[Gambas-user] Cannot reduce windows size to modal windows

[Fabien Bodard]

2010/3/18  <minterior at ...626...>:
> Hello list :)
> I don't know if this is a bug, a feature or a misconception, but I can't
> resize a window in modal mode to a lesser size. I display it with ShowModal
> and the window appears centered with the size as it is in the form design
> view into Gambas IDE. All is correct at this point. Now, when I try to
> resize that window I can only increase it but not reduce.
it's a feature

> I've discovered that I can get it with a little workaround: call the method
> Show before ShowModal, for example:
>        Form1.Show
>        Form1.ShowModal
>
> Attached to this email I send you a mini Gambas project with an example of
> this that you can test.
>
> Is this a normal behaviour or a bug?
>
> Another related question: which is the best way to readjust the size of a
> new displayed window? Manually in the form.class > Form_Open() method? I
> have a form with hidden inputs with the ignore property at true, and that
> forces me to reduce the window size when it is opened. If I don't, the
> window has a lot of undesired free space. I use hbox and vbox for
> positioning elements.

the ignore property of a form is only usable when the form is embedded
as an object in a container... ignore is a child property in the
container management

> I have Gambas 2.13 in Kubuntu 9.10, using KDE and QT.
>
> Thank you all!
>
> Jaume Casado Ruiz
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