Dynamic position/size change and built-in layouts

[Pedro Duque Vieira]

Hi again,

I've created the issue in Jira:
https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-36582

Will send the small test app to the person that will be assigned this issue.

Thanks,


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 10:57 PM, Pedro Duque Vieira <
pedro.duquevieira at gmail.com> wrote:

> In the situation I described nothing happens after c1 changes height. But
> strangely if some other child changes, for instance c3 changing its height,
> than the children c3 and c2 will re-position correctly, taking into account
> the height of c1.
> So the change is being delayed, even if I call requestLayout().. It's
> being delayed for an undefined amount of time so it should have nothing to
> due with the pulse.
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 10:07 PM, Pedro Duque Vieira <
> pedro.duquevieira at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Setting VBox preferred height to: USE_COMPUTED_SIZE, doesn't work.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 6:14 PM, Pedro Duque Vieira <
>> pedro.duquevieira at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> What I'm saying isn't exactly that.
>>>
>>> What I'm saying is, for instance, if I change the height of the first
>>> child of the VBox than the other children below would re-position
>>> themselves.
>>>
>>> -VBox-
>>> - -------
>>> - - c1 -
>>> - -     -
>>> - -     -
>>> - -------
>>> -
>>> - -------
>>> - - c2 -
>>> - -------
>>> -
>>> - -------
>>> - - c3 -
>>> - -     -
>>> - -------
>>>
>>> First child (c1) gets smaller. Result - c2 and c3 move up automatically
>>> (and the height of the VBox would also get smaller automatically):
>>>
>>> -VBox-
>>> - -------
>>> - - c1 -
>>> - -------
>>> -
>>> - -------
>>> - - c2 -
>>> - -------
>>> -
>>> - -------
>>> - - c3 -
>>> - -     -
>>> - -------
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 5:29 PM, Jasper Potts <jasper.potts at oracle.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> VBox preferred size will grow if one of its children's preferred sizes
>>>> grows. It will be down the the parent node of the VBox to react to that and
>>>> make the VBox bigger if there is space available. The change is not
>>>> immediate it will happen one pulse later.
>>>>
>>>> Jasper
>>>>
>>>> > On Apr 3, 2014, at 7:01 AM, Pedro Duque Vieira <
>>>> pedro.duquevieira at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > Hi,
>>>> >
>>>> > Are built-in layouts prepared for dynamic changes of their children
>>>> > position and/or size?
>>>> > That is, for instance, if in a VBox I change the first child height
>>>> the
>>>> > other subsequent children would re-adjust their position.
>>>> >
>>>> > My experiments with VBox tell me that this will result in bugs, i.e.
>>>> it
>>>> > won't work.
>>>> >
>>>> > I think this is important for RIAs.
>>>> >
>>>> > Thanks, best regards,
>>>> >
>>>> > --
>>>> > Pedro Duque Vieira
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Pedro Duque Vieira
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Pedro Duque Vieira
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Pedro Duque Vieira
>



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Pedro Duque Vieira