[fxruby-users] elementary problem with LAYOUT_FILL

[Lyle Johnson]

On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 4:18 PM, William B. Parsons<wbparsons at cshore.com> wrote:

> I'm sure this must be simple but I can't seem to figure out how to fill the
> main window with widgets.  The following bare-bones test app illustrates my
> problem:
> ----------------------
> #!/usr/bin/env ruby
> require 'fox16'
> include Fox
>
> class TopLevelWindow < FXMainWindow
>   def initialize(app)
>      super(app, 'Test Application', :width => 200, :height => 300)
>      FXPacker.new(self, FRAME_SUNKEN, :opts => LAYOUT_FILL)
>   end
>   def create
>      super
>      show(PLACEMENT_SCREEN)
>   end
> end
>
> FXApp.new do |app|
>   TopLevelWindow.new(app)
>   app.create
>   app.run
> end
> ----------------------
> Why doesn't the FXPacker fill the top-level window?

For some reason you've split out the construction options over two
separate arguments. Trying changing this line:

    FXPacker.new(self, FRAME_SUNKEN, :opts => LAYOUT_FILL)

to this:

    FXPacker.new(self, :opts => FRAME_SUNKEN | LAYOUT_FILL)

Hope this helps,

Lyle