Re: Size of Control[] and OpenerView in Manipulate
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- Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 01:33:04 -0400 (EDT)
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On Sep 22, 7:26 am, W Craig Carter <ccar... at mit.edu> wrote:
> I would like to change the size of some controls in a Manipulate andalso
use an OpenerView.
>
> For reference, I am looking at this nice examplefrom about 9/10 towards
> the bottom of "tutorial/AdvancedManipulateFunctionality":
>
> Manipulate[
> ParametricPlot[{a1 Sin[n1 (x + p1)], a2 Cos[n2 (x + p2)]}, {x, 0,
> 20 Pi}, PlotRange -> 1.1, PerformanceGoal -> "Quality",
> Axes -> axes, ImageSize -> size],
> OpenerView[{"Horizontal",
> Column[{Control[{{n1, 1, "Frequency"}, 1, 4}],
> Control[{{a1, 1, "Amplitude"}, 0, 1}],
> Control[{{p1, 0, "Phase"}, 0, 2 Pi}]}, Right]}],
> OpenerView[{"Vertical",
> Column[{Control[{{n2, 5/4, "Frequency"}, 1, 4}],
> Control[{{a2, 1, "Amplitude"}, 0, 1}],
> Control[{{p2, 0, "Phase"}, 0, 2 Pi}]}, Right]}],
> OpenerView[{"Plot options",
> Row[{Control[{axes, {True, False}}],
> Control[{{size, Medium}, {Small, Medium, Large}}]},
> Spacer[20]]}], ControlPlacement -> Bottom]
>
> 1. I'd like the Control[] results to be smaller. However, Control
> doesn't seem to have an option to control its ImageSize.
>
> 2. If I try to replace Control with, say, Slider for which I can control
> size, it doesn't work. I don't know why it doesn't work, but it doesn't
> look like it is being evaluated.
>
> 3. Even better would be to replace Control with a custom control like
> the next example down in the tutorial, ValueThumbSlider.
>
> Thanks for any explanation or solution, Craig
>
> W Craig Carter
> Professor of Materials Science, MIT
Hello,
You need to create your own slider. It's easy:
mySlider[Dynamic[var_], {min_, max_}, size_] := Slider[Dynamic[var],
{min, max}, ImageSize -> size]
Now size is an option. You can use it stand-alone
mySlider[Dynamic[x], {0, 1}]
Or in Manipulate:
Manipulate[x, {{x, 1, "jorge"}, mySlider[##, {0, 1}, 50] &}]
Have fun.
Jorge Ramirez
Professor of Mathematics, UNAL, Medellin, Colombia.