wxgui: startup menu crunched on small display

[hamish]

Hi,

this is using 6.4.0rc3 from OSGeo4W on a ClassmatePC (mini-notebook) running Windows XP. The display on this thing is a 1024x600 9" LCD.

the bottom buttons of the wx GUI startup get crunched up, especially when the taskbar is not in auto-hide mode (attached screenshot). It is still a bit crunched up if it has the full screen height to work with, but it is still overlapping the horizontal slider by 1-2mm.

the tcl/tk one looks fine.

also I notice the "enter grass" button is not greyed out when no mapset is selected, etc. as is the case with the tcl/tk startup gui.

and you thought 800x600 was long dead....

Hamish

[hamish]

example of opening the wx launch gui on a 600px tall screen (with xp taskbar)

[martinl]

See also #217.

[martinl]

Welcome screen dialog now occupies less space - trunk (r36129) and devbr6 (r36130).

[hamish]

it is now better for a 1024x800 classmatePC display (latest wingrass 6.4.0svn from osgeo4w), but there is still about 5 pixel overlap between the top of the Start GRASS button and the bottom of the left/right scroll bars for location and mapset lists. Can those scroll bars be set to only appear if they are needed? e.g. (visually) the mapset name would have to be as long as like PERMANENTPERMANETPERMANENT before it would need a l/r scrollbar.

#217 merged here.

Hamish

[cmbarton]

We've had a number of interface tweaks in the past year. Is this still a problem?

Note that scroll-bars by default only show up when needed unless they are specially forced on. Perhaps it is not fixable?

Michael

[hamish]

Is this still a problem?

yes, for netbooks it is. it is much much better than it was though. I'll upload an updated screenshot next time I get the chance.

Perhaps it is not fixable?

the "fix" is to compact things a little more so not as much vertical space is used.

Hamish

[cmbarton]

OK. I'll take a look. Heading out now, but will try to check later.

Michael

[hamish]

wx startup gui on 1024x600 netbook, buttons hidden

[hamish]

wx startup gui; same as last after dragging window up

[hamish]

same as last, but dragged the corner a little to make the window bigger

[hamish]

same as last, but tugged on corner enough to use buttons

[hamish]

Android/smart phone case: display resolution set to 640x350

[hamish]

bug still there. more screenshots added.

xfce panels in screenshots are 24px tall each, so on the display the window is created at 552px tall. is there a way for wx to know the desktop size? if so and it is less than 600px tall (tested minimum) switch off the graphic and the "world leading" text? or maybe switch off both the "welcome to+world leading" lines and leave the graphic there?

Hamish

[martinl]

Replying to hamish:

bug still there. more screenshots added. xfce panels in screenshots are 24px tall each, so on the display the window is created at 552px tall. is there a way for wx to know the desktop size? if so and it is less than 600px tall (tested minimum) switch off the graphic and the "world leading" text? or maybe switch off both the "welcome to+world leading" lines and leave the graphic there?

does the attached patch helps? Martin

[martinl]

patch against trunk

[hamish]

Replying to martinl:

does the attached patch helps? Martin

partially. now the buttons don't fall behind, but the window ends at the bottom horiz scrollbars of the mapset/loc boxes, and you somehow have to know to make the box bigger to magically find the missing buttons.

on WinGrass where the buttons end up on top this would be a regression as it is ugly, but at least you can see & use them.

thanks, Hamish