[Haskell-beginners] Trouble with layout in wxHaskell

[Nathan Hüsken]

Ok, I need to use fill und hfill.
I personally think the documentation is little confusing, but I will 
take this to the developers.

Regards,
Nathan

On 08/14/2013 05:03 PM, Nathan Hüsken wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I am trying to understand how do a layout in wxHaskell. I am trying to 
> make a frame with 2 text entries. One single lined at the top and one 
> multiline below it. Both should expand with the window size 
> horizontal. When the window is expanded vertical, only the multiline 
> text entry should expand.
>
> Her is what I wrote:
>
>   main = start mainFrame
>
>   mainFrame = do
>     f        <- frame [text := "BiVision"]
>     buffer   <- textEntry f []
>     mainArea <- textCtrl  f []
>     set f [layout := expand $ column 2 [hstretch $ widget buffer, 
> stretch $ widget mainArea]]
>
> This gives me a window with the desired controls. But they are not 
> expanding.
> Why?
> I tried different combinations of expand and stretch (I do not really 
> understand the difference?). But nothing works.
>
> I am guessing there is something simple I do not yet understand :).
>
> Thanks for any help!
> Nathan
>
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