Is it there a property to arrange menu items horizontally in AndEngine?

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Is it there a property to arrange menu items horizontally AndEngine? The default layout is vertical, do you know a way to set it horizontal?

I did it before, check [mine](https://github.com/yhuiyang/AndEngine/commit/1d28d00da8c4ca17837da024682b3eaa4eb451e7). — 正宗白布鞋, Jun 01 '14 at 02:48

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 28 '14 at 14:26

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There isn't a built it functionality that would arrange menu items horizontally, but check the MenuSceneAnimator class, especially getMenuItemX and getMenuItemY methods. It should be pretty easy to implement your own positioning that will suit your needs.

answered May 28 '14 at 14:26

MartinTeeVarga

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thanks, that's what I needed to know, will try to make a function that "horizontalizes" the layout of any and post it here. – Lucas Massuh May 28 '14 at 15:22

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 28 '14 at 16:23

This is the solution I came up with, I know it can be optimized, but it works.

/**
* Sets menu items layout to horizontal 
* @author  Lucas Massuh
* @version 1.0
* @since   2015-05-28
* @return returns the "horizontalised" menu, just in case. 
* @param menu This should be the menu scene containing all the Menu Items to be set horizontal 
* @param padding This is the horizontal padding between each Menu Item
*/  private static MenuScene setMenuLayoutToHorizontal(MenuScene menu, int padding){
    if (menu.getChildCount()<=1) return menu;
    // Starts at 1 since child[0] position won't be changed
    for(int i=1; i<menu.getChildCount();i++){
        menu.getChildByIndex(i).setPosition(
                //it can be optimized by pre-calculating item's width if they are all equal
                menu.getChildByIndex(i-1).getX()+menu.getChildByIndex(i).getWidth()+padding,
                     menu.getChildByIndex(0).getY());
    }
    return menu;

}

Instead of using a static method to fix the layout later, create your own Animator class and override the placement methods. It would me much cleaner. — MartinTeeVarga, May 29 '14 at 01:42

Is it there a property to arrange menu items horizontally in AndEngine?

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