Editing boxes?

[sz0k30]

Still on version 25 so not sure if this has changed or not, but its pretty ridiculous not to be able to see what you want/need to change!

 

[HaroldL]

If you're talking about the oversized text in the dim edit dialog it has not been addressed in v26.

 

[simonb65]

It's displayed in the text and size you specify for the Font. Not sure why it has to do that though ...



Interestingly, if you override the style, and change the font, the text size changes (as seen by yourselves) ...



But then un-ticking the override, the font doesn't change back to the default!



So more than one bug/undesired behaviour going on here! Saying that, 20pt is very big for drawing text (I guess the text size was assumed to be conforming to standard drawing practices!), but I agree that the dialog fields should handle this better.

Not sure why any of the text fields need to use the selected Font. This is purely a data entry dialog box, not the drawing sheet!

 

[jfleming]

Not sure why any of the text fields need to use the selected Font. This is purely a data entry dialog box, not the drawing sheet!

^^^This

 

[DavidJ]

Well displaying the font is useful if you are choosing a font and are not familiar with the appearance. I'd agree that these fields don't necessarily need to display at the final font size.

 

[simonb65]

Well displaying the font is useful if you are choosing a font and are not familiar with the appearance. I'd agree that these fields don't necessarily need to display at the final font size.

I would suggest having a larger area on the dialog that shows a preview of the font and leave all the controls using the dialog font. That's what a lot of graphical/arty editors do.

 

[sz0k30]

It's displayed in the text and size you specify for the Font. Not sure why it has to do that though ...

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Interestingly, if you override the style, and change the font, the text size changes (as seen by yourselves) ...

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But then un-ticking the override, the font doesn't change back to the default!

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So more than one bug/undesired behaviour going on here! Saying that, 20pt is very big for drawing text (I guess the text size was assumed to be conforming to standard drawing practices!), but I agree that the dialog fields should handle this better.

Not sure why any of the text fields need to use the selected Font. This is purely a data entry dialog box, not the drawing sheet!

I wasn't asking about text size. I asked why the whole text isn't shown in the "upper/prefix/suffix" window? How can I correct a spelling mistake if I cant see it in the appropriate text window?

 

[simonb65]

I wasn't asking about text size. I asked why the whole text isn't shown in the "upper/prefix/suffix" window? How can I correct a spelling mistake if I cant see it in the appropriate text window?

It doesn't fit in the window because of the text size! That's why the text size is the root of the problem with it fitting in! See my example in my post above. If you change the text size the text fits in the window!