Outside the interface

[ulrik]

With comboboxes it's possible to have a contextual menu outside the interface like this.

How can I use childPanels to achieve the same result (go outside the interface), do I need to go in to the source code to change some code, in that case, what shall I search for and where?

[David Healey]

@ulrik I think they will go beyond the interface automatically if they need to

[ulrik]

@David-Healey but a child panel can not go outside its parent boundaries

[ustk]

@ulrik I’m afraid panels and contextual menus are complete different beasts. Since child panels are still panels, this would mean any component could draw outside the main window which would be weird…

I think you need to somehow constrain your design within the window’s boundaries.

[ulrik]

@ustk Yes I was afraid it's not doable

[David Healey]

@ulrik said in Outside the interface:

@David-Healey but a child panel can not go outside its parent boundaries

When you said achieve the same result with a child panel I thought you meant the panel's popup menu. :)

[ulrik]

@David-Healey Sorry, I didn't describe it clear enough