[REBOL] Re: GUI
From: rsaathoff:datajunction at: 12-Jun-2001 13:21
This is exactly what I needed. Thanks Sterling!
Ryan
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Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 12:59 PM
Subject: [REBOL] Re: GUI
> Yes it does.
>
> For exact positioning:
>
> at 200x200
> button "Press Me"
>
> will put the button at that exact spot.
> Dialect words like PAD and SPACE affect the layout i na relative way
> to the items placed: PAD just adds some extra space from where the
> item would naturally be layed out. SPACE changes the default spacing
> between elements.
>
> across
> button "Button 1" button "Button 2" return
> button "Button 3" pad 30x10 button "Button padded"
>
> or
>
> space 0x0
> button "Buttons" button "Smashed" button "Together"
>
> You can also use GUIDE to mark a new point for RETURN to return to:
>
> button "Above Guide" guide
> button "The guide" return
> button "Is Here" return
> button "Now"
>
> You were probably just asking about AT but writing your layout so that
> everything just lands in the right place without speciying the screen
> position every time is much cleaner and easier to change. AT has uses
> but try ont to abuse it.
>
> Sterling
>
> > Hey all,
> > I was reading the Beginner's Guide to VID and wondered if the dialect
provides any way to position the graphical elements, and if so, how to go
about doing it.
