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Re: centering dialog_pickfile, printersetup, etc... [message #61326 is a reply to message #61231]

Tue, 15 July 2008 07:55

David Fanning
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edward.s.meinel@aero.org writes:

> I got around the problem by calling Dialog_Pickfile through an empty
> parent widget. I can get it close enough to the screen center that it
> isn't too bad. I just wish the size could be specified -- I get real
> tired of resizing the dialog when folders contain long filenames...

How does that work? It doesn't seem to do anything at all for me.

base = Widget_Base()
filename = Dialog_Pickfile(DIALOG_PARENT=base)
CENTER_TLB, base

Cheers,

David
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		centering dialog_pickfile, printersetup, etc... By: cgoethel on Thu, 10 July 2008 13:08
		Re: centering dialog_pickfile, printersetup, etc... By: David Fanning on Tue, 15 July 2008 07:55
		Re: centering dialog_pickfile, printersetup, etc... By: edward.s.meinel@aero. on Tue, 15 July 2008 12:03
		Re: centering dialog_pickfile, printersetup, etc... By: edward.s.meinel@aero. on Tue, 15 July 2008 07:43
		Re: centering dialog_pickfile, printersetup, etc... By: David Fanning on Mon, 14 July 2008 16:15
		Re: centering dialog_pickfile, printersetup, etc... By: David Fanning on Mon, 14 July 2008 16:14

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