I got it to work. Many thanks to Andrew---excellent fix. Perhaps you should post your solution on the wiki?
Cheers, Stefano On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 9:58 AM, John Kane <jrkrid...@yahoo.ca> wrote: > I agree with Stefano the long labels can be a bit distracting so this is > fantastic. > > Thank you very much. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Andrew Parsloe <apars...@clear.net.nz> > *To:* lyx-users@lists.lyx.org > *Cc:* stefano franchi <stefano.fran...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Saturday, June 29, 2013 10:07:11 PM > > *Subject:* Re: Changing the size of insets' labels. Is it possible? > > On 30/06/2013 4:29 a.m., stefano franchi wrote: > > > > Andrew, Liviu, > > > > I may a bit thick, but I can't see how to reduce the size of a Label > > inset. 2 problems: > > > > 1. I cannot find an InsetLayout for labels. > > > > 2. Even if I could find it what would I change the LabelString to? > > Currently I see the full label name on screen . Say I have a long label: > > "chap:This is the first chapter" And I want the inset to show only 2-3 > > chars max. What would LabelString be set to? The description in the > > Customization manual is "terse" to say the least: > > > > "LabelString What will be displayed on the button or elsewhere as the > > inset label. Some inset types (TeX code and Branch) modify this label on > > the fly." > > Good. And is it possible to somehow influence that modification "on the > > fly"? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Stefano > > > > OK, I misunderstood the initial question. I too can't see cross-ref > labels in stdinsets.inc, presumably because, as Scott indicated, they > are hardcoded (there is a dialog associated with the inset). However, > the tinkerer in me started thinking: why not put the label & > cross-reference insets inside a custom inset with a short name ("lab" > and "ref" for instance), using a command-sequence with shortcut keys to > do this? > > Below, I've included a module (save in your personal LyX2.0/layouts > folder, perhaps as short-inset-names.module) which provides custom > insets showing the labels "lab" and "ref" when closed. For shortcut keys > I've assigned > > Ctrl+Shift+L (L for Label) to: command-sequence label-insert; > flex-insert Flex:ShortLabel > > Ctrl+Shift+K (K for Kross reference) to: command-sequence > dialog-show-new-inset ref; flex-insert Flex:ShortXRef > > I also find it convenient to have a shortcut to jump out of these (and > other) insets and close them: > > Ctrl+Shift+J (J for Jump) to: command-sequence line-end; char-right; > toggle-inset > > On my keyboard these are conveniently adjacent keys, and the pinkie of > my left hand easily slides onto and holds down Ctrl+Shift together. With > these assignments, to insert the label LyX suggests do: Ctrl+Shift+L, > Enter, Ctrl+Shift+J. (Inserting a reference to a label will generally > also involve the arrow keys to select the right label, before the Enter.) > > If at some point you want to know what is hiding behind all those "lab"s > and "ref"s, just go to View > Open All Insets or click on an individual > one. > > Andrew > > #\DeclareLyXModule{ShortInsetNames} > #DescriptionBegin > # Provides short-name wrappers to > # put around verbose insets. > #DescriptionEnd > # > > Format 35 > > AddToPreamble > \newcommand{\shortLyXname}[1]{#1} > EndPreamble > > InsetLayout Flex:ShortLabel > LyXType custom > LatexType command > LatexName shortLyXname > Decoration Classic > LabelFont > Color phantomtext > End > LabelString lab > Multipar 0 > PassThru 0 > End > > InsetLayout Flex:ShortXRef > LyXType custom > LatexType command > LatexName shortLyXname > Decoration Classic > LabelFont > Color phantomtext > End > LabelString ref > Multipar 0 > PassThru 0 > End > > > > > -- __________________________________________________ Stefano Franchi Associate Research Professor Department of Hispanic Studies Ph: +1 (979) 845-2125 Texas A&M University Fax: +1 (979) 845-6421 College Station, Texas, USA stef...@tamu.edu http://stefano.cleinias.org