Thanks for the report! Unfortunately, I haven't been able to replicate the problem on either Windows 7 machine that I tried.
Is there possibly some other configuration that's needed to provoke the error, such as a font change? At Tue, 10 Dec 2013 18:56:02 +0000 (GMT), Richard Hopkins wrote: > Using the DrRacket nightly build for 2013-12-09, checkboxes in the > Preferences > dialog have the text clipped. > > It appears as though there isn't enough space to fit the text on 1 line, so > it > renders 2 lines. However, the top of the 1st > line and bottom of the 2nd line is rendered outside the client area for the > checkbox. This issue is not specific to DrRacket > and can be reproduced using > > #lang racket/gui > (define frame (new frame% [label "Example"])) > > (define check-box (new check-box% > (parent frame) > (label "A check box with a really long label to see if > it still works and does not truncate any text.") > (value #t))) > > (send frame show #t) > > I think all of the following must be true to reproduce the issue: > > * racket/gui later than 5.3.6; > * run on Windows; and > > * have DPI set larger than the Windows default. > > Regarding the DPI issue, this can be changed via the 'Personalize' menu item > from the Desktop and selecting the "Make text appear larger (125%)" item for > example. > A log off and on is required for the change to apply. > > Broken example: > 2013-12-09 nightly on Windows 7 with text set to 125%. > > Working examples: > 5.3.6 on Windows 7 with text set to 125%. > 2013-12-09 nightly on Windows 8 with text set to 100% > 5.3.6 on Linux with GTK and default DPI > 2013-12-09 nightly on Linux with GTK and default DPI > > Regards_________________________ > Racket Developers list: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev _________________________ Racket Developers list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev