[Qgis-user] Re: [Qgis-developer] Properties dialog too big for small displays (eee PC display)

[Andreas Neumann]

I agree that there is a usability problem for QGIS on small screens. But 
it is not an easy problem to solve. If you make smaller dialogues there 
is a lack of usability on big screens  (esp. when you have 
high-resolution dual-screens).

At some point it might be useful to have different UIs for QGIS:

* for normal PCs and high-resolution PCs
* For small notebooks and netbooks
* for PDAs

I don't think there is a single UI that fits all of these different 
devices. Also, Tablet PCs and PDAs with Touchscreens might require a 
different UI than devices that are controlled with a mouse.

Andreas


Agustin Lobo wrote:
> Yes! This is useful, as the problem was that I could
> not reach the bottom of the dialog.
>
> Anyway (for devs), could not it be
> possible making the windows so that could be resized to smaller
> sizes in future releases?
>
> Agus
>
> Garvan & maew wrote:
>> Agus,
>>
>> I think the shortcut keys Alt-F7 will change the mouse pointer to a 
>> hand in the center of the active screen, and then you can move the 
>> window outside the upper bounds of the desktop to reach the buttons 
>> at the bottom. In my set up (Ubuntu) this works, while clicking on 
>> the system menu item  "Move Window" will not work because the window 
>> vertical position is confined.
>>
>> It's a handy shortcut to remember on an EeePC, even if it does not 
>> work for you this time.
>>
>> Garvan
>>
>>
>> Agustin Lobo wrote:
>>> Otto,
>>>
>>> the problem is not moving the properties dialog, the problem is that 
>>> it's too large and even moving it to the top I cannot reach the buttons
>>> at the bottom.
>>>
>>> Agus
>>>
>>> Message: 2 Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:53:08 +0100
>>> From: Otto Dassau <otto.dassau at gmx.de>
>>> Subject: [Qgis-user] Re: [Qgis-developer] Properties dialog too big 
>>> for small displays (eee PC display)
>>> To: qgis-user <qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org> Cc: qgis-developer 
>>> <qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org> Message-ID: 
>>> <20090227085308.55a62d04 at nature> Content-Type: text/plain; 
>>> charset=US-ASCII On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:44:59 +0100 Agustin Lobo
>>>
>>> <Agustin.Lobo at ija.csic.es> wrote:
>>> > > I'm running QGIS on a ASUS eee PC 901 under
>>> > > ubuntu eee 8.04. I find no major
>>> > > problems except that the GUI panel
>>> > > for Properties is so big that I cannot
>>> > > reach the buttons at the bottom and
>>> > > cannot select OK, thus no way of
>>> > > using it. I cannot resize the window to
>>> > > make it smaller. The display is 1024x600
>>> > > Any solution?
>>>
>>> pressing keys (Alt + 5) together you should be able to click on the 
>>> properties
>>> dialog with the left mouse button and move it upwards (or whereever).
>>>
>>> hth
>>>  Otto
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>