Re: [wxperl-users] Aligning a button to the right in a BoxSizer

[John R. <jr...@ce...>]

On Oct 23, 2005, at 10:36 PM, Foo Ji-Haw wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I am trying to create a nested BoxSizer-in-a-BoxSizer. Outer sizer  
> is vertical, inner sizer is horizontal.
>
> In the horizontal sizer, I have a single button in a row which I  
> want to align to the RIGHT. This is my code:
>  my $sizer = Wx::BoxSizer->new(wxVERTICAL);
>  $this->SetSizer($sizer);
> ...
>  my $ButtonSizer = Wx::BoxSizer->new(wxHORIZONTAL);
>  $sizer->Add($ButtonSizer,0,wxGROW);
>
>  my $btnClose = Wx::Button->new($this,-1,'C&lose');
>  $ButtonSizer->Add($btnClose,1,wxALL|wxALIGN_RIGHT,5);
> ...
>  $sizer->SetSizeHints( $this );
>  $this->SetAutoLayout(1);
> The button keeps staying on the left. Can someone enligthen me on  
> this? Thanks.
>

Try changing the order to
     $ButtonSizer->Add($btnClose, ...);
     $sizer->Add($ButtonSizer, ...);
     $this->SetSizer($sizer);

Regards,
John Ralls