[CMake] CMake GUI Issue

[Clinton Stimpson]

Robert,

Now that this email finally made it to the cmake list, I saw the snapshot.
It didn't look right, so I just found & fixed a bug which might be the 
one giving you grief here.

Clint

Robert Dailey wrote:
> For me it's well over 800 pixels wide. I can't make it go any smaller 
> than that.
>
> On my system, I did a bit of experimentation in MS Paint and I think 
> it would look perfectly fine at 500 pixels wide. I've attached a 
> screenshot of what the inner-panel looks like on my machine. Notice 
> how excessively wide it is. I can't make it thinner than that.
>
> I do have some tips to help save some horizontal real estate. The text 
> that reads "Press configure to update and display new values in red, 
> then press Generate to generate selected build files" could easily be 
> made multi-line. This would make it take up less width and allow the 
> window's width to be sized smaller. You could also remove this text 
> entirely and make it a balloon or popup text of some sort when the 
> mouse hovers over the list of cache variables.
>
> Secondly, the "Current Generator: Visual Studio 9 2008" text could be 
> placed above or below the "Configure" and "Generate" buttons. This 
> would allow the progress bar's left edge to be aligned next to the 
> "Generate" button's right edge.
>
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 12:30 PM, David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com 
> <mailto:david.cole at kitware.com>> 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
>     <mailto: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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