Spec - horizontal panel with progress bar taking all the space in the middle

Question

I want to create a row of three elements a label, a progressbar and a second label. To do this I've used this code:

(SpBoxLayout newLeftToRight
    spacing: 15;
    add: secondsPassed expand: false;
    add: progressBar withConstraints: [ :constraints | 
        constraints
            height: 10;
            fill: false;
            width: 280 ];
    add: timeRemaining expand: false;
    yourself)

I've set the width constraint explicitly, but what I'd like to do is have it take up all the space between the two labels no matter how wide the row is.
So that it's width is flexible and the two labels are fixed.

Answer 1

basically, first and third are to be set as expand: false and second one as expand: true (which is the default). For what you want, this should be enough:

(SpBoxLayout newLeftToRight
    spacing: 15;
    add: secondsPassed expand: false;
    add: progressBar;
    add: timeRemaining expand: false;
    yourself)

If you remove the width constraint there that should allow it to expand, since size is not fixed anymore. Also, take into account that in current implementation of SpBoxLayout, width and height cannot coexist, since they apply in different layout kinds:

• width applies in horizontal (leftToRight) layouts
• height applies in vertical (topToBottom) layouts.

Assuming you have the Gtk backend installed, this code:

presenter := SpPresenter new.
presenter application: (SpApplication new useBackend: #Gtk).

presenter layout: (SpBoxLayout newLeftToRight 
    vAlignStart;
    borderWidth: 15;
    spacing: 15;
    add: (presenter newLabel label: 'One') expand: false;
    add: (presenter newProgressBar fixedAt: 50 percent);
    add: (presenter newLabel label: 'Two') expand: false;
    yourself).
    
presenter openWithSpec title: 'Example of Horizontal Layout'

Will produce this output: