B4J Question [ABMaterial] how to reduce vertical space in a control?

Cableguy

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• Mar 20, 2021

• #2

Most visual effects/changes in ABMATERIAL are made using the components Theme, or directly within its properties. Further customization can be achieved using CSS but you really need to know your stuff.

 

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rbirago

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• Mar 20, 2021

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unfortunately I have not found theme's properties (ABMCombo, ABMInput) to adjust vertical space between content and header/footer of the control. Any other suggestion?

 

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Cableguy

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• Mar 20, 2021

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As I said, and as @alwaysbusy often says...
"It's AB Material, not AB Whatever you want"
It follows Google's Material visual Guide Lines!
So your only solution is to try CSS...

 

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rbirago

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• Mar 20, 2021

• #5

Really I prefer to follow the main rules and not to alter it. Thanks for the help.

 

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alwaysbusy

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• Mar 20, 2021

• #6

These type of components with animation have a rather complex CSS system behind them. There is .Narrow on some components you can try:

B4X:

Dim inp1 As ABMInput
inp1.Initialize(page, "inp1new", ABM.INPUT_PASSWORD, "Nieuw paswoord (minimum 8 characters)", False, "onetwopwd")
inp1.Narrow = True

Alwaysbusy

 

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Harris

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• Mar 21, 2021

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Yes, small devices are a be-otch. (on some occasions - cards vrs table for example).
I encounter this all the time with ABM. The trick is - not to fight it - but accept it.
Otherwise, you descend down the rabbit hole of no return.... wasting precious dev time.

What is "good enough"? The alternative is many more magnitudes of what we have here (ABM).

 

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rbirago

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• Mar 21, 2021

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I agree to your warning: I have to think different...

 

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