kicad-developers team mailing list archive

[Maciej Sumiński <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx>]

On 08/02/2016 09:23 AM, Johannes Maibaum wrote:
> Hi Orson,
> 
>> Am 01.08.2016 um 15:08 schrieb Maciej Sumiński <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx 
>> <mailto:maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx>>:
>>
>> Hi Jean-Pierre,
>>
>> Thank you for the wxWidgets patch, I have already applied it in my
>> branch [1]. This week I would like to check & fix the remaining issues
>> and if nobody raises an objection, I will merge it to the product
>> branch. It still has to be explicitly enabled, so it should not cause
>> any problems.
> 
> There is a minor issue with the simulator that I came across: the initial
> framesize is set to 1280x900 which is too big for my 13" notebook screen
> (which is 1280x800).  Usually that is not a problem, but in this case the
> window gets placed so that the title and the menu with all the button
> controls is off-screen at the top (see attached screenshot).
> 
> This is bad as on OSX, without special hotkey knowledge, a user can not
> move the window down to get access to the menu bar.  In fact I had to
> google for a solution (when holding ALT while resizing the window from
> the bottom edge, the window also shrinks symmetrically from the top,
> which eventually exposes the title bar).
> 
> I see that my screen resolution is probably not the typical size for
> serious PCB design and layout work, so I won’t ask for a smaller initial
> size.  But perhaps there is the possibility to at least assure that the
> title bar of the window will be placed on a visible part of the screen?
> Moving and resizing would then be a lot easier for normal users.
> 
> Best,
> Johannes

Hi Johannes,

Thank you for the message. As the current system requirements specify
that KiCad should work with 1024x768 resolution, I am going to resize
the window.

Regards,
Orson

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature