[Foxgui-users] hiding widgets and window updating

[Julia D. (Contractor) <jul...@un...>]

Hi

I set up a FXDataTarget with 2 toggle buttons. When a toggle button is
pressed the interface needs to hide a group of widgets in a FXMatrix. When
the other toggle button is pressed, the widgets show again. I update the
interface (hide or show) this group of widgets in my FXMainWindow update
function. This works great. The problem I have is that when the widgets are
hidden, the interface window is not updating to get rid of the extra space.
So you see a blank section on the interface where the widgets used to be.
If I maximize the window, then the interface window updates and you no
longer see the blank section. It moves the widgets beneath the hidden ones
upward and the window size adjusts to account for it. I have the same
problem when I show the group of widgets, after previously hiding them.

1.) In my update function for my FXMainWindow, how can I force the window
to repaint itself and re-collaborate its size so it can get rid of the
space where the widgets were hidden?
I have tried calling the following functions in my update function for the
FXMainWindow (none of them have worked)-> recalc(), repaint(),
forceRefresh(). Is it because it is being called from the update function?

Please help.
Thanks
Julia