Grid layout getting clipped as form is resized

Please read Guidelines for the Custom IC SKILL Forum which asks you not to post new (unrelated) questions on the same thread. I split it into a separate thread for you - but in future, please post a new thread when you have a new question.

I don't seem to be able to post my example code which showed this (since your code was not complete), but everything seems to work fine. As I make the form bigger:

Then smaller:

Then smaller again:

Once the buttons reach their minimum size (to display the buttonText) they don't get any smaller (despite the minimum column width) and scrollbars appear instead. I would not expect the button text to get clipped.

This all seems reasonable to me.

Andrew

Please read Guidelines for the Custom IC SKILL Forum which asks you not to post new (unrelated) questions on the same thread. I split it into a separate thread for you - but in future, please post a new thread when you have a new question.

I don't seem to be able to post my example code which showed this (since your code was not complete), but everything seems to work fine. As I make the form bigger:

Then smaller:

Then smaller again:

Once the buttons reach their minimum size (to display the buttonText) they don't get any smaller (despite the minimum column width) and scrollbars appear instead. I would not expect the button text to get clipped.

This all seems reasonable to me.

Andrew

Trying again to post the code from above:

let((button_1 button_2 button_3 button_4 button_5 button_6 button7 boxLayout_ver)
  button_1=hiCreateButton(?name 'button_1 ?buttonText "Button 1")
  button_2=hiCreateButton(?name 'button_2 ?buttonText "Button 2")
  button_3=hiCreateButton(?name 'button_3 ?buttonText "Button 3")
  button_4=hiCreateButton(?name 'button_4 ?buttonText "Button 4")
  button_5=hiCreateButton(?name 'button_5 ?buttonText "Button 5")
  button_6=hiCreateButton(?name 'button_6 ?buttonText "Button 6")
  button_7=hiCreateButton(?name 'button_7 ?buttonText "Button 7")
  boxLayout_ver=hiCreateGridLayout( 'gridLayout_button
    ?items (list 
        list( button_1 'row 0 'col 0 )
        list( button_2 'row 0 'col 1 )
        list( button_3 'row 1 'col 0 )
        list( button_4 'row 1 'col 1 )
        list( button_5 'row 2 'col 0 )
        list( button_6 'row 2 'col 1 )
        list( button_7 'row 3 'col 0 )
        list( 'col_min_width 0 5)
        list( 'col_min_width 1 5)
    )
  )
  hiCreateLayoutForm(
    'myForm "LAYOUT_DEMAND" boxLayout_ver
    ?minSize list(30 200)			 
  )
  hiDisplayForm(myForm)
)

Andrew

Hi Andrew,

Appreciate you splitting the thread! My bad for bundling different questions together. I’ve gone through the forum guidelines and will start fresh threads for new topics from now on.


Figure 1 shows the form fully displayed after stretching the window to the right.


Figure 2 shows the form as it appears right after loading.

My apologies — I should have shown the complete form to avoid confusion. As you can see in Figure 1 and Figure 2, my expectation is that all fields would be fully visible immediately upon‑loading (like Figure 2). What actually happens is I have to drag the right border of the form to reveal all fields (as shown in Figure 1). I suspect this behavior may be related to the presence of cycle‑field and string‑field widgets.

This was recently discussed in How to get the size of a custom dockable window. There's a link to an article in that thread that gives a (rather clunky) workaround. As I advised in that thread, you might want to contact customer support and ask for a duplicate of the CCR to be filed on your behalf to increase the visibility and hopefully the priority.

Andrew

OK, thanks!