[news.eclipse.tools.gef] Re: inline/block

["Randy Hudson" <none@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Finally, sounds like another person to give us feedback on our Text example.

"David Michonneau" <david_michonneau@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I am trying to implement a layout manager that can understand the
> inline/block css attributes. It is very similar to a flowlayout except
that
> the block element take the whole space on their line, and inline elements
> can be on the same line with other inline elements. I'm having a problem
> with the text:

Have you looked at the draw2d.text package?  Specifically, FlowPage,
InlineFlow, and TextFlow.

> - how can I have inline text continue on the next line like in html?
Figures
> have to be inside rectangle, but in that case, that's not a rectangle
> anymore, but two rectangles.

That's fine.  There is still a rectangular bounds, but containsPoint(x,y) is
implemented to hit-test the fragments on each line.

> - how can I have the flowpage automatically resize the text figure so that
> there is no empty space in my text figure? If I set the width hint to -1
it

I'm not sure what you mean.  You mean if a line does not extend to the right
margin, you want it stretched there anyway?  I would imagine this is going
to be useful when hit-testing and placing the caret.

> works, but then it doesn't know about the maximum size so it doesn't wrap
> any more...
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
>