hbox of vertical groups?

[Iceborer]

In trying to align my form controls, I attempted to use an hbox formgroup to
get two sets of vertical formgroups to align side-by-side. This failed, but I
was able to achieve the desired effect by changing the vertical formgropus to
vbox formgroups. The documentation says, 'vbox: aligns children vertically.
Use this type to arrange groups of controls vertically. DO NOT USE this
attribute to align individual controls vertically, as the child controls will
not align properly; use the vertical type instead' (emphasis mine). Is the
documentation in error or is the 'vertical' formgroup not behaving properly
when inside an hbox? Sample code follows:

<cfoutput>
<cfform name="foo" action="foo.cfm" method="post" format="flash"
skin="haloSilver" width="625"
timeout="1800" height="300">
<!--- Not working as I would expect --->
<cfformgroup type="hbox">
<cfformgroup type="vertical" width="200">
<cfinput type="radio" name="bob" value="one" />
<cfinput type="radio" name="bob" value="two" />
</cfformgroup>
<cfformgroup type="vertical" width="300">
<cfinput type="radio" name="bob" value="three" />
<cfinput type="radio" name="bob" value="four" />
</cfformgroup>
</cfformgroup>

<!--- Does what I need, but not what I would expect according to the docs
--->
<cfformgroup type="hbox">
<cfformgroup type="vbox" width="200">
<cfinput type="radio" name="bob" value="one" />
<cfinput type="radio" name="bob" value="two" />
</cfformgroup>
<cfformgroup type="vbox" width="300">
<cfinput type="radio" name="bob" value="three" />
<cfinput type="radio" name="bob" value="four" />
</cfformgroup>
</cfformgroup>
</cfform>
</cfoutput>

[Mike Nimer]

No that is correct. The vertical/horizontal are for aligning just the
fields. Were the HBox/VBox are for aligning groups of form fields. What that
means is the vertical is not a form field group, so the HBox is not applied
to these groups. That's why the 2nd example of HBox and VBox works. For
fields other then radio buttons, you may also need a vertical group inside
the VBox group too.

hth,
---nimer





"Iceborer" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:d01pjs$4fv$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> In trying to align my form controls, I attempted to use an hbox formgroup
> to
> get two sets of vertical formgroups to align side-by-side. This failed,
> but I
> was able to achieve the desired effect by changing the vertical formgropus
> to
> vbox formgroups. The documentation says, 'vbox: aligns children
> vertically.
> Use this type to arrange groups of controls vertically. DO NOT USE this
> attribute to align individual controls vertically, as the child controls
> will
> not align properly; use the vertical type instead' (emphasis mine). Is
> the
> documentation in error or is the 'vertical' formgroup not behaving
> properly
> when inside an hbox? Sample code follows:
>
> <cfoutput>
> <cfform name="foo" action="foo.cfm" method="post" format="flash"
> skin="haloSilver" width="625"
> timeout="1800" height="300">
> <!--- Not working as I would expect --->
> <cfformgroup type="hbox">
> <cfformgroup type="vertical" width="200">
> <cfinput type="radio" name="bob" value="one" />
> <cfinput type="radio" name="bob" value="two" />
> </cfformgroup>
> <cfformgroup type="vertical" width="300">
> <cfinput type="radio" name="bob" value="three" />
> <cfinput type="radio" name="bob" value="four" />
> </cfformgroup>
> </cfformgroup>
>
> <!--- Does what I need, but not what I would expect according to the
> docs
> --->
> <cfformgroup type="hbox">
> <cfformgroup type="vbox" width="200">
> <cfinput type="radio" name="bob" value="one" />
> <cfinput type="radio" name="bob" value="two" />
> </cfformgroup>
> <cfformgroup type="vbox" width="300">
> <cfinput type="radio" name="bob" value="three" />
> <cfinput type="radio" name="bob" value="four" />
> </cfformgroup>
> </cfformgroup>
> </cfform>
> </cfoutput>
>

[Iceborer]

Thanks, Mike, I appreciate the response.

I think that I get it now, it just takes a little trial-and-error to figure out.