Subject Re: [IBO] new AutoLabel property for TIB_Edit
Author Nando Dessena
Tobias,

> I have finished a version of TIB_Edit with the new option to display its own
> label automatically. Instead of a label and an edit, you will now only need
> the edit and simply leave some space for the label which is displayed as
> soon as the Query becomes active.

Well done.

> These are the new properties:
> ----------------------------------------------
> AutoLabel : one of albNone,albLeft,albTop
> AutoLabelRelativePosition : Integer
> default 0 for smart positioning
> otherwise the distance from the edit field
> (use this if you want left-aligned labels)
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> I am considering additional options. If you have specific ideas, let me
> know! Does anybody think the property name "AutoLabelRelativePosition" is
> too long? If so we need to abbreviate it FAST before too many people start
> using this ...

what about AutoLabelOffset (which one should specify as a negative
number)?
At least, I'd use Pos as a short for Position. I too love code that's
self-documenting, but only if a screen-wide Object Inspector is not
needed to display property values.
My 0.2 €.
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