CHB method list minutia

Blair,

Some time ago, I reported intermittent appearance of horizontal scrollbars
in the CHB method list.  I think I might have figured out when it happens.
Please keep in mind that I typically use my filtered browser, which might be
causing the problem.  Caveats aside, here's how to (try to) reproduce it.

(1) point a CHB to browse Animal.  I used a "real" CHB, not one of my
filtered ones.  Animal is a good choice for the class because it has very
few methods, and you want something that you can browse w/o a scrolling
method list.

(2) Arrange the browser (using the vertical splitter) so that the method
list is just slightly bigger than its contents.

(3) Use the toolbar button to add a new method, say #test, and accept; no
code is necessary.  You should have a shiny new horizontal scroll bar on
your method list.

This is hardly a serious problem, let alone a problem at all.  I initially
reported it because I was concerned that I might have fried something in my
image (still a possibility).  I'm more interested in whether others see the
same behavior than in having a fix for something that is presumably
harmless.

Have a good one,

Bill

--
Wilhelm K. Schwab, Ph.D.
[hidden email]

Bill

You wrote in message news:bmk700$o8ran$[hidden email]...
>
> Some time ago, I reported intermittent appearance of horizontal scrollbars
> in the CHB method list.  I think I might have figured out when it happens.
> Please keep in mind that I typically use my filtered browser, which might
be
> causing the problem.  Caveats aside, here's how to (try to) reproduce it.
> ...[snip steps]...
> This is hardly a serious problem, let alone a problem at all.  I initially
> reported it because I was concerned that I might have fried something in
my
> image (still a possibility).  I'm more interested in whether others see
the
> same behavior than in having a fix for something that is presumably
> harmless.

Yes, that does cause an unnecessary horizontal scrollbar to appear on my
machine running WinXP. I suspect, however, that it is a bug in the list
control itself (since Dolphin is not adjusting the size in any way when
adding a new item as in your steps) and that it won't be possible to do
anything about it.

Regards

Blair

Blair,

> Yes, that does cause an unnecessary horizontal scrollbar to appear on my
> machine running WinXP.

Thanks for confirming it!


> I suspect, however, that it is a bug in the list
> control itself (since Dolphin is not adjusting the size in any way when
> adding a new item as in your steps) and that it won't be possible to do
> anything about it.

It sounds harmless, though it might matter to someone building an end-user
product??  Moving the splitter to change the width of the list gets the list
to redraw w/o the horizontal bar.  Is there a way to get the control itself
to invalidate its layout without having to resize it?  If so, that might
lead to a fix.

Have a good one,

Bill

--
Wilhelm K. Schwab, Ph.D.
[hidden email]