[Gambas-user] Datacontrol boxes different height

[Ron]

Benoit Minisini schreef:
> On jeudi 17 juillet 2008, Ron wrote:
>   
>> Benoit Minisini schreef:
>>     
>>> On jeudi 19 juin 2008, Ron wrote:
>>>       
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> a default textbox is 24 pixels heigh.
>>>>>
>>>>> a default datacontrol box is 128 pixels heigh, if you resize it to 24
>>>>> px with your mouse, the contents doesn't fit properly,
>>>>> you get a scrollbar when you put some text (one line) in it.
>>>>>
>>>>> you have to manually enter 25 px before it fits correctly.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Ron
>>>>>           
>>>> Note.
>>>> I forgot to add, this is when the database field name, is type string,
>>>> unlimited.
>>>>         
>>> OK, it is fixed in revision #1416.
>>>
>>> Note that the default size is not in pixels internally, but in multiple
>>> of Desktop.Scale.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>       
>> Benoit,
>>
>> It seems this annoyance/bug popped up again in rev #1445 (or a rev close
>> to it), or maybe was only partially fixed.
>>
>> A default height datacontrol field (24), linked to a _mysql text
>> unlimited length field_ gives a scrollbar on the right.
>> (even with no text in the field)
>> You have to make it non default height 25 to let this scrollbar dissapear.
>>
>> Gambas 2.7, gb.qt.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ron_2nd
>>
>>     
>
> Unlimited text fields are edited with a TextArea widget with a vertical 
> scrollbar. The scrollbar is displayed because a one line TextArea is higher 
> than a one line TextBox in QT. So this is not really a bug...
>
> Regards
Benoit,

I guess you are right, it's also a bit silly to have only one line 
input, when you can have unlimited text length, not very user friendly.

BTW: Here you can find some screenshots of the project I have been 
working on for the past month, in case you are interested what people 
build with Gambas. ;-)
DomotiGa Screenshots <http://cyberjunky.nl/domotiga/screenshots>

Regards,
Ron_2nd