I am using a textlabel for a special view. I have 2 lines in the text label and they need to line up. I don't seem to be able to get it just right. I get close but no banana.

example of what I need

ID#       Name                  Phone                       Gender       Weight
6088     Blake the Man    907-555-1212            M                177


It is done currently with 2 lines put together with a " <br> " between them.  What I get is

ID#       Name                  Phone                       Gender       Weight
6088   Blake the Man            907-555-1212  M       177

There must be an easy way to do this that I am just not getting.

…maybe you want something like :? this?

 You could use a GridView instead.
GridView is also RichText compliant for tweaks.

but also html TABLE tags work in TextLabel RichText as vuott wisely suggested.

Indeed, the use of a GridView, as suggested by colleague BruceSteer, would make word assignment easier than using html tags with the TextLabel (which would be more cumbersome).

I agree that using a Gridview is probably the answer.

Try this code: -

<IMG src="https://www.cogier.com/gambas/GridviewExample.png"> </IMG>

vuott said

…maybe you want something like :? this?

Code (gambas)

1. TextLabel1.Text = "<TABLE cellspacing=10><TR><TD>ID#</td><TD>Name</td><TD>Phone</td><TD>Gender</td><TD>Weight</td></tr>" &
2.                   "<TR><TD>6088</td><TD>Blake the Man</td><TD>907-555-1212</td><TD>M</td><TD>177</td></tr></table>"

I tried the table idea before posting. It seemed logical but the table was not supported so did not work. I will try the gridview.

sadams54 said

vuott said

…maybe you want something like :? this?

Code (gambas)

1. TextLabel1.Text = "<TABLE cellspacing=10><TR><TD>ID#</td><TD>Name</td><TD>Phone</td><TD>Gender</td><TD>Weight</td></tr>" &
2.                   "<TR><TD>6088</td><TD>Blake the Man</td><TD>907-555-1212</td><TD>M</td><TD>177</td></tr></table>"

I tried the table idea before posting. It seemed logical but the table was not supported so did not work. I will try the gridview.

Table IS supported.
<- investigates…   : hmm seems only QT supports table but GTK does not.

Optimal results will be achieved by activating the graphic Components based on <COLOR color="#800000">QT</COLOR> resources.

cogier said

I agree that using a Gridview is probably the answer.

Try this code: -

<IMG src="https://www.cogier.com/gambas/GridviewExample.png"> </IMG>

Code (gambas)

1. ' Gambas class file
2.  
3. ''Run this code in a Graphical application
4.  
5. Private Gridview1 As Gridview
6.  
7. Public Sub Form_Open()
8.  
9.   Dim sHeader As String[] = ["ID", "#Name", "Phone", "Gender", "Weight"]
10.   Dim sData As String[] = ["6088", "Blake the Man", "907-555-1212", "M", "177"]
11.   Dim iCol As Integer
12.  
13.   BuildForm()
14.  
15.   GridView1.Columns.count = sHeader.Count + 1
16.   For iCol = 0 To sHeader.Max
17.     GridView1.Columns[iCol].Title = sHeader[iCol]
18.     GridView1.Columns[iCol].Alignment = Align.Center
19.     GridView1.Font.Bold = True
20.   Next
21.  
22.   For iCol = 0 To sData.Max
23.     With GridView1
24.       .Rows.Count = 1
25.       .[0, iCol].Padding = 3
26.       .[0, iCol].Text = sData[iCol]
27.       .[0, iCol].Alignment = Align.Center
28.       .[0, iCol].Font = Font["ubuntu,italic,14"]
29.       .[0, iCol].Font.Bold = True
30.       .[0, iCol].Foreground = Color.Red
31.     End With
32.   Next
33.  
34.   GridView1.Columns.Width = -1
35.  
36. End
37.  
38. Public Sub BuildForm()
39.  
40. With Me
41.   .Height = 80
42.   .Width = 450
43.   .Arrangement = Arrange.Vertical
44.   .Padding = 5
45. End With
46.  
47. With Gridview1 = New GridView(Me) As "Gridview1"
48.   .Expand = True
49.   .Grid = False
50.   .Header = GridView.Horizontal
51. End With
52.  
53. End
54.  

A little tweaking and this worked out fine.