Re: [UFO-devel] ULabel

[Johannes S. <sch...@us...>]

Am Samstag 16 Juli 2005 20:45 schrieb Andreas Beckermann:
> On Saturday 16 July 2005 20:01, Johannes Schmidt wrote:
> > On Saturday 16 July 2005 19:35, Andreas Beckermann wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > ufo::ULabel::getPreferredSize() now uses getContentsSize() to calculate
> > > its size, which in turn uses ufo::UStyle::getCompoundPreferredSize().
> > >
> > > I can change the outlook of the ufo::ULabel class by reimplementing
> > > ufo::UStyle::paintComponent(). However then I also need to reimplement
> > > the preferred size calculation of the ufo::ULabel.
> > > But by reimplementing ufo::UStyle::getCompoundPreferredSize(), I also
> > > change the behaviour of ufo::UButton. Any way around this?
> > >
> > > I am probably going to subclass the ufo::ULabel class, but I think
> > > that's a suboptimal solution only, as I have to make sure that no plain
> > > ufo::ULabel objects are created anymore.
> > > Providing either a ufo::UCompound pointer or a
> > > ufo::UStyle::ComponentElement in
> > > ufo::UStyle::getCompoundPreferredSize() would fix the problem.
> >
> > I assume that this covers the multline label problem.
>
> Yep, but I consider this a general problem. It'll probably come up again,
> if I ever write custom layouts for the sake of look and feel.
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Okay, I'll add a style type (CE_Label bla) or a widget pointer (or both).
Have to take some closer look before.

cu,
Johannes