Re: [racket-users] Positioning GUI controls in contact with one another

2016-09-06 Thread David Storrs
On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 1:15 AM, Jens Axel Søgaard wrote: > Dave wrote: > > I'm on OSX 10.11. I'm working on a spreadsheet application, and my > current plan is to have each cell be > > represented as a separate text control.[1] > > This potentially leads to many controls (even with your optimiza

Re: [racket-users] Positioning GUI controls in contact with one another

2016-09-06 Thread David Storrs
On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Robby Findler wrote: > I haven't seen buttons in spreadsheet cells in excel, but maybe I'm > taking your words too literally? > Ah, sorry, I phrased that poorly. I'm thinking of things like the header on a column, which you can click to make it sort that column.

Re: [racket-users] Positioning GUI controls in contact with one another

2016-09-06 Thread Jens Axel Søgaard
Dave wrote: > I'm on OSX 10.11. I'm working on a spreadsheet application, and my current plan is to have each cell be > represented as a separate text control.[1] This potentially leads to many controls (even with your optimization in footnote [1]). Consider displaying (a section of) the spreads

Re: [racket-users] Positioning GUI controls in contact with one another

2016-09-05 Thread Robby Findler
I haven't seen buttons in spreadsheet cells in excel, but maybe I'm taking your words too literally? Have you considered using canvas% objects instead of buttons? They should give you the flexibility you're after. Robby On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 4:23 PM, David Storrs wrote: > How do I find the act

[racket-users] Positioning GUI controls in contact with one another

2016-09-05 Thread David Storrs
How do I find the actual minimum size of a GUI control (e.g. a button) without the space around it? I'm on OSX 10.11. I'm working on a spreadsheet application, and my current plan is to have each cell be represented as a separate text control.[1] I need to have these controls be in contact with