Re: Re: Start -> Shut Down -> Log Out

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From: peter (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Re: Start -> Shut Down -> Log Out
Date: 19:26 on 13 Jul 2006
>   And it still sounds like you'll be using a ton of <DIV>s to replace <TR>s
> and <TD>s.

Well, except that it wouldn't be a "ton", and the layout of the divs would
be specified entirely in the CSS file. Like the stuff Aaron linked to.

> And if I understand you right, you want something like:
> 
> 	<DIV>	<DIV>	<DIV>	<DIV>
> 
> 		   <DIV>
> 
> 	    <DIV>  <DIV>  <DIV>

More like:

	<DIV>	<DIV>	<DIV>
	<DIV>	<    DIV    >
	<DIV>	<DIV>	<DIV>
	<DIV>	<    DIV    >

With the divs in the first and third row remaining lined up.

Which would be something like:

	xab
	xcc
	xde
	xff

> [1]	Way back in 1996, I was tasked with writing a Java Applet [2] for a 
> 	web company.  None of the existing layout managers (which included
> 	a "grid layout" did what I wanted, so I wrote my own layout manager.

Grid definitely can't do anything, and there's a lot of layouts that are WAY
easier with a packer, but using a packer to layout something as simple as a
canvas with right and bottom scroll bars already makes grids look desirable.

You really need at least these four classes of layout, and you need to be
able to use them together...

	placer		absolute positions
	packer		"X is left of Y, Z is under both"
	grid		"Top row is..., next row is..."
	flowed		basically, text. You place things until you run
			out of room on the line, and then start a new line.

There's stuff above here

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