wxBoxSizer(wxHORIZONTAL) in wxFlexGridSizer Topic is solved

[elmo]

I have some problem with sizers (maybe it's a bug?) - look under second comment

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   wxBoxSizer *main_sizer = new wxBoxSizer( wxVERTICAL );
      wxFlexGridSizer *participant_info =  new wxFlexGridSizer(EVENT_INFO_FIELD_HIGHEST, 2,5,5);
      participant_info->SetFlexibleDirection(wxVERTICAL);
      participant_info->AddGrowableCol(1, 1);

        //every text is created the same way, without any further modifications -  difference is only in label
         text = new wxStaticText(frame, wxID_ANY, wxT("Nazwa"), wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, wxALIGN_LEFT, wxT(""));
         [...]
         participant_info->Add(text, 0, wxFIXED_MINSIZE);
         participant_info->Add(input, 1, wxEXPAND);
         [...]
         participant_info->Add(text, 0, wxFIXED_MINSIZE);
         participant_info->Add(choice, 1, wxFIXED_MINSIZE);
         [...]
 
        //and now tricky one -- HERE IS MAIN PROBLEM, above code is given only to be more precise
         text = new wxStaticText(frame, wxID_ANY, wxT("Start"), wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, wxALIGN_LEFT, wxT(""));

         wxBoxSizer *time_sizer = new wxBoxSizer(wxHORIZONTAL);

            wxDatePickerCtrl *pick_start_date = new wxDatePickerCtrl(frame, wxID_ANY);
            time_sizer->Add(pick_start_date, 0, wxFIXED_MINSIZE);

            //HERE GOES CODE FROM NEXT "CODE" SECTION

         time_sizer->Show(true);

         participant_info->Add(text, 0, wxFIXED_MINSIZE);
         participant_info->Add(time_sizer, 1, wxEXPAND);

      participant_info->Show(true);
      main_sizer->Add(participant_info, 1, wxEXPAND);

And it looks like it should


So now I will expand my wxBoxSizer with two spins:

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            wxSpinCtrl *spin;
            spin = new wxSpinCtrl(frame, wxID_ANY, wxEmptyString, wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, wxSP_ARROW_KEYS, 0, 23, 0);
            spin->SetId(EVENT_INFO_FIELD_START_HOUR);
            time_sizer->Add(spin, 0, wxFIXED_MINSIZE);

            spin = new wxSpinCtrl(frame, wxID_ANY, wxEmptyString, wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, wxSP_ARROW_KEYS, 0, 59, 0);
            spin->SetId(EVENT_INFO_FIELD_START_MINUTES);
            time_sizer->Add(spin, 0, wxFIXED_MINSIZE);

And happens something that I do not know how to deal with... why labels column is so big?

[automatix_md]

So I had a look on you code - and unfortunately i don't know what could be wrong - looks good -
so I did something similarly with a RAD Tool and sorted the code a little

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void bla::ControlCreation()
{    

    bla* itemPanel1 = this;
    
    //the top sizer of the panel
    wxBoxSizer* itemBoxSizer2 = new wxBoxSizer(wxVERTICAL);
    itemPanel1->SetSizer(itemBoxSizer2);
    
    //the flexgrid will be insert into the top sizer
    wxFlexGridSizer* itemFlexGridSizer3 = new wxFlexGridSizer(2, 2, 0, 0);
        itemBoxSizer2->Add(itemFlexGridSizer3, 1, wxGROW|wxALL, 5);
    
