Wish Set Designer Size

[ilan]

hi,
I would like to have a way of putting the width and height to resize the designer in b4j instead of resize it with the mouse. something like this:

a click on the size on the bottom of the designer will open a dialog where i can put the width and height.

thanks

 

[mcqueccu]

+10

 

[Sandman]

I'm not critical, just curious: Why is this important to you?

 

[ilan]

I'm not critical, just curious: Why is this important to you?

i have difficulties to get the desired size using my mouse.
Its not simple to catch 1 pixel and if i work with the designer i want to get the exact size to know how it would look like when i will run it.

 

[Sandman]

Oh, THAT part I could figure out myself, ilan. ? I was more curious why you felt the need to have a super exact size in the first place?

 

[klaus]

Set a new Variant.

 

[mcqueccu]

Set a new Variant.

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The problem is when you set New variant, the PREVIEW windows is always the same size, you have to resize manually with your mouse down to the last 1px.

 

[ilan]

The problem is when you set New variant, the PREVIEW windows is always the same size, you have to resize manually with your mouse down to the last 1px.

correct!!

Oh, THAT part I could figure out myself, ilan. ? I was more curious why you felt the need to have a super exact size in the first place?

i need to know where to position the views without having the real size how can i know it?

 

[Sandman]

i need to know where to position the views without having the real size how can i know it?

So your case is that you in the want to have a window with exact dimensions (that isn't resizable), and you have views that require exact sizes and positions, so you can't fully rely on anchors for them. And you want to designer window to be the same exact dimensions as your end window so you can place everything correctly?

Am I understanding this now?

 

[klaus]

I was not aware that the preview window remains at its size, I never use the preview window.

 

[ilan]

So your case is that you in the want to have a window with exact dimensions (that isn't resizable), and you have views that require exact sizes and positions, so you can't fully rely on anchors for them. And you want to designer window to be the same exact dimensions as your end window so you can place everything correctly?

Am I understanding this now?

correct!

I was not aware that the preview window remains at its size, I never use the preview window.

Yes it was always the case and resizing with mouse works but its sometimes hard to get the exact size as your variant.

 

[Sandman]

Would a utility such as Sizer be a workaround?

Resize Windows to Specific Dimensions Easily With Sizer

As a website owner I'm constantly checking different browsers at different resolutions to make sure that the site is going to look at least tolerable for everybody. This is especially important for me since I'm really not a very good web designer... so I have to triple check everything.

www.howtogeek.com

Sizer 4.0 by Brian Apps

(More alternatives: https://www.raymond.cc/blog/how-to-resize-an-unresizable-window-or-dialog-box/view-all/)

(updated post with correct url to Sizer - they had changed their url strategy)

 

[stevel05]

Nice find.Sizer seems to work perfectly with a little compensation for the window borders. Setting up cutom sizes is straightforward.

 

[ilan]

wow, that awesome. thanx Sandman. this would do the job although a build-in function would also be nice

 

[Sandman]

My pleasure.