[Qgis-developer] gnome3 Qt dialogs

[Werner Macho]

Hi Richard!

You are not the only one .. I am experiencing the same ..
IIRC we said in Zurich(not sure) that every dialog should fit in exactly
what you said (at least I think it was 1366x768) to be able to have QGIS on
netbooks ..
Not sure if this is still valid ..

But the thing you mentioned seems to be some gnome3 thing taking windows at
a fixed place ..
Probably the georeferencer is a "task" on it's own while "Properties" are
just a child of the main window?

regards
Werner


On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 9:02 AM, Richard Duivenvoorde
<rdmailings at duif.net>wrote:

> Hi List,
>
> I want to ask something about the size and behaviour of Qt dialogs of QGIS
> on Gnome3 on Debian.
>
> I've noticed that the dialogs (like the Project/Project properties dialog)
> are not real floating dialogs anymore. They are a sort of attached to the
> menubar of the QGIS application Window.
>
> I cannot take the dialog and move it to another screen or place. Some
> plugin dialogs (like the Georeferencer dialog/window) I can still move
> around.
>
> This should be ok, but the 'fixed' dialogs you can not resize in both
> directions: only the width can be changed.
>
> For certain dialogs the buttons are almost out of view:
> See http://www.flickr.com/photos/**97361298@N07/9023726318/<http://www.flickr.com/photos/97361298@N07/9023726318/>
>
> Mind you: the bottom is really the bottom of my screen.
> In a normal dialog I could (using alt-mouse) move it up to come to the
> buttons. But with these fixed dialogs this is not possible.
>
> De-maximizing the QGIS window (by double clicking the Titlebar) only works
> for the QGIS window:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/**97361298@N07/with/9023726318/**lightbox/<http://www.flickr.com/photos/97361298@N07/with/9023726318/lightbox/>
>
> So questions:
> - am I the only one with this little annoyances
> - is this debian/gnome3 only behaviour, or can I choose the standard type
> of dialogs?
> - do I need a bigger screen for QGIS (or: what is the minimum size of a
> dialog supposed to be for QGIS.)
> I'm normally working/building QGIS on a little 12.5 inch screen laptop
> with 1366x768 LED. When doing gis stuff I have a second large monitor
> attached to it.
>
> Mind you, I'm not against big dialogs (though I prefer wider dialogs
> then), and I'm aware of the space problems we always have with our dialogs.
> I could also imaging that it has something to do with other window
> toolkits (?android). I think we should try to serve both worlds, and I can
> live with my 'problems' if that makes it easier to develop for both worlds.
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Duivenvoorde
>
>
>
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