[lazarus] Patch: ComboBox issues

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 11:10:57 +0200
"Marc Weustink" <marc.weustink at cuperus.nl> wrote:

> + From: Karl Brandt [mailto:pascalive at bol.com.br]
> + Sent: woensdag 30 juli 2003 6:36
> + 
> + I'm sending a patch that adress some combobox issues:
> + -fix positioning in enviroment options Dlg
> +   in object inspector the problem remains(it looks that the autosize
> +   functions uses the total size of combobox and not only the edit size)

Do you mean the internal edit of a combobox?
What autosize function?


> + -Changes to the Height property are ignored and reading it will
> +   allways return the height of the edit part (determined by the font):

Ok. The gtk-interface is doing the same for scrollbars. 


> +    just like in Delphi

Who cares what Delphi can _not_ do? ;)


> + -implement DropDownCount
> +    this can't be changed at runtime
> 
> Why not ?

Good question.

 
> +    to access the property i had to typecast to TComboBox: it should'nt
> be+    public in TcustomComboBox? (see diff)
> 
> Why ?

TCustomComboBox is a base class, so optional properties should be protected.


 
> + -remove SetName method
> + -disable SetComboMinDropDownSize: it's not necessary, at least until now
> + 
> + BTW Can i send the patches in rar format?
> 
> I can handle them both, I don't know if Mattias can handle them.

Where can I get a rar unpacker for linux?


Mattias