[Lazarus] Lazarus Goal

[Martin]

dmitry boyarintsev wrote:
> 2009/11/12 Brian Prentice <bprentice at webenet.net>:
>   
>> There is one issue which is pertinent to this topic though.
>> http://linuxenvy.com/bprentice/Lazarus/OSX.jpg
>> and
>> http://linuxenvy.com/bprentice/Lazarus/WindowsXP.jpg
>> show the Selection Control Dialog displayed on each operating system.  I
>> would be interested in your opinion on the differences.
>>     
>
> 2. Font size is different for both system.
>   
It can even differ within the same OS. Take Windows: users can set 
different dpi for their screen. Any hardcoded Size of any control that 
displays text is very likely to break.
> There's no proper "aligner" developed for the IDE or LCL, to align
> controls properly. So the inteface would look like a candy. In my apps
> i'm doing this re-aligment manually on the application start.
>   
You can get pretty good aligning in many cases by using autosize and 
anchors.

Martin