Button text does not scale to fit in buttons

[Gary D Stewart]

When running this code the button text does not scale to fit inside the buttons. I've tried the OTK text scale and fit text in panel functions (using retry_pb and mw) and they do nothing. Again I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or if there is a problem.

static void display_dev_init_err_message(int_32 message_number)
{
  float y = 5.0, dy = 12.0,  dy1_5 = 15.0 ;

  OtkWidget mw, retry_pb, cont_pb, exit_pb  ;

  mw = OtkMakePanel(OtkOuterWindow, Otk_Recessed, Otk_LightGray, 10.0, 10.0, 70.0, 80.0) ;
  Otk_SetBorderThickness(mw, 0.5) ;

  switch (message_number)
    {
     case DEVICE_LOCKED:

       OtkMakeTextLabel(mw, "Selected system level device interface", Otk_Black, 3.0, 1.0, 4.0, y) ;
       y = y + dy ;
       OtkMakeTextLabel(mw, " is locked by another program", Otk_Black, 3.0, 1.0, 4.0, y) ;

       retry_pb = OtkMakeButton(mw, 10.0, 70.0, 30.0, 20.0, "Retry", retry_pb_cb, NULL) ;
       exit_pb = OtkMakeButton(mw, 50.0, 70.0, 30.0, 20.0, "Exit", exit_pb_cb, NULL) ;

       break ;

     More display messages switch case statements mostly using sub-windows instead of panels at this
      time...

    }
}

P.S. This is the same code giving me problems with multiple sub-windows. I went as far as use different OtkWidget
      structures for each window to no avail. I don't know if this panel does the same thing as the sub-windows.

[kindman]

Gary,

This problem is caused by a slightly inaccurate estimate of the button's text-string font size.  A simple remedy is to add a space or two to the end of your button text string.

For example:
  OtkMakeButton(mw, 50.0, 70.0, 30.0, 20.0, "Exit ", exit_pb_cb, NULL);

I will look into adjusting the font-width measurement in the next release of OTK.
In the meantime, this remedy should force the text to fit within your buttons.

Thanks for mentioning this,
    Carl

[Gary D Stewart]

Thanks, I'll give that a try. Right now I'm using another work around of just adding text to the button with OtkMakeTextLabel, but I find that to be a bit of a pain.