Container not repsecting min sizes for children

Question

Hi,
I have a basic problem with HBox / HDividedBox (and other
layouts) - see below code.
Button 2 on right has minimum width and this is respected by
the HDividedBox dragger - the button always get it's minimum width.
However Button 1 on left, which is inside a HBox can get clipped
when moving the dragger.
It seems that HBox isn't constrained to have minimumWidth
sufficient to always show it's children - or the HdividedBox is not
respecting it. Surely there a way to do this? I've tried playing
around with scroll bar policies etc but without luck.
BTW I find it odd that Buttons don't automatically constrain
min height/width to always so the label text (most other UI
toolkits I've used before did this by default) - but that is
another issue.....
Thanks for any hints !
Rick

Answer 1

Thanks - you are correct that the layout is correct when app
is initially started.
I *could* hardcode the HBox width and this would work - but
this would mean whenever any HBox child changed width I'd have to
adjust it.....
What I don't understand is why the HBox doesn't expose it's
minimum size as the minimum dictated by the sum of min sizes of
contained children and the various padding (the single button in
this case).
This is the normal behaviour I've seen on h/v box layouts in
other UI toolkits - e.g. the C++ based, cross platform Qt
http://doc.trolltech.com/4.4/layout.html
Also why does HDividedBox respect the minimum widths of it's
children - but HBox doesn't?
Cheers
Rick