> On 31 Dec 2021, at 22:05, Schneider, Thomas (NIH/NCI) [E] via Skim-app-users > <skim-app-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > Christiaan: > >>> (Also "Automatically Resize" is difficult to work with - one has to >>> click on it and then THE WINDOW GOES AWAY SO I DO NOT KNOW IT WAS SET! >>> I have to click on PDF again to see whether I did set it or not. >>> Please do not make it go away when it is being set. > >> I don't know what you mean. Which window goes away? Are you >> talking about the window for the preferences? That is not the one >> for the current document(s), not is the *initial* options for new >> documents. And if you want to see what it is set to, just call the >> window. It is in a separate window because all of it takes far too >> much space (given also that there are two sets of options, as willow >> separate settings for full screen). This is also why before redid >> not have it, and had it set using the "Use current view settings >> as default". > > It's not the preferences window. > > In the top bar move to 'PDF'. Click there. There is a dropdown menu. > One of the items is 'Automatically Resize'. Move the mouse to that > item and it turns from black on grey to white on blue. Click. The > dropdown is gone. Did I set it or not??? Click on PDF. Yes, it is > checked now. > > So the dropdown is gone with no clue as to whether the switch is set. > I have to go back to check it. It would be better to have the > dropdown stay there and the check mark show up so one knows it > happened. I understand that this may be a poor Apple design. > > Tom >
That is a menu, usually not called a window. If you want to (immediately) see whether it is checked or not, you can add the corresponding button to the toolbar. Christiaan
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