[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #1742: WXGUI layer manager window doesn't show all menubar entries

[GRASS GIS]

#1742: WXGUI layer manager window doesn't show all menubar entries
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 Reporter:  marisn       |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  defect       |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  critical     |   Milestone:  7.0.0                    
Component:  wxGUI        |     Version:  svn-releasebranch64      
 Keywords:  menu         |    Platform:  Linux                    
      Cpu:  Unspecified  |  
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Comment(by cmbarton):

 Replying to [comment:16 wenzeslaus]:
 >
 > Hamish wrote on ML ([GRASS-dev] GRASS GIS 7 tech-preview release
 preparations):
 > > I welcome better presentation of the menus since they get rather big
 (platoon rule of thumb: any more than ~12 in any level/group gets a bit
 overwhelming), but wrt "search to run" as the primary instead of
 augmenting method, I fear that way is not very discoverable -- at least
 I'd like to avoid the situation where a new user needs to know the name of
 what they're looking for before they can find it, which isn't so good to
 explore & learn about new modules you don't know exist yet. Especially for
 a software so big as ours which takes years to fully know.
 >
 > Look at the 'Search modules' in lmgr. There is a search box but also a
 tree which you can browse.
 >
 > > We are spatial creatures, so a spatial model for menu layout where we
 can use our spatial & muscle memories helps I think. Our monitors are
 getting really wide these days, both desktop and laptop, and so top menu
 bars will fit even better than they used to, we just have to make the
 windows a bit wider to compensate. Luckily these days there's space for
 that. (2c)
 >
 > Bit wider is not enough for German, it has to be much bigger.

 I can make the window MUCH wider if I want and then save it so that it
 opens that wide every time I start the GUI afterwards. So I'm not sure I
 understand the problem. It seems that the issue is a combination of having
 long words for menu headings, small displays, and low resolution. Or do I
 misunderstand? If this is the crux of it, I'm not convinced that we should
 rework the entire GUI for all other GRASS users in order to deal with that
 specific problem.

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