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Re: controlling dialog widget size [message #30473 is a reply to message #30472]

Wed, 01 May 2002 10:48

James Kuyper
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Registered: March 2000

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Virginia Rogers wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Is there a way to ensure that my modal dialog widget will fit on any display
> screen? I have a modal dialog which is arranged in a column. On most displays,
> the whole widget fits on the screen. But on some smaller displays, the widget
> is too tall to fit on the screen, and thus, the "OK" button at the bottom of the
> widget cannot be selected.
>
> I realize that I could arrange the widget into two columns so that it is shorter
> and wider. But what I'm really interested in is a general way of ensuring that
> a dialog will fit on any screen. Should I check the screen size and check the
> size of the top level base and rearange the dialog if necessary? ...

Yes, that will work, but it's pretty complicated to do it right.

> Can you add a
> scroll bar to a dialog?

Yes, that's simpler and more general. Just create the TLB with the
SCROLL keyword.

> Any other ideas?

Another possibility is to split your dialog into multiple smaller
dialogs. If you're filling the screen with a single dialog, it may be
too complicated.

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		Re: controlling dialog widget size By: David Fanning on Wed, 01 May 2002 12:15
		Re: controlling dialog widget size By: James Kuyper on Wed, 01 May 2002 10:48
		Re: controlling dialog widget size By: Virginia Rogers on Wed, 01 May 2002 13:29

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