Android Question Error dialogue is displayed off the screen

[rleiman]

Hi Everyone,

When compiling an app, an error dialogue is displayed but it's off the screen.

How do I move it so I can read the error?

Thanks

 

[Dave O]

I get the same thing with the Find/replace window on my second monitor.

You might be able to use the Windows keyboard shortcuts to move the window, as long as it has focus:
1. Press Alt-Space to open the window's upper left menu.
2. Press M to activate the Move menu item.
3. Use the arrow keys to move the window. The window will also follow the mouse at this point.

Hopefully this will reset the window's position for next time, too.

 

[rleiman]

Hi Dave,

The error dialogue is not a regular movable window like the B4A GUI window. I already tried to move it by dragging. It's placed on the screen at a fixed x, y position.

I think the position may be set in the registry. If Erel tells me where in the registry the coordinates are set, I can change the value to maybe 100x by 100y or something like that.

 

[Erel]

It should show in the center of the parent window.

Are you running the IDE in a virtual machine?

Note that you can see the same error message in the compilation window if you press on F5 instead of Alt + 3.

 

[rleiman]

Hi Erel,

Yes, it's on a virtual machine. I'm using Parallels Desktop.

The F5 window is centred on the parent but the other window is displayed in the lower right corner. The parent window is expanded to full size.

 

[Erel]

It seems like the VM reports the wrong size for the screen.

 

[rleiman]

Hi Erel,

The F5 window is in the centre but not the other window.

Are you storing the error window coordinates in the registry? If you are, can I get the info I need to change it? That will allow me to manually position it.

Thanks.

 

[rleiman]

Hi Erel,

I was able to now duplicate the problem. I think this will also happen in a non VM.

I like to use my coding window "Maximized" but that's when the error window is displayed off the screen. In the attached screen shot I took the coding window off "Maximized" mode and the error window shows up where it should be.

 

[Erel]

It will not happen in a non VM environment.

When the window is maximized it sets the toast position based on the screen size. In your VM the screen size is not reported correctly.

 

[rleiman]

Hi Erel,

If the F5 window that is showing the compilation process is displayed correctly, shouldn't the other one also be displayed in the centre using the same programming as the F5 window?

 

[Erel]

The toast message works differently than a standard window.

 

[rleiman]

Hi Erel.

Ok.

I was able to overcome the problem with a work-around by taking the coding window out of "Maximized" mode and manually dragging the coding window sides to make it as big as possible. Now all of the dialogue windows are displayed in the middle of the coding window.

The attached screen shot shows what I did.