        //putting stuff in flex grid
        wxStaticText* itemStaticText4 = new wxStaticText( itemPanel1, wxID_STATIC, _("Static text"), wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, 0 );
        wxTextCtrl* itemTextCtrl5 = new wxTextCtrl( itemPanel1, ID_TEXTCTRL1, _T(""), wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, 0 );    
        wxStaticText* itemStaticText6 = new wxStaticText( itemPanel1, wxID_STATIC, _("Static text"), wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, 0 );    
        wxString* itemChoice7Strings = NULL;
        wxChoice* itemChoice7 = new wxChoice( itemPanel1, ID_CHOICE, wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, 0, itemChoice7Strings, 0 );
        wxStaticText* itemStaticText8 = new wxStaticText( itemPanel1, wxID_STATIC, _("start"), wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, 0 );
        
    
        itemFlexGridSizer3->Add(itemStaticText4, 0, wxALIGN_LEFT|wxALIGN_CENTER_VERTICAL|wxALL|wxADJUST_MINSIZE, 5);
        itemFlexGridSizer3->Add(itemTextCtrl5, 0, wxGROW|wxALIGN_CENTER_VERTICAL|wxALL, 5);
        itemFlexGridSizer3->Add(itemStaticText6, 0, wxALIGN_LEFT|wxALIGN_CENTER_VERTICAL|wxALL|wxADJUST_MINSIZE, 5);
        itemFlexGridSizer3->Add(itemChoice7, 0, wxALIGN_LEFT|wxALIGN_CENTER_VERTICAL|wxALL, 5);
        //this is "start"
        itemFlexGridSizer3->Add(itemStaticText8, 0, wxFIXED_MINSIZE);//wxALIGN_LEFT|wxALIGN_CENTER_VERTICAL|wxALL|wxADJUST_MINSIZE, 5);
        

        //creating the boxsizer and add it to flexgrid
        wxBoxSizer* itemBoxSizer9 = new wxBoxSizer(wxHORIZONTAL);
        itemFlexGridSizer3->Add(itemBoxSizer9, 0, wxALIGN_LEFT|wxALIGN_CENTER_VERTICAL|wxALL, 0);
            
            //creating stuff and add it to boxsizer
            wxString* itemChoice10Strings = NULL;
            wxChoice* itemChoice10 = new wxChoice( itemPanel1, ID_CHOICE1, wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, 0, itemChoice10Strings, 0 );
            wxSpinCtrl* itemSpinCtrl11 = new wxSpinCtrl( itemPanel1, ID_SPINCTRL, _("0"), wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, wxSP_ARROW_KEYS, 0, 100, 0 );
            wxSpinCtrl* itemSpinCtrl12 = new wxSpinCtrl( itemPanel1, ID_SPINCTRL1, _("0"), wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, wxSP_ARROW_KEYS, 0, 100, 0 );
        
            itemBoxSizer9->Add(itemChoice10, 0, wxALIGN_CENTER_VERTICAL|wxALL|wxFIXED_MINSIZE, 5);
            itemBoxSizer9->Add(itemSpinCtrl11, 0, wxALIGN_CENTER_VERTICAL|wxALL|wxFIXED_MINSIZE, 5);
            itemBoxSizer9->Add(itemSpinCtrl12, 0,  wxALIGN_CENTER_VERTICAL|wxALL|wxFIXED_MINSIZE, 5);


}

maybe this can help you a little

looks like this

[eco]

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      participant_info->SetFlexibleDirection(wxVERTICAL);
      participant_info->AddGrowableCol(1, 1);

I'm not sure if this is the cause of your problem but shouldn't this be wxHORIZONTAL if you are setting growable columns?

[eco]

Oh, and I thought I'd mention that, in my opinion, wxGridBagSizer is easier to work with for layouts like these. You can just set controls to span multiple columns/rows. You would, in your case, have 4 columns with the first two rows' controls (the non-static text controls) spanning 3 columns and the third row having each control spanning 1 column.

[elmo]

Thanks both.
I did not know that there exists more than four types of sizers. Maybe I should one more time look at alphabetical list of classes ;]

And yes, the problem was the flag wxVERTICAL. I wasn't sure if I've chosen the right of those two possibilities, but I have no idea why I did not check the other option.

P.S. oh, and I wanted to accept the other post of eco. Just clicked too low.