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cookbook: Proofing for "box layout" recipe

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@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ clutter_actor_raise_top (text);
<link linkend="layouts-box-example-1">full example</link>. It
demonstrates how to lay out three rectangles in a vertical
column. A different approach is used to set the <varname>x-fill</varname>
property on each rectangle, so that they fill the horizontal space in
property on each rectangle, so each fills the horizontal space in
the layout (each rectangle is 100 pixels wide, while the
box they are inside is 200 pixels wide).</para>
@ -936,15 +936,16 @@ clutter_container_add_actor (CLUTTER_CONTAINER (stage), box);
<para><type>ClutterBoxLayout</type> is not a reflowing layout:
that is, if the layout's container changes size, the actors inside
aren't automatically repositioned to fill the available area.
If you want that behaviour, use <type>ClutterFlowLayout</type>
instead.</para>
aren't automatically repositioned to occupy or find new positions
in its available area. If you want that behaviour, use
<type>ClutterFlowLayout</type> instead.</para>
<para>If you want the container to be resizable, but still want
access to the actors inside it if they go outside its clip area,
you can provide another way to get to them. For example, you
could put the container inside a scrollable area, so the
container's actors can be scrolled to if they go out of sight.</para>
<para>If you want the container to be resizable, but find that
resizing the container obscures its child actors, you could put
the container inside a scrollable area. Then the container's actors
can be scrolled to if they go out of sight.
<link linkend="events-mouse-scroll">This recipe</link> explains
how to make a container scrollable.</para>
<section>
<title>Layout properties</title>
@ -963,15 +964,18 @@ clutter_container_add_actor (CLUTTER_CONTAINER (stage), box);
<para>The main issue you may face when applying these properties
is understanding how they interact. As this is harder to describe
than to show, you can run the
<link linkend="layouts-box-example-3">third example</link>
below to toggle and tweak the various properties.</para>
<link linkend="layouts-box-example-3">example</link>
below to toggle and tweak various properties and see
how they affect the layout's appearance.</para>
<note>
<para>The second example sets child properties (fill, alignment,
expand) on all children of the layout when those properties are
changed. If you want to see the effect of setting these to
different values for <emphasis>each</emphasis> child, you
will have to experiment yourself.</para>
<para>The "toggle and tweak"
<link linkend="layouts-box-example-3">example</link> sets
child properties (fill, alignment, expand) on all children
of the layout when those properties are changed. If you want
to see the effect of setting these to different values for
<emphasis>each</emphasis> child, you will have to experiment
yourself.</para>
</note>
<section>
@ -1019,10 +1023,11 @@ clutter_container_add_actor (CLUTTER_CONTAINER (stage), box);
<para>Sets the number of pixels to place between actors
in the layout.</para>
</formalpara>
<para>Note that if you increase spacing too much, actors
may go outside the edges of the layout's container (if
the container has a fixed size).</para>
</formalpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@ -1035,11 +1040,11 @@ clutter_container_add_actor (CLUTTER_CONTAINER (stage), box);
prepend actors to the row or column; the default is
<constant>FALSE</constant>, meaning that actors are
appended to the row or column when added.</para>
</formalpara>
<para>Changing this property on a layout which already has
actors in it will reverse the order of those actors, as
well as changing how new actors are added to the layout.</para>
</formalpara>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@ -1067,11 +1072,11 @@ clutter_container_add_actor (CLUTTER_CONTAINER (stage), box);
set whether an actor will fill its allocated horizontal
or vertical space (respectively) within the layout. Setting
these properties only has an effect where an actor is smaller
(on the fill axis or axes) than the layout's container.</para>
(on the appropriate fill axes) than the layout's container.</para>
<para>Note that the actor's size is not actually changed
<para>Note that the actor's actual size is not changed
if it is set to fill: the reported width and height are
not affected.</para>
unaffected.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@ -1142,9 +1147,9 @@ clutter_container_add_actor (CLUTTER_CONTAINER (stage), box);
introduction</link> for more about easing and duration
properties).</para>
<para>The <link linkend="layouts-box-example-3">third example</link>
uses animation for layout changes, and can give you some idea
of what to expect in your own animated layouts.</para>
<para>The <link linkend="layouts-box-example-3">"toggle and tweak"
example</link> uses animation for layout changes, and can give
you some idea of what to expect in your own animated layouts.</para>
</section>
</section>
@ -1172,8 +1177,8 @@ clutter_container_add_actor (CLUTTER_CONTAINER (stage), box);
</example>
<example id="layouts-box-example-3">
<title>A demonstrator for some of <type>ClutterBoxLayout's</type>
properties</title>
<title>A demonstrator for "toggling and tweaking" a
<type>ClutterBoxLayout's</type> properties</title>
<programlisting>
<xi:include href="examples/layouts-box-property-effects.c" parse="text">
<xi:fallback>a code sample should be here... but isn't</xi:fallback>