Comments on: XUL Tip – Wrapping Boxes http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2008/06/xul-tip-wrapping-boxes/ Sun, 29 Apr 2012 07:09:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Finkle http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2008/06/xul-tip-wrapping-boxes/comment-page-1/#comment-6742 Mark Finkle Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:04:51 +0000 http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/?p=277#comment-6742 @Roger - yes, it appears the the "display: block" will force even a VBOX to layout horizontally. Sorry. @Roger – yes, it appears the the “display: block” will force even a VBOX to layout horizontally. Sorry.

]]> By: Roger Bailey http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2008/06/xul-tip-wrapping-boxes/comment-page-1/#comment-6741 Roger Bailey Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:37:05 +0000 http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/?p=277#comment-6741 This is great. This style has solved a problem I was wrestling with - how to layout an unknown number of buttons in scrolling box of indeterminate size. The buttons are now laid out left to right then top to bottom with vertical scrolling when overflow occurs and when the box is resized everything re-flows nicely. Brilliant! Except my client wants it oriented horizontally with the buttons going top to bottom then left to right with horizontal scrolling. Can't get it to work. Apparently the style forces horizontal orientation. Any suggestions? Have tried experimenting with CSS3 columns but they don't seem to work in XUL. This is great. This style has solved a problem I was wrestling with – how to layout an unknown number of buttons in scrolling box of indeterminate size.

The buttons are now laid out left to right then top to bottom with vertical scrolling when overflow occurs and when the box is resized everything re-flows nicely.

Brilliant! Except my client wants it oriented horizontally with the buttons going top to bottom then left to right with horizontal scrolling. Can’t get it to work. Apparently the style forces horizontal orientation.

Any suggestions? Have tried experimenting with CSS3 columns but they don’t seem to work in XUL.

]]> By: Shane Caraveo http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2008/06/xul-tip-wrapping-boxes/comment-page-1/#comment-6615 Shane Caraveo Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:28:36 +0000 http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/?p=277#comment-6615 same thing here with toolbars, we've long had our own toolbar xbl widgets to handle under/overflow and make things wrap. This style let me get rid of a bunch of hacky code and a couple widgets :) same thing here with toolbars, we’ve long had our own toolbar xbl widgets to handle under/overflow and make things wrap. This style let me get rid of a bunch of hacky code and a couple widgets :)

]]> By: Pete http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2008/06/xul-tip-wrapping-boxes/comment-page-1/#comment-6611 Pete Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:08:57 +0000 http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/?p=277#comment-6611 Thanks a lot. You can't imagine how much time I wated with this topic by counting toolbarbuttons within a line with javascript and add new toolbars into the DOM etc. Thanks again Pete Thanks a lot. You can’t imagine how much time I wated with this topic by counting toolbarbuttons within a line with javascript and add new toolbars into the DOM etc.
Thanks again
Pete

]]> By: pd http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2008/06/xul-tip-wrapping-boxes/comment-page-1/#comment-6608 pd Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:07:39 +0000 http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/?p=277#comment-6608 Alternatively you could just make that the default style! Sounds like it's causing a lot of annoyance, why isn't it the default? Alternatively you could just make that the default style! Sounds like it’s causing a lot of annoyance, why isn’t it the default?

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