[fpc-pascal] How to make TCheckBox autosize work correctly on Linux?

[Bo Berglund]

On Thu, 8 Jan 2026 11:51:15 +0100, Mattias Gaertner via fpc-pascal
<fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org> wrote:

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>On 1/8/26 11:42, Bo Berglund via fpc-pascal wrote:
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>> When I say autosize does not work I mean that the size changes but it does not
>> include the value part, which is what extends the text size...
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>Have you checked the checkbox' Constraints?
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>Or maybe there is another control overlapping?
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>Mattias

I have never looked at the property "Constraints" before, but when I check (in
the Lazarus IDE) I see these:

Maxheight   0
MaxWidth    0
MinHeight   0
MinWith     0

I assume that with these set to zero the entire group of properties is disabled?
Anyway, these are the defaults from when I added the component on the form.

And there is nothing close to the checkbox either.

Other properties of the checkbox:
Align = alNone
Alignment = taRightJustify
Anchors = [akTop, akLeft]
AutoSize = true

Parent_xxx are all True

And as I said it works as expected on Windows, fails on Linux (Ubuntu 24.04 With
MINT desktop)

Question:

Is there some "refresh" method available for the checkbox, which will re-draw it
on screen?


-- 
Bo Berglund
Developer in Sweden