Re: [Adobe-source-devel] eve: How do outsets work?

[Foster T. B. <fbr...@ad...>]

[ On Behalf of Sean Parent ]

On Sep 25, 2006, at 6:16 PM, Ralph Thomas wrote:


> Hi asl-devel,
>
>   The diagram here:
> http://opensource.adobe.com/ 
> structadobe_1_1layout__attributes__t_1_1slice__t.html
>
>   makes it seem like outsets get factored into a parent's size, or
> that they could be used to make space between views (not using the
> spacing array in the parent).
>
> I think that they actually just get collected up so that the parent
> view's outsets have the child's outsets factored in. Is this correct?
>

If the outsets collide with a visual element then the code asserts  
(once we have some kind of warning mechanism it will issue a warning.  
If there is no frame on the edge of a container the outsets will push  
into the parent growing the parent outset. This makes sure that if  
you have something like:

panel() { button(name: "Hello"); }

Then the panel will grow to be large enough to enclose the button  
(without screwing up other spacing) - so you don't get any pixel junk  
if you hide the panel.

Sean


>
> Ralph
>
> -- 
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> is no big data glitch"
>