TCustomFloatSpinEdit = class(TCustomLabeledEdit)

[Alienizer]

Please change...

TCustomFloatSpinEdit = class(TCustomEdit)
to
TCustomFloatSpinEdit = class(TCustomLabeledEdit)

and add to public
property EditLabel;
property LabelPosition;
property LabelSpacing;

and add the same to the published property of TFloatSpinEdit and TSpinEdit

and now we have the FloatSpinEdit and SpinEdit with a TLabel as do TLabeledEdit

[Avishai]

I have written TStickyLabel and TStickyButton that allow a Label or a SpeedButton to be associated with any TWinControl.  They work similar to TEditLabel.  You can use them if you like.  I cut the code from a much larger file so you may have to play with it to get it to compile.  I only ask that if you make changes, you let me know.

[Bart]

This won't happen because of incompatibility with Delphi, and it breaks backwards compatibility for exiting programs.

[Leledumbo]

@Avishai:
Sorry, have you made a wiki article / github / bitbucket / google code / sourceforge / something else for your component? I think it's good and having it in the forum only makes it less visible to the world.

[Avishai]

Bart, are you the Bart that is on Lazarus Developement Team?  If so maybe you could take a look at 'TStickyLabel' and 'TStickyButton' and see if it would interest Lazarus.

[Avishai]

@Avishai:
Sorry, have you made a wiki article / github / bitbucket / google code / sourceforge / something else for your component? I think it's good and having it in the forum only makes it less visible to the world.

Leledumbo, no I haven't and I won't have the time for quite awile.  I'm preparing to travel to the US for my son's wedding

[Alienizer]

This won't happen because of incompatibility with Delphi, and it breaks backwards compatibility for exiting programs.

If we have to stick with backwards compatibility, then there is no future for Lazarus!

Delphi is Delphi, Lazarus is Lazarus. I think it's time for Lazarus to detach itself from Delphi and become better than Delphi rather than "compatible".

[BigChimp]

Why don't you submit a patch for a new set of controls to the bugtracker? This way, you don't break backward compatibility and can get what you want.

Others, including me, like backward compatibility with existing code. Personnally, I'm not that interested in Delphi compatibility but I understand others are and respect the decision that Lazarus is to be as Delphi compatible as possible and practical...

[Alienizer]

Why don't you submit a patch for a new set of controls to the bugtracker? This way, you don't break backward compatibility and can get what you want.

Others, including me, like backward compatibility with existing code. Personnally, I'm not that interested in Delphi compatibility but I understand others are and respect the decision that Lazarus is to be as Delphi compatible as possible and practical...

Thanks for the tip. I didn't think I could do that!