Question on Geometry

[Eric Chatonet]

Hi Charles,

You are a lucky man: I released 3 days ago a tutorial about geometry:

Le 4 juillet 2005 à 18:26:, Eric Chatonet a écrit :

> So Smart Software has the pleasure of announcing the availability  
> of a new tutorial:
> How to Manage Resizing
>
> This stack explains how to position, scale, etc. all controls in a  
> card when the window is resized with the help of the Geometry  
> Manager or by scripting.
> Tips and tricks, commented scripts, FAQ and example stacks.
> Print function included.
>
> If you have already downloaded the Tutorials Picker plugin (from  
> Rev Online or my web-site), this 17th tutorial will appear  
> automatically in the list.
> This tutorial can be downloaded as a zip archive separately from  
> http://www.sosmartsoftware.com/?r=revolution_didacticiels&l=en
> Note that the version available through Tutorials Picker will be  
> the only one which will be updated if needed.

Le 7 juil. 05 à 14:29, Charles Hartman a écrit :

> Is there a tutorial or overview of "Geometry" settings somewhere?
>
> Meanwhile I'm doing the old Try It & See. I've got a card with a  
> field and a button (not grouped). If I set the Geometry of the  
> field to "scale" and that of the button to "position", the  
> combination doesn't stick. Apparently the two are tied together.
>
> That makes logical internal sense (the geometries of several items  
> on a card are interdependent), but it doesn't make any sense from a  
> UI standpoint. If the user resizes the card, it will be to make the  
> field bigger, but making the button bigger just looks silly. What  
> am I missing?

Best Regards from Paris,

Eric Chatonet.
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