Re: Gui editor settings on MacOS X

[Ben Abbott]

On Jun 9, 2013, at 5:42 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:

> On Jun 9, 2013, at 5:01 PM, Torsten wrote:
> 
>> On 09.06.2013 05:28, Ben Abbott wrote:
>> 
>>> I figured it out.  I hadn't noticed the vertical_layout_9 object
>>> earlier.  The trick is to modify its layoutSpacing from -1 to +4.
>>> The resulting dialog is attached (an "hg diff") as well.  The
>>> horizontal spacing is a bit tight for the complied result, but the
>>> preview in Qt Designer looks great.  So, my impression is that there
>>> is  Qt bug (at least for the version I'm running).
>>> 
>>> I'm happy to push a changeset, but thought is appropriate to check
>>> with you before doing that.
>> 
>> Ben, thanks for the patch; looks good in Ubuntu, too.
>> 
>> There are still different vertical spaces between the first settings and
>> too small horizontal spaces between some elements. Obviously, MacOS X
>> handles some default spacings differently. I am going to play around a
>> bit and send you a patch for testing.
>> 
>> Torsten
> 
> In MacOS X, I also see some differences in the right margins depending upon 
> how many widgets an object is embedded in.  Unfortunately the variance in 
> right margin doesn't show up in the preview for MacOS X.  Which makes me 
> wonder if there are also variances between the preview and what is actually 
> rendered for other platforms.
> 
> In any event, I'll try to construct a clean layout for MacOS X, and email it 
> to you to check in Ubuntu.  Meanwhile, feel free to email me a layout to test 
> in MacOS X.
> 
> Ben

The attached looks very nice on MacOS X, but I have to change the layoutSpacing 
of verticalLayout_11 from 10 to -1 to get the same result in the preview for 
MacOSX, Windows, and Motif/etc.  Iv'e attached the previews I see for a 
layoutSpacing of 10.

Ben

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