Gluon Mobile GridPane with percentages not working

Question

I have a view with in the center a GridPane which fills the whole screen. The GridPane has percentages defined on all rows and all columns. On my Nexus 5X the layout works normal. When I install the app on a Zebra Scanner TC8000, which is an Android 4.4.3, the percentages are not respected. Instead roughly the upper 50% is shown and the rest disappears much like the screen is too small.

The resolution on the Zebra is much less of course, 480x800 vs 1080x1920 on the 5X but I expected that the components would scale down according to the percentages of the GridPane. Does anyone know what's going wrong.

Edit: I tried many different things and the best code I got atm is the code below. The problems this code has are: - The first row takes up 55% of the screen height instead of the 30% that is configured. - The components leave the screen in width by approximatly 50 - 100 pixels. If this one is solved the layout becomes acceptable.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<?import com.gluonhq.charm.glisten.mvc.View?>
<?import javafx.geometry.Insets?>
<?import javafx.geometry.Rectangle2D?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Button?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Label?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.TextField?>
<?import javafx.scene.image.ImageView?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.ColumnConstraints?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.GridPane?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.HBox?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.Pane?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.Region?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.RowConstraints?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.VBox?>
<?import javafx.scene.text.Font?>

<View fx:id="product" maxHeight="1.7976931348623157E308" maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8.0.65" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="com.essers.pxl2016.scan.application.gluon.views.ProductPresenter">
    <padding>
        <Insets bottom="5.0" left="5.0" right="5.0" top="5.0" />
    </padding>
    <top>
        <HBox fx:id="buttonHBox" alignment="CENTER_LEFT" cacheShape="false" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
            <children>
                <Label fx:id="descriptionLabel">
                    <font>
                        <Font name="System Bold" size="15.0" />
                    </font>
                    <HBox.margin>
                        <Insets />
                    </HBox.margin>
                </Label>
                <Region HBox.hgrow="ALWAYS" />
                <Button fx:id="exitButton" mnemonicParsing="false" text="Exit">
                    <HBox.margin>
                        <Insets />
                    </HBox.margin>
                </Button>
            </children>
        </HBox>
    </top>
    <center>
        <GridPane>
            <columnConstraints>
                <ColumnConstraints fillWidth="false" percentWidth="100.0" />
            </columnConstraints>
            <rowConstraints>
                <RowConstraints percentHeight="30.0" vgrow="SOMETIMES" />
                <RowConstraints percentHeight="20.0" vgrow="SOMETIMES" />
                <RowConstraints percentHeight="50.0" vgrow="SOMETIMES" />
            </rowConstraints>
            <children>
                <GridPane hgap="4.0" vgap="4.0">
                    <columnConstraints>
                        <ColumnConstraints halignment="CENTER" hgrow="SOMETIMES" percentWidth="15.0" />
                        <ColumnConstraints halignment="CENTER" hgrow="SOMETIMES" percentWidth="15.0" />
                        <ColumnConstraints halignment="LEFT" hgrow="SOMETIMES" percentWidth="45.0" />
                        <ColumnConstraints halignment="CENTER" hgrow="SOMETIMES" percentWidth="25.0" />
                    </columnConstraints>
                    <rowConstraints>
                        <RowConstraints percentHeight="7.5" vgrow="SOMETIMES" />
                        <RowConstraints percentHeight="30.0" vgrow="SOMETIMES" />
                        <RowConstraints percentHeight="5.0" vgrow="SOMETIMES" />
                        <RowConstraints percentHeight="7.5" vgrow="SOMETIMES" />
                        <RowConstraints percentHeight="45.0" valignment="CENTER" vgrow="ALWAYS" />
                        <RowConstraints percentHeight="5.0" vgrow="SOMETIMES" />
                    </rowConstraints>
                    <children>
                        <VBox alignment="CENTER" spacing="5.0" GridPane.rowIndex="4">
                            <children>
                                <Button fx:id="plusButton" alignment="CENTER" maxHeight="1.7976931348623157E308" maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#plusClicked" text="+" textAlignment="CENTER" VBox.vgrow="ALWAYS">
                                    <VBox.margin>
                                        <Insets />
                                    </VBox.margin>
                                </Button>
                                <Button fx:id="minButton" alignment="CENTER" maxHeight="1.7976931348623157E308" maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#minClicked" text="-" textAlignment="CENTER" VBox.vgrow="ALWAYS">
                                    <VBox.margin>
                                        <Insets />
                                    </VBox.margin>
                                </Button>
                            </children>
                            <GridPane.margin>
                                <Insets />
                            </GridPane.margin>
                        </VBox>
                        <Label text="Count" textAlignment="CENTER" GridPane.columnIndex="1" GridPane.rowIndex="3">
                            <font>
                                <Font size="11.0" />
                            </font>
                        </Label>
                        <Label alignment="CENTER" contentDisplay="CENTER" nodeOrientation="LEFT_TO_RIGHT" text="Scanned barcode" textAlignment="CENTER" GridPane.columnIndex="2" GridPane.rowIndex="3">
                            <font>
                                <Font size="11.0" />
                            </font>
                            <GridPane.margin>
                                <Insets left="5.0" />
                            </GridPane.margin>
                        </Label>
                        <Button maxHeight="1.7976931348623157E308" maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#okClicked" text="OK" GridPane.columnIndex="3" GridPane.rowIndex="4">
