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How can the width of the fixed columns of a TStringGrid be set?
« on: July 03, 2013, 12:37:49 am »
How can the width of the fixed columns of a TStringGrid be set?

It seems they can't be set at design time in the property editor.
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Re: How can the width of the fixed columns of a TStringGrid be set?
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2013, 12:45:03 am »
Yes. There's only "DefaultColWidth" property. I personally prefer string grid designed with Columns instead of fixed columns design. IMO it is more flexible and more configurable.
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Re: How can the width of the fixed columns of a TStringGrid be set?
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2013, 01:56:21 am »
Can't they be set at runtime? There seems to be no Column index for the fixed columns. Columns[0] seems to apply to the first normal column
Quote from: Blaazen on July 03, 2013, 12:45:03 am
Yes. There's only "DefaultColWidth" property. I personally prefer string grid designed with Columns instead of fixed columns design. IMO it is more flexible and more configurable.
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Re: How can the width of the fixed columns of a TStringGrid be set?
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2013, 02:10:33 am »
You can use indexed property "ColWidths" for fixed columns at runtime:
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StringGrid1.ColWidths[1]:=100;Of course, it is indexed from 0.
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Re: How can the width of the fixed columns of a TStringGrid be set?
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2013, 10:32:20 am »
I tried the ColWidths[0] property and it works.

What seems wrong to me is that stringgrid.Columns[0].Width doesn't work at runtime.

Isn't that be a bug in the implementation?

It is a bug to me, or is it the kind of historical baggage which breaks existing code when removed?

Quote from: Blaazen on July 03, 2013, 02:10:33 am
You can use indexed property "ColWidths" for fixed columns at runtime:
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StringGrid1.ColWidths[1]:=100;Of course, it is indexed from 0.
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Re: How can the width of the fixed columns of a TStringGrid be set?
« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2013, 12:41:27 pm »
I think it is by design. You can have string grid defined via fixed columns, defined via Columns[] or you can mix it (a few fixed + a few Columns[]). Property ColWidth[] is flexible, no matter how are columns defined. Columns[].Width is only for Columns[] and never for fixed columns.

Example: 5 fixed columns + 5 Columns[]
Code: Columns[1].Width := 120;
will change width of the 6-th column.
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