frame
> template. Select everything and drag it to the component palette a
If all you want to do is add graphic indicators to a panel, just fill
out DrawPanel and use StatusBar.Canvas.
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On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 10:23 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys <
mailingli...@geldenhuys.co.uk> wrote:
> And that's where my second (actually I lost count today) problem lies.
> How do I add a TPanel inside a TStatusBar for example. The TStatusbar
> doesn't seem to accept child widgets.
>
I'd think that's an
On 2015-04-01 15:42, Anthony Walter wrote:
>
> Personally, I never use a status bar, just because if I want something
> in the footer, it usually involves more than just text.
Well, I'm modifying an existing project for a client, so I don't have
much say in that regard. A nice idea though.
All I
Graeme,
Personally, I never use a status bar, just because if I want something in
the footer, it usually involves more than just text. For example I may want
editor controls, images, buttons, and text in the bottom area of the form.
See the screenshot below as an example coming from one of my apps
Hi Anthony,
On 2015-04-01 15:01, Anthony Walter wrote:
> If you case, the image, edit, and status bar all have the same parent
> window, thus the image will always be clipped by the edit and status bar.
Many thanks for the explanation. I forgot the fact that a graphic
control doesn't have a handl
Hi Dmitry,
On 2015-04-01 15:01, Dmitry Boyarintsev wrote:
> TImage is a graphic control (it doesn't have its own handle),
Ah, okay. One of those differences between LCL and fpGUI.
> It should be a place into another control (i.e. TPanel) that is
> TWinControl (and does have a handle)
And that
TImage is a graphic control (it doesn't have its own handle), thus cannot
be put "above" any other control than it's parent.
It should be a place into another control (i.e. TPanel) that is TWinControl
(and does have a handle)
thanks,
Dmitry
On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 9:45 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys <
mai
Graeme,
Does someone else have access to your account? Because the questions you're
asking are trivial to answer.
TEdit is a windowed control and as such its rectangular clipping path is
controlled by the Z-order of its siblings.
TImage is a graphic control and as such its rectangular clipping p
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