[Newbies] Morphic layout: Proportional centering of cells

[Nicola Mingotti]

I guess you are looking from something like this:

note: the ButtonMorph is the only one that by default put the
text in center of its geometry. StringM and TextM do not.

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m := RectangleMorph new.
m openInWorld.
m extent: 300 at 300; position: 100 at 100.

m layoutPolicy: TableLayout new.
m listDirection: #topToBottom.   "default, place elements as rows in a 
table."
m listCentering: #topLeft.
m layoutInset: 5.   "space to container morph."
m cellInset: 5 at 5. "Space between table cells."
m hResizing: #spaceFill.
m vResizing: #spaceFill.
m color: (Color yellow darker darker darker).

t1 := SimpleButtonMorph new.
t1 openInWorld.
t1 color: ((Color green) lighter lighter lighter) .
t1 borderColor: (Color black).
t1 borderWidth: 2.
t1 hResizing: #spaceFill.
t1 vResizing: #spaceFill.
m addMorphBack: t1.

t2 := SimpleButtonMorph new.
t2 openInWorld.
t2 color: ((Color yellow) lighter lighter lighter) .
t2 borderColor: (Color black).
t2 borderWidth: 2.
t2 hResizing: #spaceFill.
t2 vResizing: #spaceFill.
m addMorphBack: t2.

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On 9/6/19 6:22 AM, Thiede, Christoph wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>
> I am probably not seeing the wood for the trees: How can I achieve the 
> following situation? When the layout changes, both texts should keep 
> their center relative to their owner's bounds:
>
>
>
>
> If I use a ProportionalLayout, I can position the TextMorphs at the 
> offsets 0.5 at 0.25 and 0.5 at 0.75, but only with their upper left corner, 
> so they will not really be centered.
>
> If I use a TableLayout, I can center the TextMorphs at the top and the 
> bottom using #listCentering:. However, I cannot center each 
> morph relative to one vertical halft of the owner.
>
> How can I stretch both cells to half the height of the morph? I also 
> experimented with #cellSpacing: but still did not achieve the desired 
> layout. (Also, I did not found any senders of the property in the image.)
>
>
> Of course, I could use two auxiliary morphs which are arranged using a 
> ProportionalLayout and each contain one text as a centered cell (with 
> #listCentering: and #wrapCentering:). But for me, this feels a quite 
> heavy solution for such a simple problem. Or is this the only way to go?
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Christoph
>
>
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