How to place several scenes or Graphs in to grid?

[ZYuan X]

How to place several scenes or Graphs in to grid?

I mean scenes (or graphs) are arranged to rows and columns.

Right now, it seems that all scenes (or graphs) are just in one column (using VPython7).

[Bruce Sherwood]

There is a limited capability in this respect, namely putting a scene or graph beside a scene or graph:

scene.align = 'left'

box()

canvas(align='right')

sphere()

[ZYuan X]

Does that mean the maximum number of columns is 2 (left and right)?

[ZYuan X]

By the way, I find that in VPython6  widgets can be conveniently arranged in a window (as shown bellow, downed from vpython6 introduction).  

But as we known that VPython7 graphics display is shown in a browser tab rather than in a bare window. 

So can I say that VPython7 is less convenient than VPython6 in this regard?

On Saturday, December 30, 2017 at 11:12:34 PM UTC+8, Bruce Sherwood wrote:

[Bruce Sherwood]

As far as columns are concerned, yes, there are only two columns for canvases and graphs, but widgets can be placed side by side, as seen in this example (this is a link to GlowScript VPython, but of course the program also runs in VPython 7):

     http://www.glowscript.org/#/user/GlowScriptDemos/folder/Examples/program/ButtonsSlidersMenus-VPython

VPython 7 has less developed layout capabilities than VPython 6, though here is a fairly sophisticated example that is comparable to the example you cited:

     http://www.glowscript.org/#/user/matterandinteractions/folder/matterandinteractions/program/13-fields

I would claim that the VPython 7 widgets are easier to use than the wxPython widgets.

Bruce

[Daniel Schroeder]

That fields example is neat in a lot of ways! So I guess align="left" puts the caption to the right by design. I've started a new topic to show how to keep the caption underneath when there's a graph on the right.

[Bruce Sherwood]

To add to what I commented on your other note on the topic: As can be seen in the fields program, there clearly are advantages to placing the caption to the right of a canvas in situations where there is just one canvas (and no graph). It's great that you also found a way to keep the caption under the canvas when displaying a graph on the right.

Bruce