SystemWindow question

Karl Ramberg karl.ramberg at chello.se
Sat Oct 13 17:00:21 UTC 2001


Kevin Fisher wrote:
> 
> Hi folks:
> 
> I've never had much luck with SystemWindows in the past...they never do
> what I want them to do and I spend hours playing with methods that only
> make the situation worse...which is why I avoid programming with them,
> usually. :)
> 
> My question:
> 
> I have a Morph...actually, it's an AlignmentMorph that I'm adding other
> Morphs to.  When I'm done adding morphs, I'd like to plunk the whole
> thing down in a SystemWindow and have the SystemWindow actually wrap around
> the border of the topmost Morph (in my case, the AlignmentMorph).  Nothing
> I've tried seems to work..I always get a SystemWindow that is the wrong
> size with my morphs sticking out all over the place.
> 
> I know that I can use the SystemWindow to make contained morphs conform
> to the contstraints of the SystemWindow (using addMorph:frame:), but how
> do I do the converse?  For what I want to do, using addMorph:frame: isn't
> terribly convenient.
> 
> Any advice would be appreciated!
How about telling the AlignmentMorph

self embedInWindow

Karl




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