[Cuis-dev] TAble Layout

[H. Hirzel]

On 12/02/2025 8:10 pm, Hilaire Fernandes via Cuis-dev wrote:

> Le 12/02/2025 à 18:59, H. Hirzel via Cuis-dev a écrit :
>>
>> With only 10 instance methods it manages to accomplish the layout 
>> behavior! If the TableMorph is resized the rows are updated 
>> accordingly. Useful for certain cases.
>>
>> The example shown with a screen shot in this thread is
>>
>> TableMorph example1
>>
>> So it seems to behave like a simplified version of the Squeak TableLayout
>>
>> https://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/2340
>>
>> Which behaves more like a CSS Flexbox layout arrangement.
>>
>> The question is: what are the requirements for the TableMorph?
>>
>> Should the rows have aligned columns or not?
>>
> It may evolve but it fills my need now. Should be easy to add quite 
> easily vertical alignment preferences.
>
> Likely the name TableMorph is misleading and should be changed. It 
> behaves more like a strip/ribbon/tape. In French I will rename it 
> RubanMorph because its submorphs can flow on several lines. Opinion in 
> English? Should it be StripMorph, TapeMorph or RibbonMorph?
>
I think none of them. Above I wrote it is like the Squeak TableMorph 
LayoutManager which I maintain.

I think it is rather like the Java FlowLayout

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/layout/flow.html

So maybe FlowLayoutMorph?

--Hannes

>> I guess both use cases have applications.
>>
> Yes
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