[CMake] CMake GUI Issue

[Robert Dailey]

I know that when I've created Win32 apps before I never had a minimum
horizontal size on my windows. Using wxWidgets I do not have horizontal size
limits to that extreme either. This is something deliberately put in place
to retain the formatting of the window. However, the way this is being
calculated is somehow inefficient and incorrect because I should be able to
make my window smaller without any issues at all.

Why on earth the window's minimum size would increase when using
WindowBlinds I have no idea, but none of my other applications have this
problem. Is it really so difficult to just adjust the minimum size limit or
remove it all together?

@Michael
I posted a screenshot in my last email showing the minimum horizontal size
on my machine. As you can see, it's obviously too huge for no apparent
reason at all. The usability of this application is compromised because of
the arbitrary limitations on dimensions.

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Michael Jackson <
mike.jackson at bluequartz.net> wrote:

> Um, wait. is the size being changed a bug in CMake-Gui, Qt or WindowBlinds?
> I am going to guess that Microsoft doesn't officially support "skinning" and
> so you want the CMake team to support a non-supported feature of Windows on
> a shipping product? Doesn't really seem like a good idea to me. Just my
> Opinion.
>
> Also, could you post some screen shots of what exactly the problem is?
> ---
> Mike Jackson                 www.bluequartz.net
>
>
> On Mar 12, 2009, at 4:50 PM, Clinton Stimpson wrote:
>
>
>> Minimum sizes are dependent on which widgets are used, and how they are
>> laid out and the style.
>> Some styles have bigger buttons, or more spacing between widgets, etc...
>> There is no hard coded minimum size in the cmake gui.
>> In the cmake gui, the minimum horizontal size is usually determined by the
>> row containing the filter, combo box for view type, and the add/remove
>> buttons.  If we don't need the text in the add/remove buttons, that'll allow
>> you to make it smaller.  Or a new row could be created, but that makes the
>> minimum vertical size larger.
>>
>> It always open for suggestions.
>>
>> Clint
>>
>> On Mar 12, 2009, at 11:30 AM, David Cole wrote:
>>
>>  I just measured the minimum size of the outermost-frame cmake-gui window
>>> on Vista using Spy++ and it is 708 pixels wide by 363 pixels high.
>>>
>>> It looks like we could maybe go about 50 or so pixels narrower before it
>>> starts to get ugly...
>>>
>>> What would you recommend as a reasonable minimum size value?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Robert Dailey <rcdailey at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm currently using an application called WindowBlinds to apply a
>>> specific visual style to Windows XP. This, for some reason, has changed the
>>> minimum size of the cmake-gui app. I'm currently using version 2.6.3. Can
>>> you guys remove the minimum size requirement on the cmake gui window? It's
>>> far too large right now and I am unable to make it smaller. Keep in mind
>>> that it is the horizontal size that is limited, not the vertical.
>>>
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