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<h2>1.3: Sizes and units&nbsp;<a href="User_guide1.html"><img src="Images/uparrow.png" border="0" align="top" alt="Go back up one level"/></a></h2>
<p>In the previous section we noted that when using layouts
you never need to set the position or size of a user-interface
component yourself - the layouts take care of it. So how do
you control the sizes of the components?</p>
<p>Each layout that arranges multiple items within its drawing area
has a sizing property: for horizontal boxes this is <code>Widths</code>
and for vertical boxes <code>Heights</code>; for grids we have both <code>Widths</code>
and <code>Heights</code>. These all obey the same convention:</p>
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<li>Positive numbers indicate sizes in pixels (similar to "pixel" units)</li>
<li>Negative numbers indicate a weighting for variable sizing (similar to "normalized" units)</li>
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<p>By default all sizes are set to -1 (variable size with unit weighting).</p>
<p>Let's take a simple example:</p>
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<pre style="background-color: #eeeeff; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px"><font color="#000011">f = <a href="matlab:doc figure"><code class="FUNCTION">figure</code></a>();
layout = <a href="uix.HBox.html"><code class="FUNCTION">uix.HBox</code></a>( 'Parent', f );
<a href="matlab:doc uicontrol"><code class="FUNCTION">uicontrol</code></a>( 'String', 'Button 1', 'Parent', layout );
<a href="matlab:doc uicontrol"><code class="FUNCTION">uicontrol</code></a>( 'String', 'Button 2', 'Parent', layout );
<a href="matlab:doc uicontrol"><code class="FUNCTION">uicontrol</code></a>( 'String', 'Button 3', 'Parent', layout );</font></pre>
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<p>We can set the middle element to be twice as wide as the others
(but still variable width) by setting its weight to -2 with the others at -1:</p>
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<p>Alternatively we might want the first element to have a
fixed width of 100 pixels with the others filling any remaining
space equally:</p>
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<pre style="background-color: #eeeeff; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px"><font color="#000011">layout.Widths = [100 -1 -1]</font></pre>
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<p>This ability to mix fixed and variable sized elements is
crucial in interface design. It really comes into its own when building
a hierarchy of layouts, described next.</p>
<br clear="all"/><hr/><h3 class="hbg"><a name="">&nbsp;</a><a name="1.3.1">
&nbsp;</a>1.3.1:
Minimum sizes&nbsp;<a href="#Top"><img src="Images/uparrow.png" border="0" align="top" alt="Go back up one level"/></a></h3>
<p>Many of the multi-element layouts also provide a <code>MinimumWidths</code>
or <code>MinimumHeights</code>
property to prevent an element becoming too small. This is measured in
pixels and defaults to one pixel. Take care to ensure that the available
space is at least the sum of the minimum sizes, plus any padding and
spacing.</p>
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