@broadblues

> Does that code snippet make the guage smaller
> or the string gad taller?

AFAIK string gadgets are never proportional vertically, their actual height depends on font size and is fixed (at least that was the case under OS3.x). So it is the gauge that is made the same height as the string in my example.

@orgin

That's quite strange! I've just compiled a test GUI under OS3.9, and it does work as I described earlier: the string gadget and the gauge are placed in one horizontal group and both are made unproportional vertically through a common CHILD_WeightedHeight, 0. The code snippet:

...
LAYOUT_AddChild, HGroupObject,
LAYOUT_AddChild, StringObject,
GA_ID, GID_STRING,
GA_RelVerify, TRUE,
End, /* string */
LAYOUT_AddChild, FuelGaugeObject,
GA_ID, GID_GAUGE,
GA_RelVerify, TRUE,
End, /* fuelgauge */
End, /* HGroup */
CHILD_WeightedHeight, 0,
...

@orgin

I vaguely recollect from memory that you must put CHILD_WeightedHeight, 0 after your HGroupObject definition, not inside - that is, after the HGroupObject's LayoutEnd. Have yout tried that?

@orgin

String.gadgets are not proportional vertically so when put next to other gadgets, they may have different height. Doing what Chris said will force all gadgets in the group to have the same minimum height (and lose proportionality).

@orgin

Backfull or backfill?