[iyonix-support] Re: Another filer bug?
- From: Steve Fryatt <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 22:34:34 GMT
On 20 Feb, Jan-Jaap van der Geer wrote in message
<0c364cb84e.Jan-Jaap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Paul Vigay <lists-nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > If you change the desktop font size to anything smaller than 12pt
> > (I've set mine to 7pt), then click MENU over a file in a directory
> > window, the resulting Filer menu is positioned too far to the left,
> > which sometimes results in the Display or File '' sub-menu opening
> > automatically.
>
> > I suspect something is trying to calculate the centre position for the
> > menu but failing when smaller font sizes are in use.
>
> The Style Guide says (page 95):
>
> "You must open a menu 64 OS units to the left of the pointer's position
> when Menu was pressed."
>
> It seems to be a lot more than that. About 3 times I think, but it could
> be dependent on the width of the menu, I do not know.
From observation, it seems to be a fixed offset.
[Sudden flash of inspiration] ... Using WimpInfo to check, it's 'always'
(for a sample size of four on different length filenames) 192 OS units, or
-- as Jan-Jaap said -- 3 times the correct offset. Oops.
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Steve Fryatt - Leeds, England
http://www.stevefryatt.org.uk/
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