Is there an expert that can resize a container (panel, scrollbox, form, frame, etc) to be just large enough so it fits all it components?

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Is there an expert that can resize a container (panel, scrollbox, form, frame, etc) to be just large enough so it fits all it components?

So: grow when the container is too small, shrink when it's too large.

Edit: VCL DesignTime taking into account non-visual components, maybe in the future FMX as well.

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  1. Bill MeyerOctober 18, 2016 at 6:55 AM

    Do you mean at design time, or only at run time?

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  2. Aleksandar DjurovicOctober 18, 2016 at 7:09 AM

    /sub

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  3. Jeroen Wiert PluimersOctober 18, 2016 at 7:09 AM

    Designtime. VCL.

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  4. Jeroen Wiert PluimersOctober 18, 2016 at 7:11 AM

    David Heffernan Can you stop commenting while I'm busy editing?

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  5. Ole EkerhovdOctober 18, 2016 at 7:18 AM

    David Heffernan Yes, it takes about 10 sec. to read them. Time I can spend coding.

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  6. Edwin YipOctober 18, 2016 at 7:24 AM

    I don't think there is currently an IDE expert that does this.

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  7. Bill MeyerOctober 18, 2016 at 7:32 AM

    Jeroen Wiert Pluimers Sounds interesting, though. Let us know when you have it ready? ;)

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  8. Uwe RaabeOctober 18, 2016 at 7:33 AM

    TPanel, TScrollBox, TForm and TFrame all have a property AutoSize under VCL. Does that not work as you describe? If not, what are you missing?

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  9. Stefan GlienkeOctober 18, 2016 at 7:37 AM

    Uwe Raabe It probably does not because AutoSize modifies the position of the controls on it.

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  10. Uwe RaabeOctober 18, 2016 at 7:42 AM

    Stefan Glienke Not when you have a control at (0,0) or somewhere similar respecting the margins (Did I mention, that it respects margins and padding?). Anyway, Jeroen will know if he can work with it or not.

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  11. Stefan GlienkeOctober 18, 2016 at 7:47 AM

    I guess this should do it basically (at least it should get you started) - just put it into a designtime package, add designide to the requires and install it: http://pastebin.com/vT0FnRPN

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  12. Jeroen Wiert PluimersOctober 18, 2016 at 8:19 AM

    Thanks. I'll give those suggestions a try on Thursday.

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  13. Joe C. HechtOctober 18, 2016 at 9:27 AM

    Well Jeroen Wiert Pluimers , I'm an expert, and I do those sort of things (with a mouse at design time), but I think you are looking for an IDE installed expert - scroll boxes and the like should do that :/ - OK, I am gonna run like hell while I got the chance....

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  14. Bill MeyerOctober 18, 2016 at 11:07 AM

    Joe C. Hecht Plus, I really thought Jeroen Wiert Pluimers was a pretty fair expert, too, and I am confident he has a working mouse.

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  15. John KouraklisOctober 18, 2016 at 1:18 PM

    /sub

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  16. Jeroen Wiert PluimersOctober 18, 2016 at 1:20 PM

    Bill Meyer Joe C. Hecht  the problem is that I had RSI in the early 1990s so I need to avoid the mouse whenever possible. Hence the request for expert.

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  17. Pavel NovákOctober 18, 2016 at 11:44 PM

    /sub

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  18. Jeroen Wiert PluimersNovember 26, 2016 at 2:03 AM

    Uwe Raabe the AutoSize property did it for me. Thanks.

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  19. shlomo abuisakDecember 27, 2018 at 7:32 AM

    Stefan Glienke can you explain to me how your ResizeControlEditor work when i install it as a component?
    i work with D10.2.3

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