[Gambas-user] Window size fitting

[Dag Jarle Nerland Johansen - Gambas]

Am 15.03.21 um 12:14 schrieb Bruce Steers:
> No to window scrollbars , windows do not have that they must be added.
> ScrollView can be a pain when just how AutoResize, Expand and 
> Arrangemenet work and effect objects isn't FULLY understood.
> (I do not claim to fully understand this either and often have 
> problems making a whole window scroll)
> It's probably a case of playing with the AutoResize/Expand/Arrangement 
> properties of the ScrollView/Window/Objects.
>
> Personally I think you need an alternative layout.
> Having so many controls it's bigger than your screen isn't really ideal.
>
> My suggestions would be one of the following....
> * Make all the controls smaller.
> * Handle all your fields in a GridView or something else with a built 
> in scrollbar.
> * make a TabPanel and split the fields into 2 pages
>
> BruceS
>
> On Mon, 15 Mar 2021 at 09:22, Dag Jarle Nerland Johansen - Gambas 
> <gambas at cd-bahia.com <mailto:gambas at cd-bahia.com>> wrote:
>
>
>
>     Am 15.03.21 um 09:41 schrieb Gianluigi:
>>
>>
>>     Il giorno lun 15 mar 2021 alle ore 08:57 Dag Jarle Nerland
>>     Johansen - Gambas <gambas at cd-bahia.com
>>     <mailto:gambas at cd-bahia.com>> ha scritto:
>>
>>         Hi,
>>         what do I do wrong:
>>         I make a window bigger than the monitor size, works fine with
>>         scrollbars, set AutoResize to True.
>>         But it does not fit the content to the window, also when I set
>>         Arrangement to Fill.
>>         Twist in my brain?
>>         I normally program on a PC with a bigger monitor, but then
>>         get surprised
>>         when I see the result on a laptop - doesn't fit.
>>         Grateful for any help,
>>         Dag
>>
>>
>>     you have some possibilities or start with some small size and
>>     then bring the window to:
>>
>>     Me.Maximized = True
>>
>>     Or:
>>
>>     Private $iWidth As Integer = Screen.AvailableWidth
>>     Private $iHeight As Integer = Screen.AvailableHeight
>>
>>     Public Sub Form_Activate()
>>
>>       Me.w = ($iWidth - 100)
>>       Me.h = ($iHeight - 100)
>>       Me.Center
>>
>>     End
>>
>>     or ...
>>
>>     Regards
>>     Gianluigi
>>
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>     Hi again,
>     sorry doesn't change anything.
>     Is there any possibility to set scrollbars on the window?
>     I can see only a part of the window I programmed on a monitor with
>     higher resolutuion 1920x1080,
>     and my laptop has only 1366x768.
>     The problem is, I have a LOT of fields on that window I need to see.
>     Regards,
>     Dag
>
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To Bruce,
I generate the form, and the size of it (height) depends on the amount 
of fields in a SQL-table. Till now I have only one annoying me :-) I can 
consider to make more columns.

To Gianluigi,
I will for sure look into that.

Thank you both,
regards Dag
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