DesktopContainer layout - where is it?

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I subclass Container, call it “MyContainer”, and set its Super to DesktopContainer. The documentation says “add your controls directly to the Container in its layout”, but I can’t find any way to see the layout of the container in the IDE - there’s no layout button. What am I missing?

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If I select an instance of MyContainer in a Window, there’s a tooltip on the Layout button saying “Go to MyContainer1’s” Layout", but pressing it does nothing.

Xojo 2023 r1.1

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Like windows, containers can’t inherit layout so subclasses are not allowed in the traditional sense.

If you want a common parent for a series of containers, do it this way:

  1. Make a new generic class (myContainer)
  2. Set it’s super to DesktopContainer
  3. Add your common code to this class
  4. Drag a desktopContainer to the navigator and set its super to myContainer.
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THAT’s what I was missing - I kept trying to drag a Container to my window in the IDE instead of into the Navigator. Thanks!