layout

How do I constrain a container's height to the height of a specific content element?

I'm trying to do something which seems like it should be extremely simple and yet I can't see how. I have a very simple layout, a TextBox with an image next to it, similar to the way it might look adorned with an ErrorProvider in a WinForms application. The problem is, I want the image to be no higher than the TextBox it's next to. If...

Android Layout question

Hello, I need to create a map with items on it (the map consists of a drawable object, which represents a room) and I thought about using buttons with background images for the items so that they are clickable. I guess the AbsoluteLayout fits here the best, but unfortunately it's deprecated. What layout would you recommend me for this ...

How to add a layout in a template in Joomla?

I'd like to add an additional layout to one of the core components. Is there a way to do this in a template without adding any files to the Joomla core installation? ...

WPF layout calls MeasureOverride repeatedly in increments of 2?

I've run into a case where I have a custom Panel (inherits from Panel) and I'm using it as an ItemsPanel in a ListView. When I resize the container that it's in, if I resize it smaller, my panel's MeasureOverride function gets called once, but if I resize it larger (let's say from 100 to 300), it calls MeasureOverride and ArrangeOverrid...

I have a filter for jquery masonry - but I want to filter moomasonry

Hi, I'm using jquery masonry for layout. But I am considering moving to mootools. I have found a masonry port to mootools, called moomasonry - http://www.crionics.com/products/opensource/mooMasonry/Demos/basic.html With help here, I have a filter on the masonry divs by class: $('a.filter').click(function(){ filterBoxes(this.id);...

ASP.net site looks completely different on IE, Firefox, and Chrome; why?

I'm doing css for a website. I send the html and css to a guy, he puts it into ASP.net. The problem is that the transfer didn't end well for my code and it needs some fixing. The problem is that when I look at it in Chrome, or Firefox, or IE8, I get three completely different renderings. I spent a good amount of time trying to fix a drop...

Minimum scroll amount when programmatically selecting ListItem in android ListView

hi, refering to this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2949994/how-does-scrolling-in-android-listview-work on change from state 2 to 3 the clicked listitem is increased in its size to show more information. if the clicked item was the last one on screen, the extended listitem is not fully visible because the new content flow...

Building a Monopoly Board with GridBagLayout

I have been building a Java version of Monopoly in my spare time and am having some trouble understanding layouts etc for Swing. Each one of my spaces on the board is a essentially a custom JButton and I have been trying to lay them around the edge of a frame (like on the monopoly board itself). I can't seem to find a useful explanation...

Monitor resolution changes look of website

I have a website that looks fine in my resolution and even in the more common 1024 x 768. Yet, in someone else's browser in 1024 x 768, it's too wide and the website doesn't even center correctly. Is there a way to have a proper width layout that doesn't change when the resolution is changed? /* Body */ body { background: #535353; ...

WPF: Aligning the base line of a Label and its TextBox

Let's say I have a simple TextBox next to a Label: <StackPanel> <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal"> <Label Margin="3">MyLabel</Label> <TextBox Margin="3" Width="100">MyText</TextBox> </StackPanel> ... </StackPanel> This yields the following result: As you can see, the base lines of MyLabel and MyText a...

What is the best way to write faster on Vim using a non-english keyboard?

I usually use Vim, and its great for the ability to do faster some actions than other editors. However, since I live in Argentina I have a Latin American keyboard, that makes everything in Vim pretty slower (to write / to search, I must press Shift+7). Since I don't want to be changing Keyboard layouts all the time (and its pretty diffi...

Main page content populated on the fly?

Is there any reason to NOT have a webpage retrieve it's main content on the fly? For example, I have a page that has a header and a footer, and in the middle of this page is an empty div. When you click on one of the buttons in the header, an http GET is done behind the scenes and the .innerHTML() of the empty div is replaced with th...

TabWidget not stable at the bottom in Android? Why?

Hi folks, I set my tabWidget at the bottom. When i want to edit the edittext the keyboard will raise up. But the tab widget come above the keyboard. To support for the multiple screen i set the android:layout_weight="1.0". After that, I got this problem i added my layout code below. any idea to make the TabWidget at the bottom stably? ...

TableLayout formatting loss after device rotation

I'm seeing a strange issue with a TableLayout after the device is rotated from either orientation. If you load the view in either portrait or landscape mode, the table loads fine. But once you rotate the device, the columns collapse to just fit their width. I would expect that after rotation, the columns would still stretch to fit the...

Changing layout positions at runtime

I would like to change the position of a view at runtime based on either mouse movements or sensor data such as the heading. I have a Tab Group, first tab calls an Activity PeopleNearMe. In PeopleNearMe I call MyListView and set it as mPeopleListView. The layout for mPeopleListView is defined in XML. I need to be able to change the po...

Irregular layout ItemsControl

I have a strange layout for an ItemsControl. I have a 4x6 grid with the following pattern: 1 2 3 4 13 14 15 16 5 6 7 8 17 18 19 20 9 10 11 12 21 22 23 24 Is there an easy way to do this? should I be using 6 Items Controls and take "sections" of my list? is there a good way to do this? What about notification? It's importan...

LaTeX: Multiple authors in a two-column article

I'm kind of new to LaTeX and I am having a bit of a problem.. I am using a twocolumn layout for my article. There are four authors involved with different affiliations, and I am trying to list all of them under the title so they span the entire width of the page (all on the same level). It should be similar to this: A...

100% width table cell

Hello! I have this table layout. I want to align the whole content to the right. So i'm using one cell with width: 100%;. Usually everything looks good and nice. But there is something, which i don't understand. If the content in cell, which has colspan, becomes bigger than normal cell in this column (you can test this by clicking Click...

Java Box Class: Unsolvable: aligning components to the left or right

I have been trying to left align buttons contained in a Box to the left, with no success. They align left alright, but for some reason dont shift all the way left as one would imagine. I attach the code below. Please try compiling it and see for yourself. Seems bizarre to me. Thanks, Eric import java.awt.Dimension; import java.awt...

WPF layout with several fixed height parts and certain parts relative to window size

Hello, At moment my main layout consists of vertically oriented stack panel and it looks like this: Root StackPanel StackPanel - fixed Height 150 (horizontal orientation) StackPanel - relative Height must be behalf of free space left on screen (but at least 150 px). Used by Telerik GridView Control, if I don't specify Height or Max...