[ge-talk] A layout manager

[Axel Dörfler]

Christof Lutteroth <lutteroth at cs.auckland.ac.nz> wrote:
> Linear constraints have been used for solving really advanced layout 
> problems such as tree and graph layout, so there is really a lot you 
> can 
> do. Of course, it's computationally more expensive than the simple 
> container-based layout, but it's still fast. It allows developers to 
> think about GUIs in a more geometrical manner, using invariants, 
> instead 
> of in terms of program code.

While I'm not really familiar with Haiku's layout engine, it does in 
fact use a constraint resolver to do its layout. I don't know if it 
supports something in the lines you propose (probably not), but you can 
also easily write your own layouting mechanism as part of it.

Bye,
   Axel.