TextFields in a Row with AutoLayout


Gerriet M. Denkmann
 

macOS 12.6, Xcode Version 9.1 (9B55).

A window with:

fixedSpace | fixedTextField | fixedSpace | textField(width ≥ 50) | fixedSpace | textField(width ≥ 100) | variableSpace( width ≥ 10)

This implies window.width ≥ sumOfFixedStuff + 50 + 100 + 10.

At the minimum window size both contents of the variable textFields are truncated (assuming big contents).

When the window grows, the textField(width ≥ 50) will expand first (as it is more adverse to having its content squashed with Content Compression Resistance Priority = 751) until it can show all of its content.

When the window grows even more, the textField(width ≥ 100) will eventually also show all its content.

From here on, only the variableSpace( width ≥ 10) will grow.

I don’t see any ambiguity here - but sadly, Xcode does (Inequality Constraint Ambiguity width ≥ 100).

When I run the program, I see variableSpace having its minimum width and textField(width ≥ 100) taking all of the available width, which looks very silly.

I can fix this by changing to textField(width = 50) and textField(width = 100), but then I get the (quite correct warning) that this might result in truncation at runtime.

How to make Xcode behave as I want?

Gerriet.