4 Geometry Managers

This chapter explains geometry managers. Geometry managers compute how much space widgets occupy and at which position they appear on the screen. Last but not least they make widgets appear on the screen with the geometry computed previously.

• 4.1 Widgets and Parcels

• 4.2 The Packer
  • 4.2.1 Side Options
  • 4.2.2 Padding
  • 4.2.3 Anchors
  • 4.2.4 Filling and Expansion

• 4.3 The Grid Geometry Manager
  • 4.3.1 Padding
  • 4.3.2 Span Options
  • 4.3.3 Sticky Options
  • 4.3.4 Weight Options

• 4.4 Using Anchors for Widgets