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

[Hans-Peter Diettrich]

Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho schrieb:
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Hans-Peter Diettrich
> <DrDiettrich1 at aol.com> wrote:
>> The problem in the subject is a different one: there exists *no* way to
>> specify the extent of the *content* (client) part of a window, and let the
>> window manager adjust the *overall* size of the window accordingly,
>> depending on border and caption styles. No problem for Delphi, but the LCL
>> doesn't support that yet :-(
> 
> You are completely wrong. Lazarus supports setting the client area of
> the window and this is the only way exposed in TCustomForm.Width,
> Height, ClientWidth, ClientHeight.

Oops, you're right.

> Setting/Getting the total window area including decoration is
> currently exposed only in LCLIntf currently.

Then I wonder why it doesn't work properly with the IDE main window. A 
fixed maximal client height is nonsense, because it disallows the user 
to enlarge the window when needed. According to the documenation, 
AutoSize would be the right choice instead.

DoDi