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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: How to adjust widgets to different sizes of i18ned texts?
From:       Esben Mose Hansen <esben () mosehansen ! dk>
Date:       2004-06-13 20:07:49
Message-ID: 200406132007.50155.esben () mosehansen ! dk
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On Sunday 13 June 2004 12:10, Florian Simnacher wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> is there a common technique to make widgets (for example KPushButton)
> fit to the size of a text label automatically? This is to cope with the
> fact that messages in different languages have different sizes.
>
> Any kind of advice or RTFM pointer to docs or code is highly
> appreciated.

As other have pointed out, you should use a layout manager. Remember that 
	a) Fonts sizes differs
	b) Resolutions differs
	c) Text direction differs
	d) Text content differs
	e) ....

in other words: Layout by pixel is hopeless, in HTML and GUI-design alike. 
Forget it.

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regards, Esben

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