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-rw-r--r--main_test.go3
-rw-r--r--stack.go8
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
index 23a2e16..370e102 100644
--- a/main_test.go
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ func TestMain(t *testing.T) {
decButton := NewButton("Dec")
sincdec := NewStack(Horizontal, incButton, decButton)
password := NewPasswordEdit()
- s0 := NewStack(Vertical, s2, c, cb1, cb2, e, s3, pbar, sincdec, password)
+ s0 := NewStack(Vertical, s2, c, cb1, cb2, e, s3, pbar, sincdec, Space(), password)
+ s0.SetStretchy(8)
lb1 := NewListbox(true, "Select One", "Or More", "To Continue")
lb2 := NewListbox(false, "Select", "Only", "One", "Please")
i := 0
diff --git a/stack.go b/stack.go
index fd3a61a..8f8808a 100644
--- a/stack.go
+++ b/stack.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ const (
// A Stack stacks controls horizontally or vertically within the Stack's parent.
// A horizontal Stack gives all controls the same height and their preferred widths.
// A vertical Stack gives all controls the same width and their preferred heights.
+// Any extra space at the end of a Stack is left blank.
// Some controls may be marked as "stretchy": when the Window they are in changes size, stretchy controls resize to take up the remaining space after non-stretchy controls are laid out. If multiple controls are marked stretchy, they are alloted equal distribution of the remaining space.
type Stack struct {
lock sync.Mutex
@@ -162,3 +163,10 @@ func (s *Stack) preferredSize() (width int, height int, err error) {
}
return
}
+
+// Space() returns a null control intended for padding layouts with blank space where otherwise impossible (for instance, at the beginning or in the middle of a Stack).
+// In order for Space() to work, it must be marked as stretchy in its parent layout; otherwise its size is undefined.
+func Space() Control {
+ // As above, a stack with no controls draws nothing and reports no errors; its parent will still size it properly.
+ return NewStack(Horizontal)
+}