I have seen this problem before and agree that monitor resolution and/or font setting is the culprit. I would guess that just about everyone having this problem has upgraded their monitor.
It can be fixed by changing the appearance screen on the display properties. Right click on the desktop and, select properties. On the appearance tab, change the font size to normal. On the setting tab, select Advanced. It should be set to normal (96 DPI.) This should take care of the problem. If the font is too small to read comfortably, use the DPI setting to increase the font size. I have mine set at large size (120 DPI) If you change the settings, you may have to re-boot your computer for the change to take effect. I hope this helps... Lew On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Christian Ramsburg <[email protected]> wrote: > I am seeing similar behavior on the <Family> tab on 7.0.109 under Windows XP > SP2, so 7.4 is not the culprit here. > > I think it is that I have a new monitor that has a higher resolution, and the > "issue" appears when the resolution is set higher than 1280x1024, and the > legacy window was closed and re-opens in a size larger than 1280x1024. > > Clicking the <Pedigree> then back to <Family> causes Legacy to recalculate > the row height and the fonts fit fine. Also grabbing a side edge of the > legacy window and sweeping it back and forth will also cause the popup boxes > to recalculate the row height. > -Christian R. Charlottesville VA > Windows 7 64-bit; 1920x1200 resolution. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christian Ramsburg [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 7:12 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Pop up boxes squished > > The row height of the popup boxes in the Family Tab, should be in proportion > to the height of the font being used. I think that Legacy is configured in > the [Options][Fonts] to "stretch fonts when resizing". In this mode, the > height of the font is calculated based on the height of the Legacy Window. > So, as the window is made taller or shorter, the font size changes, but the > program does not recalculate the height of the rows in the pop-up boxes (in > the family tab). So a tall window will have font that is too large for the > rows, and are clipped horizontally; and short windows will have small font > within the unchanging row size. The legacy programmers need to revisit the > logic that recalculates the logic of row height in the popups on window > height change (I believe). > > The work around that I found was to click on the <Pedigree> tab, then click > back on the <Family> tab. It seems that the logic to resize the popup row > height is executed on the refresh of the <Family> tab. > -Christian R. - Charlottesville VA > Windows 7 64-bit; 1920x1200 resolution. > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