                            <GridPane.margin>
                                <Insets />
                            </GridPane.margin>
                        </Button>
                        <Label text="Target">
                            <font>
                                <Font size="11.0" />
                            </font>
                        </Label>
                        <Label text="Scanned" GridPane.columnIndex="1">
                            <font>
                                <Font size="11.0" />
                            </font>
                        </Label>
                        <Label alignment="CENTER" text="Target barcode" GridPane.columnIndex="2">
                            <font>
                                <Font size="11.0" />
                            </font>
                            <padding>
                                <Insets left="5.0" />
                            </padding>
                        </Label>
                        <TextField fx:id="targetCountTextField" alignment="CENTER" disable="true" editable="false" maxHeight="1.7976931348623157E308" maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" text="5" GridPane.rowIndex="1" />
                        <TextField fx:id="countTextField" alignment="CENTER" maxHeight="1.7976931348623157E308" text="1" GridPane.columnIndex="1" GridPane.hgrow="ALWAYS" GridPane.rowIndex="4" GridPane.rowSpan="2" GridPane.vgrow="ALWAYS" />
                        <TextField fx:id="targetBarcodeTextField" disable="true" editable="false" maxHeight="1.7976931348623157E308" maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" GridPane.columnIndex="2" GridPane.rowIndex="1">
                            <opaqueInsets>
                                <Insets left="5.0" />
                            </opaqueInsets>
                        </TextField>
                        <TextField fx:id="scannedCountTextField" alignment="CENTER" disable="true" editable="false" maxHeight="1.7976931348623157E308" maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" text="0" GridPane.columnIndex="1" GridPane.rowIndex="1" />
                        <TextField fx:id="scannedBarcodeTextField" maxHeight="1.7976931348623157E308" onKeyPressed="#handleKeyPress" GridPane.columnIndex="2" GridPane.rowIndex="4" GridPane.rowSpan="2">
                            <opaqueInsets>
                                <Insets left="5.0" />
                            </opaqueInsets>
                        </TextField>
                        <Button fx:id="skipButton" maxHeight="1.7976931348623157E308" maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#skipClicked" text="Skip" GridPane.columnIndex="3" GridPane.hgrow="ALWAYS" GridPane.rowIndex="1" GridPane.vgrow="ALWAYS" />
                    </children>
                </GridPane>
                <GridPane GridPane.rowIndex="1">
                    <columnConstraints>
                        <ColumnConstraints hgrow="SOMETIMES" minWidth="0.0" percentWidth="29.0" prefWidth="0.0" />
                        <ColumnConstraints hgrow="SOMETIMES" minWidth="10.0" percentWidth="31.0" prefWidth="100.0" />
                        <ColumnConstraints hgrow="SOMETIMES" minWidth="10.0" percentWidth="15.0" prefWidth="100.0" />
                        <ColumnConstraints hgrow="SOMETIMES" minWidth="10.0" percentWidth="25.0" prefWidth="100.0" />
                    </columnConstraints>
                    <rowConstraints>
                        <RowConstraints vgrow="SOMETIMES" />
                        <RowConstraints vgrow="SOMETIMES" />
                        <RowConstraints vgrow="SOMETIMES" />
                        <RowConstraints minHeight="10.0" prefHeight="30.0" vgrow="SOMETIMES" />
                    </rowConstraints>
                    <children>
                        <Label text="Id:" />
                        <Label text="Location:" GridPane.rowIndex="1" />
                        <Label text="Description:" GridPane.rowIndex="2" />
                        <Label text="Comment:" GridPane.rowIndex="3" />
                        <Label text="Status:" GridPane.columnIndex="2" GridPane.rowIndex="1" />
                        <Label text="Unit:" GridPane.columnIndex="2" />
                        <Label fx:id="idLabel" GridPane.columnIndex="1" />
                        <Label fx:id="locationLabel" GridPane.columnIndex="1" GridPane.rowIndex="1" />
                        <Label fx:id="longDescriptionLabel" wrapText="true" GridPane.columnIndex="1" GridPane.columnSpan="3" GridPane.rowIndex="2" />
                        <Label fx:id="commentLabel" wrapText="true" GridPane.columnIndex="1" GridPane.columnSpan="3" GridPane.rowIndex="3" />
                        <Label fx:id="statusLabel" GridPane.columnIndex="3" GridPane.rowIndex="1" />
                        <Label fx:id="unitLabel" GridPane.columnIndex="3" />
                    </children>
                </GridPane>
                <VBox GridPane.rowIndex="2" GridPane.vgrow="ALWAYS">
                    <children>
                        <Pane fx:id="pane" maxHeight="1.7976931348623157E308" maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" VBox.vgrow="ALWAYS">
                            <children>
                                <StackPane fx:id="imagePane" alignment="TOP_LEFT" maxHeight="1.7976931348623157E308" maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308">
                                    <children>
                                        <ImageView fx:id="imageView" onMouseClicked="#imageClicked" pickOnBounds="true" preserveRatio="true" StackPane.alignment="CENTER">
                                            <viewport>
                                                <Rectangle2D />
                                            </viewport>
                                        </ImageView>
                                        <Button fx:id="videoButton" disable="true" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#videoButtonClicked" text="Video" visible="false" StackPane.alignment="TOP_RIGHT">
                                            <StackPane.margin>
                                                <Insets right="3.0" top="3.0" />
                                            </StackPane.margin>
                                        </Button>
                                    </children>
                                </StackPane>
                            </children>
                        </Pane>
                        <Label fx:id="figLabel" alignment="TOP_LEFT" />
                    </children>
                </VBox>
            </children>
        </GridPane>
    </center>
</View>

