#693 Date-Picker problems since SmartGWT 3.1

[Anonymous]

Originally created by: joerg.ho...@googlemail.com

The Date-Picker worked smooth in SmartGWT 3.0 but since the upgrade to 3.1 there are some problems with the layout.

1. As you can see by the first screenshot already the official Smart-GWT Showcase is having negative effects since 3.1. However I can only produce this effect in IE8 and IE9 but not in Firefox.
http://www.smartclient.com/smartgwt/showcase/#form_controls_various

2. The second screenshot is from my application with localization to german locale (DE). This layout problem also occurs in Firefox where I have taken the screenshot.

As problem 1. already occurs in the showcase I omit a standalone EntryPoint. However, the showcase is deployed without localization (I assume to prevent the extraordinary long GWT build due to the many permutations). Let me know if you need an additional standalone EntryPoint.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: smartgwt...@gmail.com

Problem 1 is already being worked on.

Problem 2 isn't reproducible - note how "Nov 2012" fits fine in your first screenshot - it appears that, rather than *only* changing the locale, you also have skin or browser settings making the fonts larger?

Status: Accepted

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: joerg.ho...@googlemail.com

Thanks for the fast reply.

> Problem 1 is already being worked on.
Excellent. Great support :)

> Problem 2 isn't reproducible - note how "Nov 2012"
> fits fine in your first screenshot - it appears that,
> rather than *only* changing the locale, you also have
> skin or browser settings making the fonts larger?
Good observation. You are right. However this used to work in 3.0.

Is there a way to set the width of the popup?
Or do we have to change the font as the only solution?

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: smartgwt...@gmail.com

On Problem 2, it doesn't seem like you need to adjust widths, you need to figure out what you're doing that's changing the font from the default (we're assuming here that this wasn't an intentional change).

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: joerg.ho...@googlemail.com

> we're assuming here that this wasn't an intentional change
no. We have changed the font in the entire app on purpose. We would like to have this consistent throughout the app but if there is currently no other way, we would change it just for the calendar popup.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: smartgwt...@gmail.com

The Skinning and AutoChild systems make it possible to re-size the DateChooser to accommodate larger fonts - take a look at the Skinning Guide in the "docs" package of JavaDoc to get started - but we honestly couldn't recommend getting into all these DateChooser settings just for cosmetic reasons related to choice of font (as opposed to an accessibility issue).