[Gambas-user] Window size fitting

[Dag Jarle Nerland Johansen - Gambas]

Hi all,
yes ScrollView seems to be the best way.
Thanks to all, consider as solved.
Regards,
Dag

Am 16.03.21 um 06:12 schrieb Bruce:
> On 16/3/21 11:40 am, Bruce Steers wrote:
>> 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:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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> 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> 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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> and while your at it... Can you fit 14 eggs inot an eggbox designed 
> for 12? :-)
>
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> B
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