Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!apple!netcom!hue From: hue@netcom.UUCP (Jonathan Hue) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Professional Requester Message-ID: <5847@netcom.UUCP> Date: 20 Jan 90 19:53:44 GMT References: <9380@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1190@elmgate.UUCP> Organization: NetCom- The Bay Area's Public Access Unix System {408 249-0290 guest} Lines: 17 In article <1190@elmgate.UUCP> jeh@elmgate.UUCP (Ed Hanway) writes: >In article <9380@cbmvax.commodore.com> mitchell@cbmvax.UUCP (Fred Mitchell - PA) writes: >[ most of long product announcement deleted ] >> To use ProReq (TM), you simply create and drag around gadgets, text, >> and data-items... > > - snap to a grid (like DPaint) > - snap to the edge of another object > - a "Line Up" menu item which aligns all selected objects neatly These are useful features, but what you really want to create rows and columns of gadgets is the ability to stretch a bounding box and have it add gadgets as the box grows larger in either dimension. With Interface Builder on the NeXT you do this by holding down the alt key while you stetch or shrink a box. -Jonathan