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+
+/*******************************************************************************/
+/* Copyright (C) 2012 Jonathan Moore Liles                                     */
+/*                                                                             */
+/* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it     */
+/* under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the       */
+/* Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your      */
+/* option) any later version.                                                  */
+/*                                                                             */
+/* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT */
+/* ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or       */
+/* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for   */
+/* more details.                                                               */
+/*                                                                             */
+/* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along     */
+/* with This program; see the file COPYING.  If not,write to the Free Software */
+/* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+/*******************************************************************************/
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <FL/Fl_Pack.H>
+
+class Fl_Sometimes_Pack : public Fl_Pack
+{
+    bool _pack;
+
+public:
+
+    Fl_Sometimes_Pack ( int X, int Y, int W, int H, const char *L=0 ) : Fl_Pack(X,Y,W,H,L)
+        {
+            _pack = true;
+        }
+
+    virtual ~Fl_Sometimes_Pack ( ) 
+        {
+        }
+
+    void pack ( bool b )
+        {
+            if ( b != _pack )
+                redraw();
+
+            _pack = b;
+        }
+
+    bool pack ( void ) const
+        {
+            return _pack;
+        }
+
+    virtual void draw ( void )
+        {
+            /* draw_box(); */
+
+            if ( _pack )
+            {
+                Fl_Pack::draw();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                if ( children() )
+                {
+                    for ( int i = 0; i < children(); i++ )
+                    {
+                        Fl_Widget *o = child( i );
+
+                        o->resize( x(),y(),w(), o->h() );
+                    }
+                    resize( x(), y(), w(), child(0)->h() );
+                }
+
+                Fl_Group::draw();
+            }
+        }
+};