Class FixedLayout
- All Implemented Interfaces:
Proxy
GtkFixedLayout
is a layout manager which can place child widgets
at fixed positions.
Most applications should never use this layout manager; fixed positioning and sizing requires constant recalculations on where children need to be positioned and sized. Other layout managers perform this kind of work internally so that application developers don't need to do it. Specifically, widgets positioned in a fixed layout manager will need to take into account:
- Themes, which may change widget sizes.
- Fonts other than the one you used to write the app will of course change the size of widgets containing text; keep in mind that users may use a larger font because of difficulty reading the default, or they may be using a different OS that provides different fonts.
- Translation of text into other languages changes its size. Also, display of non-English text will use a different font in many cases.
In addition, GtkFixedLayout
does not pay attention to text direction and
thus may produce unwanted results if your app is run under right-to-left
languages such as Hebrew or Arabic. That is: normally GTK will order
containers appropriately depending on the text direction, e.g. to put labels
to the right of the thing they label when using an RTL language;
GtkFixedLayout
won't be able to do that for you.
Finally, fixed positioning makes it kind of annoying to add/remove UI elements, since you have to reposition all the other elements. This is a long-term maintenance problem for your application.
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Nested Class Summary
Modifier and TypeClassDescriptionstatic class
FixedLayout.Builder<B extends FixedLayout.Builder<B>>
Inner class implementing a builder pattern to construct a GObject with properties.static class
Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.gnome.gtk.LayoutManager
LayoutManager.LayoutManagerClass, LayoutManager.LayoutManagerImpl
Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.gnome.gobject.GObject
GObject.NotifyCallback, GObject.ObjectClass
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Constructor Summary
ConstructorDescriptionCreates a newGtkFixedLayout
.FixedLayout
(MemorySegment address) Create a FixedLayout proxy instance for the provided memory address. -
Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionprotected FixedLayout
asParent()
Returns this instance as if it were its parent type.static FixedLayout.Builder
<? extends FixedLayout.Builder> builder()
AFixedLayout.Builder
object constructs aFixedLayout
with the specified properties.static Type
getType()
Get the GType of the FixedLayout classMethods inherited from class org.gnome.gtk.LayoutManager
allocate, createLayoutChild, getLayoutChild, getMemoryLayout, getRequestMode, getRequestMode, getWidget, layoutChanged, measure, root, unroot
Methods inherited from class org.gnome.gobject.GObject
addToggleRef, addWeakPointer, bindProperty, bindProperty, bindProperty, bindPropertyFull, bindPropertyFull, bindPropertyWithClosures, bindPropertyWithClosures, compatControl, connect, connect, connect, constructed, disconnect, dispatchPropertiesChanged, dispose, dupData, dupQdata, emit, emitNotify, finalize_, forceFloating, freezeNotify, get, getData, getProperty, getProperty, getProperty, getQdata, getv, interfaceFindProperty, interfaceInstallProperty, interfaceListProperties, isFloating, newInstance, newInstance, newInstance, newInstance, newv, notify_, notify_, notifyByPspec, onNotify, ref, refSink, removeToggleRef, removeWeakPointer, replaceData, replaceQdata, runDispose, set, setData, setDataFull, setProperty, setProperty, setProperty, setQdata, setQdataFull, setv, stealData, stealQdata, takeRef, thawNotify, unref, watchClosure, weakRef, weakUnref, withProperties
Methods inherited from class org.gnome.gobject.TypeInstance
callParent, callParent, getPrivate, readGClass, writeGClass
Methods inherited from class io.github.jwharm.javagi.base.ProxyInstance
equals, handle, hashCode
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Constructor Details
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FixedLayout
Create a FixedLayout proxy instance for the provided memory address.- Parameters:
address
- the memory address of the native object
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FixedLayout
public FixedLayout()Creates a newGtkFixedLayout
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Method Details
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getType
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asParent
Returns this instance as if it were its parent type. This is mostly synonymous to the Javasuper
keyword, but will set the native typeclass function pointers to the parent type. When overriding a native virtual method in Java, "chaining up" withsuper.methodName()
doesn't work, because it invokes the overridden function pointer again. To chain up, callasParent().methodName()
. This will call the native function pointer of this virtual method in the typeclass of the parent type.- Overrides:
asParent
in classLayoutManager
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builder
AFixedLayout.Builder
object constructs aFixedLayout
with the specified properties. Use the variousset...()
methods to set properties, and finish construction withFixedLayout.Builder.build()
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