Can't say I agree. My display settings are as you say, but the pop-up window problem exists anyway. My desktop monitor has not changed for the past 3 or 4 years - my laptop settings have never changed.
On my 2 systems, the pop-up window problem began with the upgrade to 7.4. Prior to 7.4, a smaller pop-up window appeared, but the font was smaller than the main window font and fit inside that pop-up window and was readable. Now, a similar sized window appears, but the font size is the same as the main window, so it is too large for the pop-up window and is cut-off horizontally or squished vertically. When it corrects, a much larger pop-up window appears and all text is readable but there is also a lot of blank space - the font size doesn't change. The correction occurs by switching to pedigree view, then back to family view - but you have to do that once each time Legacy loads. It doesn't correct if you change to descendant, chronology or index view, interestingly enough (or the home or research tabs either). It will also correct by switching to maximized window, then back to a sizable window, but just adjusting the size of a sizable window hasn't given me any joy. It appears to me that the main problem is the font size which should adjust automatically for the smaller pop-up window, rather than having the pop-up window increase to such a large size. I've found that by limiting the max font size to 14 (Customize->Font), I can live with the problem without having to re-size, but, for children pop-ups, the name of the bride is always cut off horizontally. A related issue, also new since 7.4. If I open Legacy in a maximized window, then choose a sizable window, the window contracts to less than 1/4 of the screen and virtually all the text appears squished or cut off, even though my normal sizable window setting is quite a bit larger. It's an easy job to re-size, but it shouldn't happen - it should remember the sizable window setting. (On the other hand, if I open in a sizable window, then maximize, then revert to sizable, Legacy does remember the sizable window setting, which is normal). Of all my programs, this occurs only with Legacy and only since 7.4. This all suggests to me that the bug is within Legacy, not font or other computer settings, new monitors or the like. My systems are XP and Vista. Ed Allard ----- Original Message ---- From: Chick Lewis <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, February 21, 2010 9:42:59 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Pop up boxes squished 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 __________________________________________________________________ Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane with All new Yahoo! 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