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Re: Hiding and revealing part of a window

From Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk>
Newsgroups comp.sys.acorn.programmer
Subject Re: Hiding and revealing part of a window
Date 2026-07-10 10:06 +0100
Organization None
Message-ID <5cf62095ccNews04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> (permalink)
References <5cf61ef6a3bob@sick-of-spam.invalid>

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In article <5cf61ef6a3bob@sick-of-spam.invalid>,
   Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> wrote:
> Words of guidance would be appreciated - thanks.

> An application I'm writing has a secondary mode which for the most
> part I want hidden. When the special mode is enabled, the main
> window reveals the control panel for that mode.

How is the 'special mode' enabled?
A button in the window, or some setting elsewhere?

> Don't mind if the reveal is to the side or below the main window.
> What is the easiest mechanism to achieve this?

Just set up the full window as you want, with reveal to right or
underneath, and just use the 'special setting' to determine the size
of the visible window when you use Wimp_OpenWindow

This perhaps assuming that there are no scroll bars enabled!

-- 
Martin Avison 
Note that unfortunately this email address will become invalid
without notice if (when) any spam is received. 

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Hiding and revealing part of a window Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-07-10 09:49 +0100
  Re: Hiding and revealing part of a window Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2026-07-10 10:06 +0100
    Re: Hiding and revealing part of a window Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-07-10 11:25 +0100
      Re: Hiding and revealing part of a window Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2026-07-10 22:19 +0100
        Re: Hiding and revealing part of a window Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-07-11 10:32 +0100
          Re: Hiding and revealing part of a window Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2026-07-11 16:33 +0100
            Re: Hiding and revealing part of a window Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-07-11 20:41 +0100
        Re: Hiding and revealing part of a window druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2026-07-15 17:39 +0100
          Re: Hiding and revealing part of a window Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2026-07-15 20:24 +0100
        Re: Hiding and revealing part of a window Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-07-16 11:05 +0100
          Re: Hiding and revealing part of a window Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2026-07-16 12:04 +0100
            Re: Hiding and revealing part of a window Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-07-16 12:48 +0100
              Re: Hiding and revealing part of a window Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2026-07-16 13:26 +0100
              Re: Hiding and revealing part of a window Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2026-07-16 14:26 +0100
                Re: Hiding and revealing part of a window Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-07-16 14:50 +0100
                Hiding and revealing part of a window Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-07-18 17:27 +0100
                Re: Hiding and revealing part of a window Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2026-07-18 22:10 +0100
                Re: Hiding and revealing part of a window Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-07-19 09:20 +0100
          Re: Hiding and revealing part of a window Jean-Michel <jmc.bruck@orange.fr> - 2026-07-16 17:45 +0200
            Re: Hiding and revealing part of a window Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-07-16 16:58 +0100
  Re: Hiding and revealing part of a window Kevin Wells <kev@kevsoft.co.uk> - 2026-07-10 16:37 +0100
    Re: Hiding and revealing part of a window Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-07-10 20:08 +0100
      Re: Hiding and revealing part of a window Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2026-07-12 12:12 +0100
        Re: Hiding and revealing part of a window Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-07-12 13:45 +0100
          Re: Hiding and revealing part of a window Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2026-07-12 23:19 +0100
      Re: Hiding and revealing part of a window Kevin Wells <kev@kevsoft.co.uk> - 2026-07-12 21:03 +0100
        Re: Hiding and revealing part of a window Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2026-07-15 20:26 +0100
          Re: Hiding and revealing part of a window Kevin Wells <kev@kevsoft.co.uk> - 2026-07-17 21:06 +0100
  Re: Hiding and revealing part of a window J Peachey <john@jpeachey.co.uk> - 2026-07-10 21:15 +0000
    Re: Hiding and revealing part of a window Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-07-11 10:11 +0100

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