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[Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Wayne,

I merged a bunch of spacing changes (only in master for now).

When you have a chance could you screen-shot those same 4 dialogs again?

Thanks,
Jeff.


> On 17 Jul 2018, at 20:48, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hey Jeff,
> 
> The text size is better but there is now dead space above the button
> sizer.  It's different but I'm not sure that is better.  For CvPcb, our
> standard message panel might be a good option so that it separates the
> message information from the button sizer space.  I'm not sure what the
> answer is for a typical dialog.
> 
> Wayne
> 
> On 7/17/2018 3:34 PM, Jeff Young wrote:
>> Hi Wayne,
>> 
>> Can you send a screenshot of CvPCB with status text at the bottom?  I used a different strategy for setting the text size there which hopefully works better on Windows.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Jeff.
>> 
>> 
>>> On 17 Jul 2018, at 19:32, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> See attached image for windows.
>>> 
>>> There is something very odd going on with some of the dialogs where it
>>> looks like a control is constantly being refreshed as though it is in
>>> some kind of event loop.  Did you make any changes to DIALOG_SHIM that
>>> could cause this?  It is the most noticeable in the schematic plot
>>> dialog page size selection drop down control.
>>> 
>>> All dialogs that have text in the dialog button sizer look terrible on
>>> windows.  The text is way too big and messes up the button sizer.  I try
>>> to avoid using anything but the standard text size in controls.  They
>>> never seem to be consistent between platforms.  I would prefer if you
>>> find a better place for this text.  Maybe a static text control at the
>>> top of dialog or possible the title bar.  See fp-props-dialog.png.
>>> 
>>> There are quite a few dialogs that have incorrect padding in the
>>> standard button sizer.  I'm sure I fixed most (all) of these before we
>>> branched stable 5.  See change-fp-dialog.png.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 7/17/2018 2:04 PM, Jeff Young wrote:
>>>> As long as they’re coming in in onesies and twosies email is fine.  If
>>>> they start coming in thicker and faster bug reports are probably better.
>>>> 
>>>> Can you send me a screenshot of the Edit Spice Model… button?  I assume
>>>> it looks different than on OSX:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Jeff.
>>>> 
>>>>> On 17 Jul 2018, at 18:52, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>> <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 7/17/2018 1:08 PM, jp charras wrote:
>>>>>> Le 17/07/2018 à 18:22, Jeff Young a écrit :
>>>>>>> Hi JP,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I merged another version of the Netclass Membership editor.  Let me
>>>>>>> know what you think.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>> Jeff.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> It is must better now.
>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Do you want bugs reported against these changes or are you just looking
>>>>> for general feedback?  I found a size and alignment issue with the "Edit
>>>>> Spice Model.." button in the symbol editor dialog.  I can file a bug
>>>>> report against it if you prefer.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Wayne
>>>>> 
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>>> <symbol-prop-dialog-win10.png><change-fp-dialog.png><fp-props-dialog.png>
>> 
> <cvpcb-win10.png>