[Mono-list] layout managers

Miguel de Icaza miguel@ximian.com
14 Jun 2002 20:48:25 -0400


Hello,

> C# notably lacks any concept of UI layout managers. Maybe I overlooked 
> this in the API docs, but I did ask in the C# news groups and was told 
> they didn't exist.
> 
> I'm coming from a Java background here so I just find this very 
> difficult to grok. IMO, fixed layouts are so 1980's and seem to work 
> rather poorly with localisation/accessibility. I'm curious what most 
> people will be doing for UI layout when the C# Forms bindings are complete.

You might want to look at the Anchor/Dock properties of the widgets. 

The model is not as clean as the Gtk model though, which is a shame.

Miguel