Hi Peter,
I was faced with the same issue and for me I ended up adding a "View"
menu to the menubar with user selectable sizes. Since scaleFactor was
not really meant to be used this way there are some drawbacks, the main
one being that the window will move on screen. It will not grow/shrink
from the top-left corner. I've also run into an issue with option menus.
If you have more items than fit and therefor require the menu items to
scroll, it won't work - it only works reliably at 100%
Marty
Hi,
I’m needing to allow the user resize a stack window using scaleFactor and am
needing advice about interface.
First of all, I see that some Livecoders are using scripts to scale controls
and text when the user drags the stack size larger or smaller. In my case,
there are too many controls and text layout is too sensitive, and I really
don’t need the improvement in resolution to use that method. In my case:
1. Default size is good for most people
2. Some have 12” laptops that make the window just a tad too large to fit
3. Some have larger screens whereby they might want to expand the window to
fill more space
For the too-small issue, I can automatically scale the window at start up.
However, how do I present the choice to the user to manually make the window
larger/smaller?
Clicking on the zoom box resizes the window, not scales it—no good. Is there a
message that can be intercepted to scale instead of zoom?
Do I otherwise (working with the stack with size locked) add drag controls to
the edges of the window that scales when dragged? Does anyone have scripts for
that?
Or should this be some kind of preference item?
Thanks,
Peter Bogdanoff
ArtsInteractive
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