On Saturday 08 March 2003 06:03 am, Chris Burkert wrote:
> Hello Squeakers
>
> I want to build a nice SystemWindow for my application. The problem
> is resizing. For example take a Package Browser and resize it as
> small as possible. There will be Morphs displayed outside the
> SystemWindow.

Not if you tell the SystemWindow to clip.

> My code with the same problem would look like this (a DoIt should 
work):
> | window playfield bar |
>
> bar _ (RectangleMorph new) width: 500.
> window _ (SystemWindow labelled: 'my App').
> playfield _ (RectangleMorph new)
> 	layoutPolicy:		TableLayout new;
> 	hResizing:		#spaceFill;
> 	vResizing:		#spaceFill.
> playfield addMorph: bar.
> window
> 	addMorph: playfield fullFrame: (LayoutFrame fractions: (0 at 0
> corner: 1 at 1) offsets: (0 at 0 corner: 0 at 0));
> 	openInWorld.

The playfield hResizing and vResizing aren't used if you use a 
ProportionalLayout for its parent.

Try doing this to clip:

window clipSubmorphs: true.

And if you do this:

bar hResizing: #spaceFill.

the bar will resize too.

> Now the Titelbar and some colors are displayed completely wrong
> _but_ it resizes correct. I believe this is a problem with
> Alignment. Is there a way around so that the window displays itself
> correct _and_ it resizes to #shrinkWrap?

Yes.

Do what you did in the earlier example, using a pane that is set to 
the full proportional frame; make that a container.

I believe that SystemWindow counts on having a ProportionalLayout so 
it can lay its titlebar, pane morphs, etc. out correctly.

> Should SystemWindow be refactored so that it supports the newer
> layout Policies?

As you've noticed, it seems to be happiest with ProportionalLayout (at 
least with paneMorphs set up).

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