[Laszlo-user] Basic layout help

[P T Withington]

Gee, I wonder if there should be an option like "take my initial  
position from the layout" or something?

Can you override the window default options to make it pay attention  
to the layout?

On 2009-03-02, at 11:11EST, Brendan Fagan wrote:

> Windows are floating components.  They can be dragged around by a  
> user.
> They do not conform to layouts.
>
> If you want to lay windows out in a specific arrangement, you can set
> 'x','y','width' and 'height' via static values or constraints.  You  
> can set
> allowdrag="false" if you don't want the window position to be  
> changed by the
> user.  Also notable is the ability to disable the closing of a  
> window by the
> user via closeable="false".
>
> You can use views and most components that extend views in a layout.
> Components that ignore layout always have options="ignorelayout".
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 6:18 AM, doug livesey <biot023 at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> Hi -- I have this code in a Laszlo app I'm trying to start  
>> prototyping:
>>
>> <canvas>
>>  <simplelayout axis='x' spacing='5' />
>>  <view height='100%' id='sidebar' width='20%'>
>>    <simplelayout axis='y' spacing='3' />
>>    <window height='20%' id='filters' title='Filters'
>> width='100%'></window>
>>    <window height='20%' id='customers' title='Customers'
>> width='100%'></window>
>>    <window height='60%' id='jobs' title='Jobs' width='100%'></window>
>>  </view>
>> </canvas>
>>
>> My problem is that this just stacks each of the windows one on top of
>> another, whereas my intention is to have each window appear neatly  
>> under the
>> last.
>> Could someone tell me what I've got wrong, here?
>> I've been trying all sorts of permutations, all to no avail.
>> Cheers,
>>   Doug.
>>