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"


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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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