Also the specs of the TC8000 say the device has a resolution of 480x800 but the width and heightproperty of the view say 320x400. — progonkpa, May 18 '16 at 12:43
Can you post some code so we can try to reproduce your issue? Have you set a minimum value for each column or does the total sum of percentages excede 100%? — José Pereda, May 18 '16 at 16:10
I have not set a minimum value for the columns, they all have use_computed_size. The sum of the column percentages is 100, same for the rows. — progonkpa, May 19 '16 at 11:28

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 19 '16 at 13:07

You can reproduce the issue if you run your app on Desktop, and set the stage dimensions to 320x600:

@Override
public void postInit(Scene scene) {
    scene.getWindow().setWidth(320);
    scene.getWindow().setHeight(600);
}

Using ScenicView you'll notice that the view has 370 px width, because the minimum width for the top inner grid is 360 px.

While you haven't set any minimum value for any control, you can see that the styled buttons don't resize down properly, as the minimum width is set by css.

Try adding this to remove their minimum width value:

.view {
}

.button {
    -fx-min-width: 10;
}

Now the view should be within the bound of the mobile screen:

It works now and thank you for the tip on Scenic View, have a nice day sir :) — progonkpa, May 19 '16 at 13:25

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 19 '16 at 13:15

The problem was that I put a button in a small width column. In SceneBuilder and on devices width high resolutions, the layout looked fine but when displayed on a small screen, the button became too wide for the column. In response, the View was resized to a bigger maximum width and because the width already filled the screen, it now exceeded the screen.

Imo the button should be resized or scaled down to fit the GridPane cell. Also, the minimum size of the button used in the calculations is quite wide, even though my button only had a plus-sign in it.

Gluon Mobile GridPane with percentages not working

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