Positioning vcl Controls

[Jan Holesovsky]

Hi Andrew,

On 2012-03-07 at 12:28 +0000, Andrew Higginson wrote:

> I am working on the about dialog and because the changes are quite
> large, I am pretty much doing the positioning of all controls in the
> dialog from scratch.
> 
> So I wanted to ask what is the best way to do this as I can see two main ways:
>  * Positioning them using MAP_APPFONT() and the Pos attribute in the .src file
> or
>  * Doing it dynamically in the cxx file with SetPos

If you don't need any dynamic layouting, use the .src file; that way,
the transition to...

> However I also saw in the slides from FOSDEM that some work is being
> done to make laying out easier, with Boxes and Grids.

...this will be easier when it hits master.

Regards,
Kendy