[Lazarus] Autosize behaviour

[Hans-Peter Diettrich]

Michael Van Canneyt schrieb:

>> There is much stuff that doesn't make sense for all controls.
> 
> That should be a good reason for not adding more stuff.

... and to remove existing specific layout stuff.


>>>> What should be complicated, when the Delphi layout manager is one of 
>>>> multiple available managers? How do you want to implement different 
>>>> layout management for parts of a form?
>>>
>>> Simply drop 2 layouters, and point them to the right parts of the form.
>>
>> With the result that the form is crowded with layouters :-(
> 
> I would be very surprised to see more than 4 layouters on a form.
> Most forms will have a single TTableLayout or TBorderLayout component, 
> and that's it.

How do you know?

>> Not to mention prefabricated controls, e.g. with horizontal or 
>> vertical layout.
> 
> I don't understand what you mean here.

Many widgetsets support controls for specific layouts. Shouldn't Lazarus 
try to use just these controls?

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