1.68 class grbox

A grbox (graphical box) wraps an arbitrary xpce graphical so it can participate in the typesetting of a parbox. The encapsulated graphical is displayed on the parbox device and otherwise behaves like any other graphical. See class parbox for an overview of the document rendering system.

See also

- class parbox
- class hbox
- class tbox

1.68.1 Instance variables

grbox <- graphical: graphical

The encapsulated graphical. This may be any xpce graphical object; it is displayed on the parbox device and behaves like any other graphical.

grbox <- alignment: {top,center,bottom,left,right}

Placement inside the paragraph:

• @nil (or unset) The graphical is treated like a tbox: it is placed inline at the position where it appears in parbox<-content.
• left The graphical is floated to the left margin of the first free line and the remaining text flows around it.
• right As left but anchored against the right margin.
• top, center, bottom Vertical alignment relative to the baseline of the line on which the grbox sits (see also the ABSTRACT_HBOX ascent/descent slots).

1.68.2 Send methods

grbox ->initialise: graphical=graphical, alignment=[{top,center,bottom,left,right}], rubber=[rubber]*

Create a grbox wrapping the given graphical with optional alignment and a rubber for stretch/shrink behaviour.

grbox ->compute:

Recompute the wrapped graphical and refresh the grbox dimensions (width, ascent, descent) to match.