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Re: Surprise package available in Commander

[Paul F. S. <Pa...@SU...>]

Jim,

If I had read Michael Aivaliotis's excellent documentation instead of 
just downloading it a couple of weeks ago and leaving it to read 
later, I would have seen the  Package Properties window and known 
what I was looking for. I was relieved to notice that Michael's 
manual ends before explaining the window in detail, so at least I 
didn't overlook the obvious.

This morning I brought up the window and found it half off-screen. It 
appears to be docked permanently to the main window. On my customary 
1152x864 screen, I could drag the main window left and view the whole 
Package Properties window, but this wouldn't work if my aging eyes 
were viewing a smaller monitor at 800x600. I'll post this to the 
Commander Features forum as well.

-- 
	Paul

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Re: Surprise package available in Commander

[Paul F. S. <Pa...@SU...>]

Michael Aivaliotis  wrote:

>... Right now, you can undock the properties window and position it 
>anywhere you like.

I can't find a way to do so in OS X. If I try to drag it away from 
the left side of the main window, it repeatedly pops back to its 
original position. The windows can't be overlapped and the properties 
window disappears if I close the main window. The only way to get the 
properties window on the smaller screen is to shrink the main window.

-- 
	Paul F. Sullivan

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	"when a single discipline is not enough"

	visit http://www.SULLutions.com

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RE: Surprise package available in Commander

[Jim K. <jim...@ja...>]

Thanks for the report, Paul.  In addition to writing the excellent
documentation, Michael implemented the Commander GUIs and docking feature.
Personally, I work on a 1600x1200 display, so I hadn't noticed that problem.
Our goal is to support screen resolutions down to 1024x768, which I think
will fit all three UI windows.

Regards,

-Jim

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> 
> Jim,
> 
> If I had read Michael Aivaliotis's excellent documentation instead of 
> just downloading it a couple of weeks ago and leaving it to read 
> later, I would have seen the  Package Properties window and known 
> what I was looking for. I was relieved to notice that Michael's 
> manual ends before explaining the window in detail, so at least I 
> didn't overlook the obvious.
> 
> This morning I brought up the window and found it half off-screen. It 
> appears to be docked permanently to the main window. On my customary 
> 1152x864 screen, I could drag the main window left and view the whole 
> Package Properties window, but this wouldn't work if my aging eyes 
> were viewing a smaller monitor at 800x600. I'll post this to the 
> Commander Features forum as well.
> 
> -- 
> 	Paul
> 
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> 
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> 
> 	visit http://www.SULLutions.com
> 
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Re: Surprise package available in Commander

[Michael A. <mi...@ai...>]

Paul F. Sullivan wrote:

> This morning I brought up the window and found it half off-screen. It 
> appears to be docked permanently to the main window. On my customary 
> 1152x864 screen, I could drag the main window left and view the whole 
> Package Properties window, but this wouldn't work if my aging eyes 
> were viewing a smaller monitor at 800x600. I'll post this to the 
> Commander Features forum as well.

Thanks for the feedbck. One of the features that I want to implement is 
the ability for every floating window to remember its last opened 
position, docked or undocked. Right now, you can undock the properties 
window and position it anywhere you like. This allows you to resize the 
Main Window to something larger. This was done to accomodate the growing 
list of available packages. When you close down Commander it will start 
back up in the default positions. Also, the intent is to have Commander 
check your screen resolution on startup and prohibit screens from 
launching off-screen.

Thank You
Michael Aivaliotis

Re: Surprise package available in Commander

[Michael A. <mi...@ai...>]

Paul F. Sullivan wrote:

> This morning I brought up the window and found it half off-screen. It 
> appears to be docked permanently to the main window. On my customary 
> 1152x864 screen, I could drag the main window left and view the whole 
> Package Properties window, but this wouldn't work if my aging eyes 
> were viewing a smaller monitor at 800x600. I'll post this to the 
> Commander Features forum as well.

Thanks for the feedback. One of the features that I want to implement is 
the ability for every floating window to remember its last opened 
position, docked or undocked. Right now, you can undock the properties 
window and position it anywhere you like. This allows you to resize the 
Main Window to something larger. This was done to accomodate the growing 
list of available packages. When you close down Commander it will start 
back up in the default positions. Also, the intent is to have Commander 
check your screen resolution on startup and prohibit screens from 
launching off-screen.

Thank You
Michael Aivaliotis