Re: [Gramps-devel] dialogs that don't expand and have no resize button?

[Vassilii K. <vas...@ta...>]

Yes, this looks better on my screen!
On 24.03.2014 16:01, Jerome wrote:
> If it is the same problem, then I suppose that the attached patch 
> might fix it?
>
> J.
>
>
> Le lun. 24 mars 2014 at 14:05, Vassilii Khachaturov 
> <vas...@ta...> a écrit :
>> Didn't touch that, wanted to have the release out the door first! I 
>> need to investigate the filter editor code wrt what you say before 
>> I'm sure the obvious fix (enabling the resize) makes sense.
>>
>> V.
>>
>> On 24.03.2014 11:41, Jerome wrote:
>>> Vassilii,
>>>
>>> Did you commit fix?
>>>
>>> Where (dialogs) do you still get expand issues (filter rule editor, 
>>> etc ...)?
>>>
>>> We should be able to quickly fix dialogs.
>>>
>>> I do not plan to run a snapshot of gramps40.git in virtual mode (eg, 
>>> daily build of ubuntu 14.04), and I do not get these problems with 
>>> gtk 3.6. :(
>>>
>>> Note, there is maybe something else...
>>> It seems that people having this type of problem, can fix it by 
>>> resizing the dialog?
>>>
>>> =>  gramps.ini
>>> ;;edit-filter-height=420
>>> ;;edit-filter-width=500
>>>
>>> So, users might see this problem on first run, they can play with 
>>> size (set non-default values), then the problem could be hidden on 
>>> next sessions! //not tested//
>>>
>>> That's maybe why we do not have a group of bug reports related to this.
>>> Been aware of this type of issues, and having tested patchs under my 
>>> configuration, I commited the quick fixes.
>>>
>>> Same dependency issue with the black background on person editor 
>>> (gtk 3.10 / ubuntu 14.04). It looks like a gtk3+ bug, but we should 
>>> not try to make exceptions for some bugs related to dependeny version.
>>>
>>> There is also the scrollbar issue (gtk+ > 3.6), which might be fixed 
>>> with a patched gtk3+ (eg, Josip's test). This will be still a 
>>> problem under linux/BSD: need to be fixed by distributions / OS.
>>>
>>>
>>> J.
>>>
>>> Le jeu. 20 mars 2014 at 10:53, Vassilii Khachaturov 
>>> <vas...@ta...> a écrit :
>>>> What is the reason for most dialogs we have not to expand (or 
>>>> shrink, for that matter), especially if there's no resize 
>>>> available? Is it because they're set to the maximum size at the 
>>>> minimum resolution we would like to support?
>>>>
>>>> I'm writing this after reviewing translation of some strings in a 
>>>> dialog that really is a bother to scroll --- the filter rule editor.
>>>>
>>>> Cf. bug #7539
>>>>   https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=7539
>>>>
>>>> Shall I open a bug? Maybe we should review all our dialogs from 
>>>> this standpoint, maybe as part of the usability GEPS?
>>>>
>>>> V
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