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Desktop issues |
Tue, Apr 24 2012 6:36 AM | Permanent Link |
Rick | Hi.
Here are some issues I found with the desktop. 1. Moving a draggable window down beyond the height of the desktop (or right beyond the width) shows a white area after the desktop color ends (desktop height <> Auto-Height). Regardless of the height (or width) could the background color persist wherever a window is dragged? 2. Setting the desktop height to "Auto-Height" still allows the main form to be dragged indefinitely downward. Non-main forms however seem to jump back to their original positions if an attempt is made to drag them down or right beyond the browser display. Is this working as designed? Thanks. -- Rick |
Tue, Apr 24 2012 9:49 AM | Permanent Link |
Tim Young [Elevate Software] Elevate Software, Inc. timyoung@elevatesoft.com | Rick,
<< 1. Moving a draggable window down beyond the height of the desktop (or right beyond the width) shows a white area after the desktop color ends (desktop height <> Auto-Height). Regardless of the height (or width) could the background color persist wherever a window is dragged? >> The size of the desktop is the size of the desktop. The only thing I could do is simply prevent forms from being dragged so that they don't go outside of the desktop bounds, which was actually working before and was broken when the desktop was removed as the container for the forms. I'll make sure this is fixed. << 2. Setting the desktop height to "Auto-Height" still allows the main form to be dragged indefinitely downward. Non-main forms however seem to jump back to their original positions if an attempt is made to drag them down or right beyond the browser display. Is this working as designed? >> See above. -- Tim Young Elevate Software www.elevatesoft.com |
Fri, Apr 27 2012 1:19 AM | Permanent Link |
Rick | "Tim Young [Elevate Software]" <timyoung@elevatesoft.com> wrote in message
news:711DE1D4-B372-4339-B16A-A7F069504F96@news.elevatesoft.com... > > The size of the desktop is the size of the desktop. The only thing I > could do is simply prevent forms from being dragged so that they don't go > outside of the desktop bounds, which was actually working before and was > broken when the desktop was removed as the container for the forms. I'll > make sure this is fixed. > > Tim, I'm not sure what the end result of your changes will be but I like the idea of an infinite desktop with the capability of placing windows anywhere on it. One possibility might be a desktop without constraints but with scroll bars as windows move left/right up/down beyond the browser bounds. The desktop could then just be the same color or tiled/stretched image however far it goes. This would be something like the Windows desktop except with scroll bars. For example, I have a panel that contains dynamically created and embedded forms which can be moved anywhere including out of the panel bounds. Scroll bars appear making all forms accessible within the panel. Very smooth and just what I wanted. Would be nice I think if the desktop handled forms in a similar fashion. -- Rick |
Fri, Apr 27 2012 10:45 AM | Permanent Link |
Tim Young [Elevate Software] Elevate Software, Inc. timyoung@elevatesoft.com | Rick,
<< Tim, I'm not sure what the end result of your changes will be but I like the idea of an infinite desktop with the capability of placing windows anywhere on it. >> Hmm, that's going to be tough. It's not impossible to code, rather it goes against the entire design of the TDesktop component. << One possibility might be a desktop without constraints but with scroll bars as windows move left/right up/down beyond the browser bounds. The desktop could then just be the same color or tiled/stretched image however far it goes. This would be something like the Windows desktop except with scroll bars. >> You can set the ScrollBars property of the TDesktop now to control how the scrolling of the desktop works. Always remember (at least until the manual is done ) that TDesktop is just a TContainerControl with some added form-handling properties, code. -- Tim Young Elevate Software www.elevatesoft.com |
Sun, May 6 2012 11:19 PM | Permanent Link |
Rick | "Tim Young [Elevate Software]" <timyoung@elevatesoft.com> wrote in message
news:711DE1D4-B372-4339-B16A-A7F069504F96@news.elevatesoft.com... > > << 1. Moving a draggable window down beyond the height of the desktop (or > right beyond the width) shows a white area after the desktop color ends > (desktop height <> Auto-Height). Regardless of the height (or width) could > the background color persist wherever a window is dragged? >> > > The size of the desktop is the size of the desktop. The only thing I > could do is simply prevent forms from being dragged so that they don't go > outside of the desktop bounds, which was actually working before and was > broken when the desktop was removed as the container for the forms. I'll > make sure this is fixed. > > Hi Tim. The May 3rd build constrains draggable forms to remain within the desktop. This works well. I notice though that if ShowShadow=True then the form can't be dragged right up to the bottom and right edges of the desktop. I know that the shadow takes up space and must be considered as the extremities of the form but there seems to be a gap between where the form shadow ends and the edge of the desktop when the form is at its limit. I also notice this in the IDE form designer. The resize handles seem to be situated beyond the actual shadow. Is there any way that the form edge can line up with the shadow edge? Is this something that can be changed in the theme? -- Rick |
Mon, May 7 2012 12:28 PM | Permanent Link |
Tim Young [Elevate Software] Elevate Software, Inc. timyoung@elevatesoft.com | Rick,
<< I notice though that if ShowShadow=True then the form can't be dragged right up to the bottom and right edges of the desktop. I know that the shadow takes up space and must be considered as the extremities of the form but there seems to be a gap between where the form shadow ends and the edge of the desktop when the form is at its limit. >> The visual portion of the form shadow isn't always "all the way to the edge" of the images that make up the theme elements for form shadows. This is what accounts for the gap. << I also notice this in the IDE form designer. The resize handles seem to be situated beyond the actual shadow. Is there any way that the form edge can line up with the shadow edge? >> Same thing. << Is this something that can be changed in the theme? >> Are you asking if *I* can change it, or if *you* can change it ? The answer is yes to both for "is it possible", but no to the first for "will it be done". Tim Young Elevate Software www.elevatesoft.com |
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