tbray@watsol.waterloo.edu (Tim Bray) (01/09/91)
I'm loading two ScrolledLists into a PanedWidget in a FormWidget. The trouble is that the application starts with both these lists empty. This causes a big problem with initial horizontal sizing of the lists; I can't seem to find a resource that will force them to come out at a reasonable width. Since they will be used for display of fixed-size items in a monospace font, I know what a reasonable minimum width is. I've resorted to preloading one of the lists with an item which is a string of blanks of the appropriate length - this causes the Pane and Form attachments to drag the other out to the appropriate size. But it's a kludge. Couldn't find anything in the doc... Am I missing something? Tim Bray tbray@watsol.waterloo.edu
glp@ibism.UUCP (Greg Parkinson) (01/11/91)
In article <1991Jan9.034436.1439@watdragon.waterloo.edu>, tbray@watsol.waterloo.edu (Tim Bray) writes: > I'm loading two ScrolledLists into a PanedWidget in a FormWidget. The trouble > is that the application starts with both these lists empty. This causes a big > problem with initial horizontal sizing of the lists; I can't seem to find a > resource that will force them to come out at a reasonable width. Since they > will be used for display of fixed-size items in a monospace font, I know what > a reasonable minimum width is. > > I've resorted to preloading one of the lists with an item which is a string of > blanks of the appropriate length - this causes the Pane and Form attachments > to drag the other out to the appropriate size. But it's a kludge. Couldn't > find anything in the doc... > Can't you set the Form width to your minimum, and allow resizing? It works for me..... -- Greg Parkinson Phone: 212-657-7814 Citibank Fax: 212-657-0068 111 Wall Street E-Mail: uunet!ibism!glp New York, NY 10043 The opinions expressed are my own and not those of the big 'ol bank.