On 25 Oct 2021 at 12:44, Bill Somerville via wsjt-devel wrote: > Hi Saku, > > it's not quite that simple. The width of a window is the sum of the > widths demanded by the widgets and layouts contained within it. There is > a regression in 2.5.1 which means the main window width is larger than > it should be, that is fixed for an upcoming bugfix release. One factor > that contributes, and should not, is the length of the longest save Tx 5 > macro.
Hi Bill (and all), this is an observation about the revised main window layout in v2.5.1... The release notes for v2.5.1 state the changes include: "Improved main window layout to ensure TxN messages are fully visible." For my part, and on the various PCs on which I've run WSJT-X over the years, I've never, ever experienced an issue with any of the TxN messages being too long for or in any other way not fitting into the boxes containing the message texts so I was somewhat surprised that this was seen as an issue that required attention. My first reaction when I upgraded from v2.5.0 to v2.5.1 was that the LHS of the main window had become extremely cramped and was much less comfortable and convenient to use, and that even my longest (13-character) Tx5 message occupied only about 25% of the available width of the relevant box. The standard text in the Tx1 - Tx4 and Tx6 boxes was similarly confined to the far LH end of the box, with acres of white space to the right of the text in each box. I've now reverted to v2.5.0 in order to regain the significantly better (IMO) and preferable usability of the main window. It's occurred to me that for anyone who had found the size of the message boxes too small for their message text, the most obvious solution would have been for them to reduce the size of the 'system' font so that the text fitted into the boxes. FWIW, I use a Dell 2007WFP 20.1" monitor with a resolution of 1680 x 1050; the WSJT-X main window occupies approximately the bottom left-hand quarter of the display area and my WSJT-X configuration uses 9pt MS Shell Dlg 2 as the 'system' font. Even with my ageing, less-than-perfect eyesight this font and everything in the main window that uses it is perfectly legible and all the TxN messages fit fully and very comfortably within the sizes of the boxes available within v2.5.0. Just my two penny's-worth... :-) -- 73, Martin G0HDB -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
