> This message is a little long - feel free to just read the last paragraph.
>
> I have a widget has a variable height on the front and a fixed height
> for the backside. When the front is taller than the back, I have a
> problem flipping the widget from back to front.
>
> It doesn't appear to be possible to increase the height of the widget
> before preparing or performing the transition from back to front.
> Because of this, the flip transition is not smooth at all. I see the
> first half of the back to front transition animation then the front
> suddenly appears.
>
> The work-around to this problem is to use the same height for the
> front and the backside whenever the front is taller than the back.
> This is the approach that the Stocks widget takes. The purpose of the
> resizedWhenFlippedOver boolean in Stocks.js is to remember when the
> front is shorter than the back otherwise the height of the backside
> is not resized during front to back transitions. This can be verified
> by doing the following:
> - use seven or more stock symbols.
> - flip the Stocks to its backside.
> - mouse down on the widget and deactivate the dashboard to bring the
> widget to the desktop (you need to have debugmode turned on).
> - Capture the window using Grab.
> Notice that the height of the backside graphic equals the height of
> the front side.
>
> The reason that I don't want to use this work-around is because I
> need to have backside elements that are offset from the bottom of the
> widget not the top.
>
> Is it possible to increase the height of the widget during back to
> front transition and have smooth animation of the flip? The fact that
> the Stocks widget uses a special case to avoid that scenario suggests
> that this is not possible. Does anyone know otherwise? If not, I can
> file a bug report.
>
> Chuck
Yes look at the weather widget. It increases the size on flip.
Thanks,
jl
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