Re: Dynamic Layout
Re: Dynamic Layout
- Subject: Re: Dynamic Layout
- From: Greg Guerin <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 09:15:28 -0700
Bridger Maxwell wrote:
I think a layout manager is similar to what I want, but a little
overkill. I
have one view, and want to fit many smaller views inside it.
That's what a layout manager does. Please explain how it's overkill.
It is still
really early in development, but here is a screenshot of about what
these
views laid out will look like.
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=rmtp37&s=5
I manually laid out the views show in that screenshot. Those views are
mostly laid out in columns of the same width. This will probably
not be the
case in the final product.
You need to be specific about the layout rules. The end product,
i.e. your screenshot, is not the whole thing. How it gets there, its
dynamism, is crucial. You need more than the screenshot, you need
the diagram with arrows and lines showing how it got there.
By layout rules I mean the rules or constraints that govern the
placement and sizing of elements when they are arbitrarily added or
removed. It also means the ways in which elements are added or
removed. If those rules aren't clear, or there isn't a clear concise
visualization of their behavior, then no one can possibly design or
code them.
You need this not merely as a description for the list, but as a
specification of what the layout manager should do. Without it, all
you have is a handwave.
http://www.jargondb.org/glossary/handwave
-- GG
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