Re: [Pythoncard-users] layout and font problems on Windows

[Ronny De W. <ron...@gm...>]

This seems to be a PythonCard problem on my Windows configuration,
some more examples:

http://www.5consulting.com/img/tmp/screen1.jpg
resourceEditor Property Editor:
- incomplete button at the right bottom

PythonCard Samples:
custdb: http://www.5consulting.com/img/tmp/screen2.jpg
- overlapping fields

dbBrowser: http://www.5consulting.com/img/tmp/screen3.jpg
- database text field only half visible

minimalList: http://www.5consulting.com/img/tmp/screen4.jpg
- horizontal scrollbar shouldn't be there ?

moderator: http://www.5consulting.com/img/tmp/screen5.jpg
- fonts look too big, ie. "Time Left:" does not fit

mp3player: http://www.5consulting.com/img/tmp/screen6.jpg
- buttons disappear at bottom of the window

I also looked at the wxPython samples and they look ok.

I recall here my setup: WinXP, python 2.4.2, wxPython 2.6.1.0, 
pythoncard 0.8.1

After some searching on the internet i found the following on 
http://www.wxwindows.org/prepare.htm
concerning preparing for wxWidgets 2:
"
Be aware that under Windows, *font sizes will change* to match standard 
Windows font sizes (for example, a 12-point font will appear bigger than 
before). Write your application to be flexible where fonts are 
concerned. Don't rely on fonts being similarly-sized across platforms, 
as they were (by chance) between Windows and X under wxWidgets 1.66. 
Yes, this is not easy... but I think it's better to conform to the 
standards of each platform, and currently the size difference makes it 
difficult to conform to Windows UI standards. You may eventually wish to 
build in a global 'fudge-factor' to compensate for size differences. The 
old font sizing will still be available via wx_setup.h, so do not panic...
"
Does that give any clue ?

Ronny

Alex Tweedly wrote:

> Ronny De Winter wrote:
>
>> Alex, you might be right that it is the default font. 
>
>
> Or I might not :-(
> I noticed that your euronext browser specifies the font size for the 
> multiColumnList.
>
>> I have similar problems with some of the PythonCard samples, ie. in 
>> the mp3player the buttons almost completely dissappear at the bottom 
>> of the window. Another example is minimalList which ads an horizontal 
>> scrollbar.
>>
>> Where are these default fonts set ?  Somewhere in wxPython or 
>> wxWindows ?
>>
> Probably in wxWidgets - but because at least one instance that causes 
> a problem has a font size specification, I'm not sure default fonts 
> are the answer. Sorry - not sure what it can be (and since it always 
> looks ok for me here, I'm not sure what to look at next).
>
> Some thoughts you could look at ...
> How does it look in the resorceEditor ?
> How do the wxDemo apps look (note you'll probably need to compare to 
> screenshots, because those apps that use sizers will probably 
> auto-adjust to look OK; only exception is where there is text/button 
> aligned with a fixed size graphic - like your "Update"button).
>
>