Layout
lazarus / 10-Designer

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michalk · 2014-05-06 20:04

I am trying to put components on my form so that they are aligned in
rows and columns. I thought about doing this by setting
ChildSizing.Layout = cclLeftToRightThenTopToBottom , but the problem
is that I have to set the number of components in a row. Form's width
is fixed. I want to fit so many components in a row as possible, then
switch to the next column and so on. I could calculate how many will
actually fit in a row, but the code will get complicated, and I would
have to do this every time one of components changes. Is there a
faster way to achieve this?

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Blaazen · 2014-05-06 20:12

QuoteI thought about doing this by setting ChildSizing.Layout =
cclLeftToRightThenTopToBottom , but the problem is that I have to set
the number of components in a row. Form's width is fixed.So you need
to calculate only ControlsPerLine. Or are the components different,
i.e. there can be different number of components on each row?

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michalk · 2014-05-06 20:19

Components are the same,  but their captions change while the program
runs. I also need Auto-size to be true, so the size also changes.
That's way I need different number of components in each row

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michalk · 2014-05-06 20:24

And every component has different caption

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Blaazen · 2014-05-06 20:31

It seems that it is out of LCL sizing capabilities. You are on your
own.