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Re: GUI size on different screens [message #51579 is a reply to message #51512]

Mon, 27 November 2006 14:07

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Mike writes:

> One more suggestion that I haven't seen yet: when I really want to save
> a few pixels, I set xpad=0 and ypad=0 in my calls to widget creation
> functions. This packs them tighter, especially when I'm using many
> nested widget_base's.

Yes, I've gotten so used to doing this I forget to even
mention it. I first noticed this "base decoration" problem
on Windows XP, when it seemed all my widgets suddenly got
5-10% bigger than they used to be. :-(

Incidentally, Andrew Cool's little WindowSize kludge
seems to subtract this "decoration" size from the window
size it reports, whereas the GetPrimaryScreenSize function
Dick Jackson alerted us to does not. The result is that
if you make a "normal" window with the "Cool" size, the
window is what you expect, whereas if you make one with
the "Jackson" size, the window slips down behind the
task bar by about 6 pixels. Not a big deal, but another
thing to keep in mind.

Cheers,

David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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		GUI size on different screens By: lory on Thu, 23 November 2006 10:37
		Re: GUI size on different screens By: David Fanning on Mon, 27 November 2006 14:43
		Re: GUI size on different screens By: Harvey Rarback on Wed, 29 November 2006 18:00
		Re: GUI size on different screens By: lory on Tue, 28 November 2006 11:34
		Re: GUI size on different screens By: David Fanning on Mon, 27 November 2006 14:07
		Re: GUI size on different screens By: Harvey Rarback on Thu, 30 November 2006 16:07
		Re: GUI size on different screens By: David Fanning on Wed, 29 November 2006 18:24
		Re: GUI size on different screens By: David Fanning on Wed, 29 November 2006 12:56
		Re: GUI size on different screens By: Rick Towler on Wed, 29 November 2006 09:18
		Re: GUI size on different screens By: David Fanning on Tue, 28 November 2006 11:41

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