: Message Box placement
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Pierre saysTop right
Shari says Bottom.
Hugh says Any way I can get it. I'd also like it to be intelligent enough to
move and resize if necessary when the screen gets full, preferably auto-typing
by telepathy and the ability to make tea
I see a consensus: it initially opens at the bottom of the
windowbouldingrect, and remembers its position for subsequent sessions.
Great.
Now we have two questions:
1. Who writes it?
2, Where do we post things for review and testing?
I am not sure whether this projects really fits in terms of
Robert Brenstein wrote:
I am not sure whether this projects really fits in terms of
mechanics, but SourceForge.net is the traditional place for open
source projects.
Scott Raney had recommended it, so in accordance with his preferences and
the consensus here that's where it will be.
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Thu, 04 Sep 2003 21:48:55 -0700
Subject: Message Box placement
From: Richard Gaskin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Currently the Message Box is opened below and center to the topmost window.
Personally, I prefer it to open at the bottom of the display (aboce the
Dock/Task Bar).
In the next rev of
: Saturday, September 06, 2003 14:13
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Message Box placement
This sounds like a good scheme but some stacks can have
the same name and may be positioned elsewhere...
That's why I do it for each stack a cprop to be
updated on resizestack and/or closestack
Here's a handler I use for all window placements. Feel free to use it.
Ray Horsley
Developer, LinkIt! Software
on placeWindow win,placeWhere
put the screenRect into scrRct
if placeWhere = Center then
put (item 3
MisterX wrote:
I had a great scheme for the msg box placement.
It followed the bottom of the current stack.
It seems that most here would prefer the traditional HC/SC placement, near
the bottom of the monitor.
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Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Media Corporation
Developer of WebMerge:
Just a suggestion: why not use a preference file that keeps the last
placement of the message box (if the coordinates are coherent with the
screen size) ?
The same method can be used for the tools, ...
H. Chaudet
] Behalf Of Hervé Chaudet
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 09:09
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Message Box placement
Just a suggestion: why not use a preference file that keeps the last
placement of the message box (if the coordinates are coherent with the
screen size) ?
The same
Le ven 05/09/2003 06:48, Richard Gaskin a crit :
Currently the Message Box is opened below and center to the topmost window.
Personally, I prefer it to open at the bottom of the display (aboce the
Dock/Task Bar).
In the next rev of the IDE, would you folks prefer to have it centered to
the
In the next rev of the IDE, would you folks prefer to have it centered to
the topstack or at the bottom of the display?
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Richard Gaskin
Bottom of the screen.
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From: Richard Gaskin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Currently the Message Box is opened below and center to the topmost
window.
Personally, I prefer it to open at the bottom of the display (aboce the
Dock/Task Bar).
In the next rev of the IDE, would you folks prefer to have it
centered to the topstack
Pierre saysTop right
Shari says Bottom.
Hugh says Any way I can get it. I'd also like it to be intelligent enough to move and resize if necessary when the screen gets full, preferably auto-typing by telepathy and the ability to make tea would be considered a bonus.
/H
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Pierre saysTop right
Shari says Bottom.
Hugh says Any way I can get it. I'd also like it to be intelligent enough to
move and resize if necessary when the screen gets full, preferably auto-typing
by telepathy and the ability to make tea would be considered a
I'd like it at the bottom of the display, but if the Dock/Task Bar is
hidden at the bottom of the screen, the MB needs to be far enough away
that a casual slide down the MB won't accidentally activate the
Dock/Task Bar.
Just my 2 cents,
Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ken Ray wrote:
I'd like it at the bottom of the display, but if the Dock/Task Bar is
hidden at the bottom of the screen, the MB needs to be far enough away
that a casual slide down the MB won't accidentally activate the
Dock/Task Bar.
Yes, it would use the windowboundingrect rather than
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