TMUIGroup.Columns

Indicate number of columns in a two dimensional group.

Declaration

Source position: MUIClass.Group.pas line 51

Description

If you use this tag, the total number of children must be dividable by the number of columns.

The children will be positioned in a two dimensional array, e.g. allowing easy creation of button fields (maybe for calculator).

When MUI layouts two-dimensional groups, it does actually two layout calculations, one for the rows and one the columns. Parameters like weights and dimensions are handled this way:

• the minimum width of a column/row is the maximum minimum width of all objects in this column/row.
• the maximum width of a column/row is the minimum maximum width of all objects in this column/row.
• the weight of a column/row is the sum of all objects in this column/row.

Actually, there is no difference if you use Columns or Rows.

Examples:

Group.Columns := 2;
Label1.Parent := Group;
String1.Parent := Group;
Label2.Parent := Group;
String2.Parent := Group;
Label3.Parent := Group;
String3.Parent := Group;

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