Set button width to the width of its label?

[trenatos]

I'm programmatically creating buttons, but I can't figure out how to set the width of the button to the width of its label programmatically.

How do I get the width of a buttons label?

[trenatos]

Hah, I just found it..

set the width of btn "btnName" to the formattedWidth of btn "btnName"

[bogs]

I know, older thread that was answered by the OP no less. But I find myself in a similar situation, with a menu button. Even though the button resizes using the above the way I want it to, the 'menu' below it stays the width of the button. Is there a way to have the button one size, and the menu part a different size?

[dunbarx]

Bogs.

Not positive, but I believe the actual menu portion of these gadgets are drawn by the OS, not by LC, so I am not sure you can do anything about that. You can always roll your own, of course.

Craig

[bogs]

Thanks Craig, I suspect your right, and I very well may wind up doing exactly that since I've already rolled the entire dialog so far Of course, if it isn't and someone knows what I'm missing, I'd rather go that route

[Klaus]

I suspect your right...

Really? Come on!

[bogs]

I suspect your right...

Really? Come on!

Thanks Klaus, I suspect your being gently sarcastic (j/k, I am sure he is right).

This is what I am playing with, currently re-creating (without looking at the actual code) a dialog from the original Hc -

and here is what I've come up with -

Anyhoo, I think the problem I was trying to solve actually has 2 components. It looks like Hc used the width of the longest item in the menu, instead of what was in the button, like so -

The problem this leaves for me to resolve is the icon spacing from the text in the button. I'm using of course the icon and text align right for the button, if the space is much larger than needed, the icon gets dramatically farther away from the text and makes it look funny -


These are all cosmetic issues, functionally, the dialog already works as I was looking for it to, but of course the devil is in the details

[Klaus]

I suspect your right...

Really? Come on!

Thanks Klaus, I suspect your being gently sarcastic (j/k, I am sure he is right).

I am just making a bit fun of your wimpy language skills!
It is spelled, "you are right" or abbreviated "you're right", isn't it?

"I suspect your right" has a complete different meaning, monsieur!

[bogs]

I am just making a bit fun of your wimpy language skills!

I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today!

You are indeed correct sir, my language skills are nearly non existent at this point

[mwieder]

It's Wednesday already. Did Klaus get paid?

...and stop calling me Shirley.

[bogs]

It's Wednesday already. Did Klaus get paid?

No hamburgers were given to said Wimpy, so no payments were made for said hamburgers

[Klaus]

No, I did not get paid yet, Ethel!

Took a while until I got the "Wimpy" joke, since there are no Wimpy shops in germany at all and the last one I saw was about 45 years ago in the netherlands, specivo in the city of Arnhem.

[bogs]

Ugh, and here I thought Popeye was universal.

I am wot I am and thats all wot I am, ugh ugh ugh

[mwieder]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ6xBaZ92uA

[bogs]

Thats the ticket