On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 3:50 PM, Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com>wrote:
> On Mon, 19 May 2014 23:40:13 +0100 Andrew Williams <a...@andywilliams.me> > said: > > > Hi guys, > > > > After opening this task about indow sizes in elm not respecting the > > scale set: > > https://phab.enlightenment.org/T1263 > > I realised that these are all set through evas_object_resize which > > clearly cannot know about elm scaling. > > > > Would there be any objection to creating an elm_win_resize or > > elm_win_size_set method that were to apply the scaling to the values > > beffore passing back to evas resize? > > > > Let me know equally if I've missed something but the elm_test code is > > all this way too. > > not so simple. as daniel mentioned.. this is doable with a resize > multipling by > scale... what we are currently missign in elm is 2 things. > > Hi > 1. a nice simple way to add extra minimum sizing to a widget. currently the > ADVICE it so make a table, put an invisible rect in the 0,0 1x1 cell ANd > your > real widget in the same cell. set a min size hint on the rect and presto - > it > acts as an extra "control" on the table and thus your widget (set widget to > fill/expand). you can set the min size and multiple by scaling if you want. > it'd be likely useful if this trick were formalised into a widget and/or > some > utility func. a simple elc_ thing to wrap this up would work - then if it > scales the min size by scale factor or also put in finger size. > > That's why I added a sample code to elementary test long ago. http://git.enlightenment.org/core/elementary.git/tree/src/bin/test_gengrid.c#n983 I asked you about adding this util function to elementary but you rejected as we need to support the bugs from this utility as well. But it looks like now it is time to add the function :) Whenever I write applications, I feel this feature is really necessary. How do you think? Daniel Juyung Seo (SeoZ) > and > > 2. more your focus - though #1 often is related. you want a *PREFERRED* > size for > an object - an initial size that is possibly bigger than min size and less > than > max - somewhere in between. believe it or not we have a "request" size > which is > kind of intended for exactly this. what we DON'T have is logic in elm > that... > > * watches for changes in preferred size and if > 0x0, just like min size, > propagates preferred size to a parent widget. > * that takes preferred size once it propagates to the window and on first > show actually resizes to that size > * code that might set preferred size AND account for scaling > > reality is that you have a window where some widget (or widgets) - eg the > text > entry, is what you want to have at a preferred size on start... not the > window > as a whole, so you really want this propagation. it requires the same > calcs as > min - but providing preferred size as if it were min, then passing onto > parent > etc. ... this is what we really want. problem is - we haven't done it yet. > this > is the solution we want... not elm_win_reisze (that uses scaling) which is > just > as much a "workaround" as evas_object_resize on the window itself :) > > -- > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- > The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE > Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. > Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform > available > Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." > http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
