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How to create a figure with separate label? [message #659748]

Tue, 15 March 2011 13:28

h1055071

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Registered: July 2009

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I've been trying to create a Draw2D Figure that consists of two parts - a central resizeable shape, such as a circle or rectangle, and an editable label for the bottom part. An example of this type of figure is the icon/label you see on a computer's Desktop.

The first attempt was to create a parent container figure with two child sub-figures - a shape figure placed centrally and a label placed at the bottom. It also implemented HandleBounds so that selection and resizing occurs only on the upper shape sub-figure. This turned out not to be a working solution because as the label gets wider with more text so does the main parent figure and consequently the central shape figure. In other words the overall parent figure is as wide as the child label figure.

What I'm seeking is a Figure that maintains the size of the shape figure but allows the width of the label figure to grow independently. Exactly the same behaviour as a desktop icon.

Has anyone done this or anything similar?

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