{"id":64,"date":"2015-09-12T15:20:26","date_gmt":"2015-09-12T15:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/einhugur.com\/blog\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2015-09-12T15:23:05","modified_gmt":"2015-09-12T15:23:05","slug":"frequently-asked-questions-grid-controls","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/einhugur.net\/blog\/index.php\/frequently-asked-questions\/frequently-asked-questions-grid-controls\/","title":{"rendered":"Frequently asked questions &#8211; Grid controls"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Why are the Grid controls (StyleGrid and DataGrid) only for Real Studio and not the modern Xojo ?<\/h5>\n<p>The grid controls were 17 years old, based on MacOS 9 technology, and also suffered on Linux for not supporting Cairo. When MacOS added Retina support and Xojo started to enforce cairo on Linux then it became clear that complete re-write would be needed as old OS 9 API&#8217;s and way of thinking will not port well to Retina. Then Mac OS X 64 bit further presses this as none of the old OS 9 API&#8217;s will port there.<\/p>\n<p>We might at some point work on new grid control, then probably making it new one neither StyleGrid nor DataGrid so we can make new base decisions as what seemed like good idea 17 years ago in the design might not be good idea today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why are the Grid controls (StyleGrid and DataGrid) only for Real Studio and not the modern Xojo ? The grid controls were 17 years old, based on MacOS 9 technology, and also suffered on Linux for not supporting Cairo. When MacOS added Retina support and Xojo started to enforce cairo on Linux then it became &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/einhugur.net\/blog\/index.php\/frequently-asked-questions\/frequently-asked-questions-grid-controls\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Frequently asked questions &#8211; Grid controls<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":41,"menu_order":50,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pd75nk-12","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":70,"url":"https:\/\/einhugur.net\/blog\/index.php\/links\/other-sites-that-have-xojo-addons-and-plugins\/","url_meta":{"origin":64,"position":0},"title":"Other sites that have Xojo addons and plugins","date":"September 12, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"VanHoeak Software - Some awesome plugins for Xojo MBS Plugins, a lot of plugins for Xojo.\u00a0 MacOSLib\u00a0- Macoslib A Macintosh library to use advanced features which are not available in Xojo Thomas Templemann's page\u00a0-\u00a0TT also has the excellent ZIP Archive classes RubberViews\u00a0-\u00a0Create one window, this class will manage all controls\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10,"url":"https:\/\/einhugur.net\/blog\/index.php\/links\/other-xojo-blogs\/","url_meta":{"origin":64,"position":1},"title":"Other Xojo Blogs","date":"August 31, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The official blog from Xojo Inc. 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