formattedWidth

[Peter Haworth]

Thanks Scott.  formattedRect doesn't quite work on its own because it
positions the stack at the top left of the screen. However you put me on
the right track because I can use the measurements in it to set the correct
rectangle.

Pete
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On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com>
wrote:

> I think you meant the formattedRect property, not formattedWidth.  If you
> check the formattedRect property, you should be able to get right/bottom
> positions you want without looping through the card objects.
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
>
>
>
>
> On 7/10/14 12:02 PM, "Peter Haworth" <pete at lcsql.com> wrote:
>
> >Hi SCott,
> >Yes, I'm currently doing what you suggest by looking at all the controls
> >on
> >the card.
> >
> >What I don't understand is why the formattedWidth of a card doesn't return
> >what's described in the dictionary.  It appears to simply return the width
> >of the widest control on the card when what it should do is return the
> >right of the rightmost control.  Seems like a bug to me but that property
> >has been around for a long time so not sure what it hasn't come up before.
> >
> >
> >Pete
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> >On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 10:35 AM, Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com>
> >wrote:
> >
> >> I'm still not quite clear on what you're trying to accomplish.  If you
> >> want to size a stack to the rect of all visible elements on a card, you
> >> need to check the extents of those objects -- the right-most and
> >> bottom-most edges -- not the space they occupy with formattedWidth or
> >> height.
> >>
> >> If I understand what you're looking to do, loop through your card
> >>objects,
> >> grab the greatest right and bottom extents, and that should give you the
> >> dimensions to use for your stack.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Scott Rossi
> >> Creative Director
> >> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 7/10/14 10:07 AM, "Peter Haworth" <pete at lcsql.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >I recently posted about how to adjust the size of different cards
> >>within a
> >> >stack and part of the solution I tried was using the formattedWidth and
> >> >formattedHeight properties (actually the effective versions of them).
> >> >
> >> >I'm now seeing that the formattedWidth (and probably formattedHeight)
> >> >return very unexpected values.
> >> >
> >> >The dictionary says it returns the width of a rectangle that contains
> >>all
> >> >objects in the card whose visible property is true but I'm not seeing
> >> >that.
> >> >
> >> >Make yourself a stack with a field on it with it's left edge in the
> >>middle
> >> >of the stack and it's right edge somewhere off the right edge of the
> >> >stack.
> >> >
> >> >Put a button on the card with the following code:
> >> >
> >> >get the rectangle of this stack
> >> >put item 1 of it + the formattedWidth of this card into item 3 of it
> >> >set the rectangle of this stack to it
> >> >
> >> >When you click the button, the stack will resize to the width of the
> >> >field,
> >> >in other words, the right edge of the field will still be off the right
> >> >edge of the stack.  The only way this works correctly is if the field's
> >> >left edge is at the left edge of the stack.
> >> >
> >> >I'm sure this is way formattedWIdth has always worked so it's not
> >>likely
> >> >to
> >> >be changed but it seems to be a not very useful implementation to me.
> >> >
> >> >Is there some other property that can be used to set the width of a
> >>stack
> >> >to something that really does include all the objects on it?
> >> >
> >> >Pete
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