Datagrids and Geometry

[xclntdesign]

I have a created a Datagrid with the both scrollbars set to Auto. I have also assigned Geometry to this Datagrid, so that when the stack resizes, the datagrid resizes with it (attached to the right and bottom of the stack). When I make the width of the stack smaller, I do not get the horizontal scrollbar on my datagrid (because of the amount of data, the vertical scrollbar is always visible).

Did I miss something?

[Mark]

Hi,

Do you get the horizontal scrollbar if you resize the datagrid manually? Do the columns resize automatically when you resize the datagrid?

Mark

[xclntdesign]

No and No. When I drag the right side handles in the IDE, I get no scrollbars and the columns do not resize.

I have a behavior assigned to this DataGrid. Could it be that a message isn't being passed, so it doesn't know what to do?

[xclntdesign]

I was able to fix the scrollbar issue by making the initial column widths large enough to force the scrollbar to appear in the IDE.

How do I make the columns automatically resize?

[Mark]

Hi,

I asked if the columns resized automatically, because that would explain why there is no horizontal scroll bar. I don't if there is a way to do this automatically without a script, but if I understand the documentation correctly, you can use the layoutControl message to resize controls and columns.

Honestly, I don't use the datagrid, so you'd probably better refer to the datagrid documentation. Perhaps, you can do the following in a datagrid group script (provided that you have 3 columns):

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on resizeControl
   set the dgColumnWidth["Name"] of group "DataGrid" to the widht of grp "Data Grid" / 3
   pass resizeControl
end resizeControl

and probably this script in a field of your DG template:

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on layoutControl theRect
  set the rect of fld "My Only Field" to theRect
end layoutControl

This script would assume that the DG has 3 columns and in one of those columns 1 single field.

I hope this helps.

Kind regards,

Mark