From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/1007 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Matthew Baker Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Fixed width form field Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 16:09:54 +0200 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: Reply-To: Matthew.Baker@gmd.de NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035391851 29021 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 16:50:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 16:50:51 +0000 (UTC) Original-To: Context List Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:1007 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:1007 Hallo, I want to design a form in which fields appear in table cells so that they line up correctly. In order to deal with baseline alignment and things, I use the label field in the form. I have a macro like \def\putfield[#1]#2{\hbox{\field[#1][#2]}} I would like the field to extend to fill the table cell (which I set to a fixed size with the w table format option). How can I set the field up to fit to this size? I can't simple set the field width to the desired size because I don't know how long the label is. I'd like ideally to set the width of the frame around the field to something fixed and then set the label and field widths to "fit", eg \setupfield [MyFieldSetup] [frame, label, horizontal] [width=60mm] [width=fit] [width=fit] But that doesn't work. Any way to do this? - Matt -- Dr. Matthew Baker matthew.baker@gmd.de GMD - FIT.MMK http://fit.gmd.de/hci/pages/matthew.baker.html