Re: [Rails-devel] Game report - 1.7.8 - 18EU hangs

[Stefan F. <ste...@we...>]

 > What can I set in the Configuration?  If there were options to reduce 
the> font size and to change the starting place for Game Report, the 
problems
 > would go away.
 >

Try: Configuration => Tab Fonts => Font scaling to change the Font size 
of the UI elements.

Starting place for Game Report:
Do you refer to the window position on the screen or the position of the 
report inside the report window. The latter is wrong at startup of the 
game, as it does not scroll to the bottom. I am under the impression 
this did work in the past. Will have to check that.

If it is the former: All window positions/sizes are saved automatically 
after closing of Rails. I do not know what happens during the game at 
resizes (does it resize to the latest saved position or does it resize 
to the current status?)

For me the major annoyance is that windows that are on the second 
monitor if I start Rails dual-heads. Next time I start up with only one 
monitor, some windows will be completely hidden (as they are located 
off-screen).

So two possible remedies:
A) Provide an option to reset the window positions to some robust defaults).
B) Check if a window is located on an invisible position and then move 
that window back to the default (at least at startup).

For future development of the UI:
Unfortunately Frederick who did the latest improvements of the Swing UI 
is not active anymore.

There are several issues to fix there, but similar to the core engine, 
it would make sense to refactor the UI to some degree before changing 
their behavior and/or adding more functionality.

In the mean time a good start is to agree on what are the bad/good 
issues and make a priority list of potential enhancements.

Stefan