Re: gtkdialog maximum size
Thanks. I don't solved my other problem yet. I leave the problem with two dialog for other time. But using GtkScrolledWindow i resolved this problem. Why are you saying that using a scrolled window with parts invisible is not user frindly? Best regards, Ruben Às 11:16 de 13/09/2017, Stefan Salewski escreveu: > On Wed, 2017-09-13 at 10:59 +0100, Emmanuele Bassi wrote: >> Why are you using a GtkDialog? You should be using a GtkWindow for a >> complex UI. >> >> Additionally, the size of a top-level is given by its contents, >> unless >> you specify a size yourself. If your UI is too big, you'll have to >> arrange it differently. > For a plain Window he may use of course a GtkScrolledWindow. I am not > sure if that would work for a dialog too, but I think so. > > But of course a scrolled window with parts invisible is not really user > friendly... > > Ruben, what do you expect when contents do not fit onto screen? And > have you solved your other problem with the two dialogs following each > other? I have seen a long reply of somebody to your question -- did > that helped you? > > Next question may be how to detect that content is too large for > screen, and how to shrink content. Maybe check allocation for window > first. And when larger than screen, maybe reduce text size, widget size > or hide some widgets. --- Este e-mail foi verificado em termos de vírus pelo software antivírus Avast. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
Re: gtkdialog maximum size
I second Stefan's suggestion of encapsulating your dialog panel within a scrolled window, and in fact I have made it a habit to implement that for every major toplevel window in all of my GUI software. You never know when an app that was designed for a nice fat desktop display will end up being run on a teeny-weeny laptop. Use the screen dimension discovery functions and the toplevel window size hints to set a maximum size on your toplevel window so that it's always guaranteed to be fully visible, even if the larger embedded scrolled window is only partially visible. You don't ever want to be in a position where your 'Click to Continue' button is completely inaccessable because it's hanging off the bottom of the screen. Another solution I have used in the couple of odd cases where I was forced to show an especially large dialog, e.g., to configure plot parameters for a rather complex mapping display with dozens of display options, is to group your dialog components into subsets and access each group independently via a secondary dialog window which you display only when the user clicks on an 'Edit Group X Parameters' button in the main dialog. I'm not a big fan of small font sizes to make things fit -- if you've already got what is practically a fullscreen window filled to overflowing, then making all those widgets smaller is just going to leave you with an illegible mess. Solve your problem through better organization, not miniaturization. Roger Davis Univ. of Hawaii ___ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
Re: gtkdialog maximum size
On Wed, 2017-09-13 at 10:34 +, Rúben Rodrigues wrote: > Why are you saying that using a scrolled window with parts invisible > is > not user frindly? Because the user has to scroll :-) Of course having a scrolled window with active scrollbars can be necessary -- when there is really more content as fits on the screen. But it may be more user friendly to make widgets or text not too large, or to hide rarely used widgets. So all fits onto the screen. ___ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
Re: gtkdialog maximum size
On Wed, 2017-09-13 at 10:59 +0100, Emmanuele Bassi wrote: > Why are you using a GtkDialog? You should be using a GtkWindow for a > complex UI. > > Additionally, the size of a top-level is given by its contents, > unless > you specify a size yourself. If your UI is too big, you'll have to > arrange it differently. For a plain Window he may use of course a GtkScrolledWindow. I am not sure if that would work for a dialog too, but I think so. But of course a scrolled window with parts invisible is not really user friendly... Ruben, what do you expect when contents do not fit onto screen? And have you solved your other problem with the two dialogs following each other? I have seen a long reply of somebody to your question -- did that helped you? Next question may be how to detect that content is too large for screen, and how to shrink content. Maybe check allocation for window first. And when larger than screen, maybe reduce text size, widget size or hide some widgets. ___ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
Re: gtkdialog maximum size
On 12 September 2017 at 18:06, Rúben Rodrigues wrote: > Someone knows how to limite the maximum size of gtkdialog? My problem is > that as the dialog does resize itself, sometimes it gets bigger that the > screen. Why are you using a GtkDialog? You should be using a GtkWindow for a complex UI. Additionally, the size of a top-level is given by its contents, unless you specify a size yourself. If your UI is too big, you'll have to arrange it differently. Ciao, Emmanuele. -- https://www.bassi.io [@] ebassi [@gmail.com] ___ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
gtkdialog maximum size
Hi guys, Someone knows how to limite the maximum size of gtkdialog? My problem is that as the dialog does resize itself, sometimes it gets bigger that the screen. You can see here: https://ibin.co/3a9dsXej5ArN.png Best regards, Ruben Rodrigues --- Este e-mail foi verificado em termos de vírus pelo software antivírus Avast. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
