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- Subject: Re: REPOST: Parts with fixed display size
- Sent: 9/4/96 1:24 PM
- Received: 9/4/96 1:24 PM
- From: Troy Gaul <tgaul@apple.com>
- Reply-To: ODF-Interest@CILabs.ORG
- To: OpenDoc Development Framework Discussion List
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- >>Restricting user control would go against HI guidelines. It's not
- >necessary
- >>either.
- >
- >You are right for the usual data types like drawings and text.
- >
- >However, I believe it necessary for certain types of content when it would
- >be an error for the user to change the visible area. I do not want to
- >disclose what type of content I am dealing with, but it includes its own HI
- >guidelines and I want to make sure that the user obeys them.
- >
- >Fortunately, sometimes if something is against the HI guidelines it does
- >not mean that it can not be done. ;-)
-
- Ultimately, the container is in control of how much area you are allowed to
- use. You can request a certain size for your frame shape, but the container
- is not obligated to give it to you. If the container says "no", then you
- have to either stay with what you had, what it have you instead, or you can
- request a different area -- but you should not request the same area again
- (lest you could create an infinite loop).
-
- Containers like ODFTable will sometimes have certain constrains that they
- won't let embedded parts violate.
-
- The fallback would probably be to clip your content.
-
- _troy
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- Troy Gaul tgaul@apple.com
- Apple Computer, Inc. OpenDoc Parts