[Gambas-user] Window size fitting

[Bruce Steers]

What i would do is make a ScrollView
Set it to Arrange.Vertical or Arrange.Column
then add all your objects to the scrollview

and possibly Don't set autoresize on the scrollview just the objects inside
it
BruceS


On Mon, 15 Mar 2021 at 18:13, Dag Jarle Nerland Johansen - Gambas <
gambas at cd-bahia.com> wrote:

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> Am 15.03.21 um 12:14 schrieb Bruce Steers:
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> 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.
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> 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> wrote:
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>> Am 15.03.21 um 09:41 schrieb Gianluigi:
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>> Il giorno lun 15 mar 2021 alle ore 08:57 Dag Jarle Nerland Johansen -
>> Gambas <gambas at cd-bahia.com> ha scritto:
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>>> 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
>>>
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>> you have some possibilities or start with some small size and then bring
>> the window to:
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>> Me.Maximized = True
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>> Or:
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>> Private $iWidth As Integer = Screen.AvailableWidth
>> Private $iHeight As Integer = Screen.AvailableHeight
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>> Public Sub Form_Activate()
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>>   Me.w = ($iWidth - 100)
>>   Me.h = ($iHeight - 100)
>>   Me.Center
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>> End
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>> or ...
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>> 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.
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> To Gianluigi,
> I will for sure look into that.
>
> Thank you both,
> regards Dag
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