
Why Use Justification?
Design Changes Are Easier
The second reason to use view justification is that design is easier. Application view design is best done as an iterative process. You make an initial design that will most likely require rearrangements of the sizes and locations of things. By using the justification system, you can adjust one view and have a number of other views rearrange themselves to the correct size as well. For example, if you have six similar checkboxes that need lengthening, you should be able to adjust one and have the other five templates resize to reflect these changes (see FIGURE 5.10) if you have set justification for each of the checkboxes correctly.

FIGURE 5.10 : Resizing a view template with justification set.
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