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WPF: Panel which stacks child elements horizontally, fitting them into the available size

I'm looking for some layout panel for WPF which "stacks" its children horizontally, but fits them all into the panel, i.e. not like StackPanel which just keeps on adding them with their full width. So for example, this magical panel is 1000 points wide. I add a child element to it, which gets the full 1000 point width. I add another one...

Swing layout problem

Hello I'd like to get this swing layout inside a JPanel: JLabel - JTextField - JComboBox as the panel resizes I'd like the textField to expand but not the other two. Everything must remain in line. I tried grid bag layout but doesn't work... or I can't. Ideas? ...

How do I create a table there cells flow/wrap rather than using a rigid grid?

I'm having trouble creating the layout I would like for a website. I don't have too much experience with web design and the only software I have is FrontPage which doesn't seem to do what I want. I'm trying to create a page with a number of "cells," each containing an image on top with text centered below. I want each cell to have a fix...

How to size an Android view based on its parent's dimensions

How can I size a view based on the size of its parent layout. For example I have a relativelayout that fills the full screen, and I want a child view, say an imageview, to take up the whole height, and 1/2 the width? I've tried overriding all on onMeasu onLayout onSizeChanged etc and I couldn't get it working.... ...

HTML/CSS: Why is body not stretching to its contents?

Take this trivial example and open it: <html> <body style="background-image:url(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Mandel_zoom_00_mandelbrot_set.jpg);background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: top center;"> <div style="width: 8000px; border: 3px solid red;">Demo</div> </body> </html> The page is...

Do not scroll with anchor, simply change div?

Lemme explain my situation here: I'm trying to make a layout for a website. This goes in a small box, and can include HTML and CSS, yet not javascript. I have a small box inside this, with tabs to link to different things. This is done via putting the divs in a box and using anchor tags to get to them. This is totally fine, until the pag...

Using ViewStub with Tabs in Android Layout

I have read http://developer.android.com/resources/articles/layout-tricks-stubs.html which explains how to use a viewstub as a lazy include for layouts. This works fine on a simple list view i have, but when I try to use it in my actual Tabbed layout, it disappears as soon as the tab gets any real content. I have set all tabs, and tab ...

Zend Framework, The best way to implement layout...

Hello Friends, I'm learning ZF for two weeks so far. Like it so much. I'd like to ask, what is the best practice for layouts? I got one layout and I need to include few variables for it. Do I need to do this in every controller? The second question is about hiding one part of the layout. Currently I'm doing this as following: if(Zend...

GWT: StackLayoutPanel in DockLayoutPanel

I'm trying to render a StackLayout inside a DockLayout. However, all I see is "able" in the west panel. (the first label in the first stack). I don't even see the stack header, or ANYTHING else. Any ideas as to why this may be? The other panels render OK. I read LayoutPanels should only be contained in other LayoutPanels, but this IS ...

Dynamic layouts in CakePHP

Sorry about the question title, but I couldn't find a more appropriate way to phrase this. I am currently building a CakePHP powered website and I'm not quite sure how to approach the following issue. The website looks something like the follwing mockup: . The greyed out areas are part of the layout, because their content does not ch...

C++ Toolbar and Statusbar layout problem

I have created a toolbar that is located at the bottom of my application using the style flag CCS_BOTTOM. The problem is that I also have a status bar located at the bottom and when I use the style CCS_BOTTOM for my toolbar the two controls overlap each other. I am trying to get the toolbar to be located directly above the status bar. I...

WinForms UserControl Layout Autosize Problems

A while back, I posted this question about trying to get a flowlayoutpanel to autosize properly when docked to the top of a container. What I was trying accomplish was to setup a horizontal (left-to-right) flowlayoutpanel spanning across the top edge of a form, and a datagridview taking up the rest of the available space below the flowl...

Android Views - How to Configure a "Loose" Piece of View Element Through XML?

Hi all, This is what i'm trying to achieve: Use a TextView in a TabWidget (i.e. call TabHost.TabSpec.setIndicator(View) instead of TabHost.TabSpec.setIndicator(String)). And i want to configure that TextView in XML instead of building it programatically. So initially, in my layout XML, i had: <TabHost android:id="@+id/mainTabHo...

Refactoring routes - serving different layouts

As a Rails NOOB, I started with a routes.rb of: ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map| map.resources :events map.connect 'affiliates/list', :controller => "affiliates", :action => "list" map.connect 'affiliates/regenerate_thumb/:id', :controller => "affiliates", :action => "regenerate_thumb" map.connect 'affiliates/st...

Display Element borders in Flex App?

Is there a way to put borders around the (MXML) elements of a Flex application? I'm picturing something similar to what Firebug does for HTML with the Inspect button (see http://getfirebug.com/html and search for "inspect" to see what I mean). The reason for doing this is that I'm having some trouble with the layout. ...

Grid View as demoed in iPad

I'm trying to develop a grid-like application for the iPad. Has anyone seen a control that displays info in a grid? In the demos they use a grid-like layout in both the iBooks store and the pictures application. Specifically in pictures, they are displaying a dynamic list of data in a grid. I can work around it, of course, but I'd ra...

Best option for sortable/draggable layout selector?

For my current project, I need to make a layout selector where certain elements can be dragged and repositioned by the user, similar to this mockup: So far, I have been able to replicate something similar using JQuery UI and Sortable, however I am currently stuck only on the first level of control, where vertical elements can be repos...

Rails: Alternative ways to serve multiple layouts? e.g. iphone.example.com vs. example.com/iphone

I can use this method to signal an alternative layout. someformat.example.com but when I cache that it will be in, for example public/someformat Why involve DNS and the web server if I don't have to? Is there a way to make a Rails app just stay in a url subdir, i.e. to make all url generation relative? I'm attempting this for a Fa...

NetBeans form designer: Change layout after call to initComponents

I have a class that extends javax.swing.JPanel, it contains a single JButton. I've created the class in NetBeans designer. As such, I have a initComponents() function thats called from the class constructor. What I want to do is when/if a function is called, I want to add a second button, and change the layout of the two buttons. Doing ...

newbie JSF question - How to achieve this layout?

Hi, I'm trying to achieve the layout shown here Each of the panels should be linked to a backing bean from which I will later add differrent components according to context. I tried using panelgrid but could not achieve this look. I would prefer to use just JSF for this but if impossible or too complicated RichFaces is ok too. Thanks...