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Partitioning in frames

We must be able to pack all widgets on the screen and since this is most of the time not possible without using frames, a partitioning in frames is made. Keep the mechanism of the packer in mind when dividing a window in frames [2]. One possible way of dividing the window for the file-selector is shown in figure 7.

  
Figure 7: Previous design partitioned in frames



SE Praktikum
Tue Aug 13 13:33:30 MET DST 1996