I have a grid setup where the fields in each column are flush to the left margin. It's fine when the contents of the column is text, but I've noticed that when I put a checkbox, it's slap bang against the side, and looks awful. This is just an aesthetics thing, but I wonder if there's any way to get the checkbox to move to the center, or at the very least, set up a little margin on the LHS, so that it's not right up against the divider.
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Margins in a grid (particularly for a checkbox)
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I wonder if there's any way to get the checkbox to move to the center, or at the very least, set up a little margin on the LHS
How about creating a special checkbox class with a small, built-in margin to use in grids? (Though I suspect there's a simplier solution ;-)). --Dave
How about creating a special checkbox class with a small, built-in margin to use in grids? (Though I suspect there's a simplier solution ;-)). --Dave
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Yeah, I thought I might to make a container class, which I'm afraid is beyond my experience at the moment. I haven't really got the luxury of learning something at the moment that is not going to help the system dramatically. I guess I'll get around to it at some point...
Yeah, I thought I might to make a container class, which I'm afraid is beyond my experience at the moment.
Actually creating new classes is extremely simple. I just did one like you need and it shouldn't take very long.
1. Create a form. 2. Drop a container object (the weird thing that looks like it has 4 eyes). 3. Drop a checkbox on the container. 4. Laso the container and then use File / Save as Class and follow the directions. Save it in an appropriate class library with an appropriate name (I used Checkmargin) and you're done. You can now drop your new control whereever you want.
Visually it works on a quick test I did, but you might have to create a property for the new control to store the checked property of the internal checkbox, since you no longer have a separate checkbox.
Dave Dardinger
Actually creating new classes is extremely simple. I just did one like you need and it shouldn't take very long.
1. Create a form. 2. Drop a container object (the weird thing that looks like it has 4 eyes). 3. Drop a checkbox on the container. 4. Laso the container and then use File / Save as Class and follow the directions. Save it in an appropriate class library with an appropriate name (I used Checkmargin) and you're done. You can now drop your new control whereever you want.
Visually it works on a quick test I did, but you might have to create a property for the new control to store the checked property of the internal checkbox, since you no longer have a separate checkbox.
Dave Dardinger
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