Subj : Slider Problems
To   : Vitus Jensen
From : Udo Zaydowicz
Date : Wed Nov 01 2000 10:04 am

Hej Vitus!

Vitus Jensen -> Udo Zaydowicz, 01.11.2000: "Slider Problems"


[...]
 VJ> But doesn't this mean that the "tick text" feature of a
 VJ> slider is totally useless?  IBM can't require that we stick
 VJ> to 1 or 2 character text!

I wouldn't say totally useless, but limited useable ;-)


 UZ>> To avoid this, the PM Guide and Reference recommends the
 UZ>> use of:
[...]
 VJ> "static control" is very urgly to handle (not worth the
 VJ> effort in my case), 

Yes. But is it at all necessary to have the text?
I assume, that you are using the slider only as a status bar !?


 VJ> shorter text no option (how do you shorten 100? "C"?).  

<g>
Doesn't look that good, but how about  .1, .5, 1 or 1, 5, 10.


 VJ> Using a smaller font is a nice idea
 VJ> but IMHO one should stay in the same font family and with
 VJ> the today usage of "WarpSans.9" in dialogs there is no
 VJ> smaller WarpSans font.

Definitely.


 VJ> Idea: if you take a look at the setting notebook of
 VJ> c:\os2\apps\klondike.exe (options) you will notice that the
 VJ> slider has three ticks but the left one isn't located at
 VJ> the left margin.  Probably the ticks are placed using
 VJ> SLM_ADDDETENT. 

Possibly, unfortunately I don't have enough time to check it myself.

Just an idea: Did you try, if at all possible, to strcat a few spaces (" ") to 
the "100", ending up with something like "100  ". Maybe it helps to shift the 
second 0 a bit to the left.


Farvel, Udo!

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