wxBoxSizer(3)

💖 wxBoxSizer 💖

okay so bestie, quick vibe check: this is the Erlang module definition for wxBoxSizer, and it's genuinely one of the most iconic little layout gremlins in wxWidgets. no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

wxBoxSizer — the basic idea behind a box sizer is that windows will most often be laid out in rather simple basic geometry, typically in a row or a column or several hierarchies of either.

like… it's giving grid energy but make it chill. rows, columns, rows-inside-columns, you get it. 🎀

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

for more info (and there IS more info, bestie, don't skip it), please see overview_sizer_box.

see also, bestie:

• wxSizer
• Overview sizer

oh and also?? this class is derived, and can use functions, from:

• wxSizer

wxWidgets docs: wxBoxSizer — the og source of truth, iykyk 📚

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🦋 DATA TYPES 🦋

wxBoxSizer() :: wx:wx_object().

she's an object. she's a wx:wx_object(). periodt. ✨

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👑 FUNCTIONS 👑

💅 destroy(This :: wxBoxSizer()) -> ok.

destroys the object

that's it. that's the whole vibe. she's gone, no notes, bye queen 🫶 (object cleaned up, obligations fulfilled, slay).

💅 getOrientation(This) -> integer() when This :: wxBoxSizer().

returns the orientation of the box sizer, either wxVERTICAL or wxHORIZONTAL.

so basically you ask her "which way do you go?" and she tells you straight up — column mode or row mode, no guessing, no ambiguity, highkey reliable 🔥

💅 new(Orient) -> wxBoxSizer() when Orient :: integer().

constructor for a wxBoxSizer. 🎀

orient may be either of wxVERTICAL or wxHORIZONTAL for creating either a column sizer or a row sizer.

so like — wxVERTICAL = she stacks things top to bottom, column energy 💜. wxHORIZONTAL = side by side, row energy 🌈. pick one, she'll do the rest. iconic behaviour honestly.

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⚠️ bestie real talk: Orient has to be an integer (wxVERTICAL or wxHORIZONTAL are the ones named here). don't go inventing your own orientation, she will not know what to do with that 💀

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okay that's the whole page, mwah 💋 — brought to you by Ericsson AB, version wx 2.6, and yes this documentation really is out here living its best life. go forth and lay out your windows, main character 💖✨🦋