Some general placement rules
You will probably have to make some changes when you see the way the dialog is laid out, but these numbers might be helpful to start.
Positioning and size when the property is in a group and the label is over the property
ListOf
PLACEMENT { PROPPOS (4, 24) PROPSIZE (320, 98) }
OneOf
PLACEMENT { PROPPOS (4, 24) PROPSIZE (150, 40) }
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PLACEMENT { PROPPOS (4, 24) PROPSIZE (LENGTH * 3, 12) }
PROPERTY type
PLACEMENT - Right-hand column
ListOf
PLACEMENT { PROPPOS (165, 24) PROPSIZE (320, 98) }
OneOf
PLACEMENT { PROPPOS (165, 24) PROPSIZE (150, 40) }
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PLACEMENT { PROPPOS (165, 24) PROPSIZE (LENGTH * 3, 12) }
PROPERTY type
PLACEMENT - Left column
Positioning and size when the property is in a group and the label is not over the property
ListOf
PLACEMENT { PROPPOS (4, 12) PROPSIZE (320, 98) }
OneOf
PLACEMENT { PROPPOS (4, 12) PROPSIZE (150, 40) }
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PLACEMENT { PROPPOS (4, 12) PROPSIZE (LENGTH * 3, 12) }
PROPERTY type
PLACEMENT - Right-hand column
ListOf
PLACEMENT { PROPPOS (165, 12) PROPSIZE (320, 98) }
OneOf
PLACEMENT { PROPPOS (165, 12) PROPSIZE (150, 40) }
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PLACEMENT { PROPPOS (165, 12) PROPSIZE (LENGTH * 3, 12) }
Positioning and size when the property is not in a group and the label is not over the property
PROPERTY type
PLACEMENT - Left column
ListOf
PLACEMENT { PROPPOS (4, 2) PROPSIZE (320, 98) }
OneOf
PLACEMENT { PROPPOS (4, 2) PROPSIZE (150, 40) }
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PLACEMENT { PROPPOS (4, 2) PROPSIZE (LENGTH * 3, 12) }
PROPERTY type
PLACEMENT - Right column
ListOf
PLACEMENT { PROPPOS (165, 2) PROPSIZE (320, 98) }
OneOf
PLACEMENT { PROPPOS (165, 2) PROPSIZE (150, 40) }
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PLACEMENT { PROPPOS (165, 2) PROPSIZE (LENGTH * 3, 12) }
Positioning and size when the property is not in a group and the label is over the property
PROPERTY type
PLACEMENT - Left column
ListOf
PLACEMENT { PROPPOS (4, 14) PROPSIZE (320, 98) }
OneOf
PLACEMENT { PROPPOS (4, 14) PROPSIZE (150, 40) }
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PLACEMENT { PROPPOS (4, 14) PROPSIZE (LENGTH * 3, 12) }
PROPERTY type
PLACEMENT - Right column
ListOf
PLACEMENT { PROPPOS (165, 14) PROPSIZE (320, 98) }
OneOf
PLACEMENT { PROPPOS (165, 14) PROPSIZE (150, 40) }
EDIT text (less than 75 characters)
PLACEMENT { PROPPOS (165, 14) PROPSIZE (LENGTH * 3, 12) }
Positioning and size when properties are below properties in the same dialog
PROPERTY add to endpoint of previous property
PLACEMENT - Left-hand column
A +14 if label is OVER property
PLACEMENT { PROPPOS (4, 14) PROPSIZE (150, 40) }
B + 4 if property C is oneof
PROPSIZE (150, 40) } PLACEMENT { PROPPOS (4, 112) PROPSIZE (150, 12) }
PROPERTY type
PLACEMENT - Right-hand column
D + 4 is label of property E is on the side
PLACEMENT { PROPPOS (165, 14) PROPSIZE (320, 98) }
E + 4 because a LABELPOS is used for property
PLACEMENT { PROPPOS (165, 116) PROPSIZE (150, 40) }
PLACEMENT { LABELPOS (165, 160) PROPPOS (165, 170) PROPSIZE (30, 12) }
Note LABELPOS is optional. It overrides the LAYOUT command for the group. The y coordinate is 10 units higher than the PROPPOS y coordinate.
The result of the CHAPTER commands
See also
