NAME

Gtk2::Ex::MindMapView::Layout::Column - Display vertical layout of clusters.

VERSION

This document describes Gtk2::Ex::MindMapView::Layout::Column version 0.0.1

HEIRARCHY

Gtk2::Ex::MindMapView::Layout::Group
+----Gtk2::Ex::MindMapView::Layout::Column

SYNOPSIS

use Gtk2::Ex::MindMapView::Layout::Column;

DESCRIPTION

The Gtk2::Ex::MindMapView::Layout::Column is used to layout Gtk2::Ex::MindMapView::Items in columns on a Gnome2::Canvas.

INTERFACE

new(column_no=>$column_no)

Instantiates the column and saves the column number for future reference.

Each column is assigned a column number, which is used to determine which side of the root column it is on. The root column is always column zero. Columns to the right of the root have positive column numbers, columns to the left of the root column have negative column numbers.

add($predecessor_item, $item)

Each Gtk2::Ex::MindMapView::Item is added to a cluster in a column. The cluster groups items according to their predecessor.

layout()

Places Gtk2::Ex::MindMapView::Items on the canvas according to the cluster they belong to.

DIAGNOSTICS

Gtk2::Ex::MindMapView::Layout::Column requires a 'column_no'

You must pass in a column_no argument when creating a Gtk2::Ex::MindMapView::Layout::Column.

DEPENDENCIES

None.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

No bugs have been reported.

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-gtk2-ex-mindmapview@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.

AUTHOR

James Muir <hemlock@vtlink.net>

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2006, James Muir <hemlock@vtlink.net>. All rights reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic.

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