The empty column is used as a \hFill :) Ben
On 12 Dec 2013, at 13:57, b...@openinworld.com wrote: > Hi Damien, Benjamin.V.R. > > I see in "PharoLauncher-Spec-DamienCassou.17" that the layout of the toolbar > buttons is fixed, which is really great. However in trying to learn from > that for future reference, seeing it relies on an empty column being added > "seems" like a hack to workaround some issue with Spec. Should that be > logged as a bug? Or is there some greater architectural background for this > that I am missing? > > PhLCommandTooldbar>>dynamicLayout "(newer)" > "Create a spec layout with 1 row, and as many columns as there are command > classes" > ^ SpecLayout composed newRow: > [ :r | > r newColumn: [ :col | ]. "<--------FIX" > self commandClasses do: > [ :commandClass | > r add: commandClass specId width: self class toolbarHeight > ] > ] > > > I tried digging into Spec to look at this myself, and my naive intuition felt > it was something to do with initialization of LayoutFrames, but that was my > first exposure to LayoutFrame and I quickly got lost. However I was reminded > of Igor commenting "i only know that if you using proportional layout, then > if you want submorphs to be laid down properly, you must use > addMorph:fullFrame: instead of just addMorph:" [1] I tried this with a few > hacks, but tit was really shooting in the dark and unsuccessful. > > [1] https://www.mail-archive.com/pharo-dev@lists.pharo.org/msg08838.html > > cheers -ben > <PharoLauncher-fixed-button-layout.png>
