--- a/mde/gui/widget/Ifaces.d	Fri May 02 17:38:43 2008 +0100
+++ b/mde/gui/widget/Ifaces.d	Mon May 05 14:47:25 2008 +0100
@@ -65,22 +65,41 @@
 * Where window is the root window (the window to which the widget belongs), parent is the parent
 * widget, and data is an array of initialisation data. The method should throw a
 * WidgetDataException (created without parameters) if the data has wrong length or is otherwise
-* invalid. */
+* invalid.
+*
+* The widget's size should be set either by it's this() method or by the first call to
+* setSize(). setSize() is called on all widgets immediately after their creation, and throwing an
+* exception at this point (but not on later calls to setSize) is an acceptible method of failure.
+*/
+//NOTE: add another this() without the data for default initialization, for the GUI editor?
 interface IWidget
 {
-    /** Calculate the minimum size the widget could be shrunk to, taking into account
+    /** is the width / height resizable?
+     *
+     * If not, the widget has fixed dimensions equal the output of getMinimalSize. */
+    bool isWSizable ();
+    bool isHSizable (); /// ditto
+    
+    /** Calculate the minimal size the widget could be shrunk to, taking into account
      * child-widgets. */
-    void getMinimumSize (out int w, out int h);
+    void getMinimalSize (out int w, out int h);
     
-    /** Get the current size of the widget.
+    /** Get the current size of the widget. */
+    void getCurrentSize (out int w, out int h);
+    
+    /** Used to adjust the size.
      *
-     * On the first call (during loading), this may be a value saved as part of the config or
-     * something else (e.g. revert to getMinimumSize). */
-    void getCurrentSize (out int w, out int h);
+     * The size should be clamped to the widget's minimal size, i.e. the size set may be larger
+     * than that given by the parameters. Conversely, the size should not be reduced to the
+     * widget's maximal size (if any) but expanded as necessary (alignment to be implemented).
+     *
+     * If the actual size is needed, call getCurrentSize afterwards. */
+    void setSize (int w, int h);
     
     /** Set the current position (i.e. called on init and move). */
     void setPosition (int x, int y);
     
+    
     /** Recursively scan the widget tree to find the widget under (x,y).
      *
      * If called on a widget, that widget should assume the location is over itself, and so should
@@ -100,6 +119,7 @@
      * Widget may assume coordinates are on the widget (caller must check). */
     void clickEvent (ushort cx, ushort cy, ubyte b, bool state);
     
+    
     /** Draw, using the stored values of x and y.
      *
      * Maybe later enforce clipping of all sub-widget drawing, particularly for cases where only