Apple Newton Programmer’s Newton 2.0 (for Newton 2.0) - Manual (Page 95)

C H A P T E R 3
Views
About Views 3-11
leftValue The distance from the left origin of the parent view to the left
edge of the view.
topValue The distance from the top origin of the parent view to the top
edge of the view.
rightValue The distance from the left origin of the parent view to the
right edge of the view.
bottomValue The distance from the top origin of the parent view to the
bottom edge of the view.
Note
The values in the viewBounds frame are interpreted as
described here only if the view alignment is set to the default
values. Otherwise, the view alignment setting changes the way
viewBounds values are used. For more information, see “View
Alignment” (page 3-13). ◆
As shown in Figure 3-6, all coordinates are relative to a view’s parent, they are not
actual screen coordinates.
Figure 3-6 Bounds parameters
When you are using the Newton Toolkit (NTK) to lay out views for your applica-
tion, the
viewBounds slot is set automatically when you drag out a view in the
layout window. If you are writing code in which you need to specify a viewBounds
slot, you can use one of the global functions such as SetBounds or RelBounds ,
which are described in “Finding the Bounds of Views” (page 3-39).
View
Parent View
Top
Bottom
Left
Right