Re: [Tile-dev] OS X button layout too much space to left?

[Vince D. <vin...@gm...>]

On 3/27/06, Joe English <jen...@fl...> wrote:
> Depends on what you're really trying to do -- would a "small"
> or "mini" size Aqua button work (if it were available in Tile?)

In this case it wouldn't help (but it would in some others).

> In general, if you force a widget to be smaller than it wants to be,
> it's not going to look right.

Oh, I agree. This is a poor case really, but needed in some areas of
this application.

> You could try specifying a large negative padding, to allow the
> button text to extend outside the margins.

Ah, didn't know that was possible -- it works perfectly!

> > I also note that both buttons have a couple of pixels spare above the
> > button, which is surprising since the configuration options in this
> > artificial example aim to get rid of it!
>
> This is probably coming from the focus ring.

Ah, that makes sense - I just wondered where it was coming from. But I
thought Aqua buttons don't have focus rings? They just pulsate if they
have the focus... Maybe I'm missing something.

Thanks for the help -- definitely improving things here!

Vince.