Kevin, As a workaround, you could press Alt then click/drag anywhere in the window. This will allow you to drag the window from anywhere so that you can move it above the top panel. This isn't specific to Dia; it's a Gnome feature (though it's included in most WMs).
- Evan Charlton On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 5:08 PM, Zembower, Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steffen, thanks for helping. Yes, I'm using 0.96.1, from the Ubuntu > distribution. I've installed programs from source before, but I was hoping > for a quick fix. I'll see if I can tackle this in the next couple of days. > > Thanks, again. > > -Kevin > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steffen Macke > Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 4:59 PM > To: discussions about usage and development of dia > Subject: Re: Newbie: UML Class Properties window unusable on laptop > > Hi Kevin, > > I assume that you are using Dia 0.96.1. The next version of Dia (0.97) > will provide a much smaller UML class dialog. > > If you want, you can test the new version. It's currently only > available from the SVN repository (you'll have to compile > it yourself). > > Regards, > > Steffen > > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 10:51 PM, Zembower, Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm new to Dia and trying to create my first UML Class diagrams. When I >> created my first class and tried to edit the properties, I may have >> maximized the window as it was displayed on my 1024 x 768 laptop's screen. >> Now, the Properties window extends from the bottom of the top tool bar to >> below the bottom panel, which puts the buttons on the bottom of the window >> below the edge of the screen. I can't shrink the window from the top, and >> can't push the window up above the top panel to reach the bottom. The only >> way I can access the buttons on the bottom is to make the bottom panel >> auto-hide, and I can then see one or two pixels of the buttons and can hit >> them. >> >> Can anyone suggest what I'm doing wrong here, and how to correct it? > _______________________________________________ > dia-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list > FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq > Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia > > _______________________________________________ > dia-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list > FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq > Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia > > _______________________________________________ dia-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
