Again, sorry...Sizer Problem *SIGH*

[Eran Ifrah]

Joerg Toellner wrote:
> Dear Group,
>
> Env: wxMSW 2.7, MSVC 2003, Windows XP
>
> I have a sizer problem again. Even after testing 2 days now and reading the
> manual, sizer overview and the sizer-howto cant find a solution. Somehow i
> cant get this sizer stuff into my head, dunno why.
>
> I have a wxFrame with some sizers and controls in it. The Layout also
> includes (as a middle part of other sizers and panels that work correctly
> already) the following:
>
> +------------HBoxSizer-------------+
> | +---VBoxSizer--+ +--VBoxSizer--+ +
> | | Button       | | Control1    | |
> | | Button       | | Control2    | |
> | | Button       | | Control3    | |
> | +--------------+ | Control4    | |
> |                  | Control5    | |
> |                  | Control6    | |
> |                  | ...         | |
> |                  +-------------+ |
> +----------------------------------+
>
> You see, i have a left vsizer and a right vsizer in the hsizer. The left
> vsizer is smaller in height (has less controls in vertical direction) as the
> right one. The problem is, that the surrounding HBoxSizer gets always the
> vertical size of the smaller left vsizer, clipping some controls from the
> right sizer (not visible or overlapping some controls that are located in
> another HBoxSizer which is beyond the a.m. HBoxSizer).
>
> If i add a Spacer to the left vsizer with some height, the Hboxsizer grows
> vertically to fit the, now higher, left vsizer. Then all the controls from
> the right sizer will fit too and are visible.
>
> But i have to calc and try and error to get the correct height of the spacer
> to make all fit in and dont waste too much space. This i have to do any
> time, when i change sth. on the controls of the right sizer that changes the
> right sizer height.
>
> I wonder if there is an automatic way to get the HBoxSizer using the correct
> height of the vertically largest vsizer in it, leaving space automatically
> at the bottom of the smaller sizer? Indifferent if the higher sizer is the
> left or right one? Or must i really calculate how much pixel the additional
> spacer must have to get a good fitting size for the HBoxSizer?
>
> Do i anything wrong or is the spacer idea the suggested and only way to go
> and there will be no automtic solution for my problem?
>
> Any help really appreciated. Thanks very much in advance
> Yours
> Jörg Töllner
>
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Can you post some snippet of your code?

It will really help
Eran