[Lazarus] IDE Main Window: height is too small and cannot resize (Linux/GTK2)

Bart bartjunk64 at gmail.com
Sun Feb 12 13:03:37 CET 2012


On 2/11/12, Luiz Americo Pereira Camara <luizmed at oi.com.br> wrote:
> I dont see why all this fuzz.
> In my copy of Lazarus (win32) the IDE remember the position of the window.
> So, if the user does not like the default height just resize to his
> desire and next time open will show the "correct" height

It's not fuzz.
As stated before: the height of the IDE main windows is limited to 85 pixels.
This is too small for my OS/WM/Theme on Linux.
If I would use a larger fontsize on Windows the 85 pixels would
probably also bee too small.
Currently, it is impossible to get a proper window layout for this window.

You cannot rely on the value of (client)height being correct on GTK2
until after the form is shown (after OnShow).
I have wrestled with that may times when sizing forms by code and
trying to make their size just big enough.

I have some code lying aroud that tries to compensate for the
clientheight/height issue, which on my system gives a rough
approximation.
That code however relies on Application.QueueAsyncCall(), which isn't
implemented for all widgetsets IIRC.

Bart




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