C H A P T E R 3
Views
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About Views
horizontal alignment of the view relative to its parent or sibling view
vertical alignment of the view relative to its parent or sibling view
text limits
For example, you could specify these alignment attributes for a button view that has
its text centered within the view and is placed relative to its parent and sibling views:
its text centered within the view and is placed relative to its parent and sibling views:
vjCenterH+vjCenterV+vjSiblingRightH+vjParentBottomV+oneLineOnly
If you don't specify an attribute from a group, the default attribute for that group
is used.
is used.
The view alignment attributes and the defaults are listed and described in Table 3-1.
The effects of these attributes are illustrated in Figure 3-7, following the table.
The effects of these attributes are illustrated in Figure 3-7, following the table.
Sibling setting are not used if the view has not previous setting, instead the parent
settings are used.
settings are used.
Table 3-1
viewJustify
constants
Constant
Value
Description
Horizontal alignment of view contents
vjLeftH
0
Left alignment (default).
vjCenterH
2
Center alignment (default for
clPictureView
only).
vjRightH
1
Right alignment.
vjFullH
3
Stretches the view contents to fill the entire view width.
Vertical alignment of view contents
1
vjTopV
0
Top alignment (default).
vjCenterV
4
Center alignment (default for
clPictureView
only).
vjBottomV
8
Bottom alignment.
vjFullV
12
For views of the
clPictureView
class only;
stretches the picture to fill the entire view height.
Horizontal alignment of the view relative to its parent or sibling view
2
vjParentLeftH
0
The left and right view bounds are relative to the
parent's left side (default).
parent's left side (default).
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