Accessing all parts of too big dialog box
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From: J.K. Baltzersen on 21 Jan 2010 14:51 Dear all: I have a dialog box that turns out to be too be big to be shown on screens with low screen resolution. Seemingly there are users that have such a low screen resolution, so changing it to a higher resolution is not a option. I have figured out that if I enable the system menu, the system menu can be used to move the dialog box around without keeping the mouse pointer on the title bar. The problem is that I cannot put the title permanently outside the screen. It keeps jumping back. There is no similar problem with the bottom of dialog box. Putting parts of the dialog box outside the screen is not a problem if it does not involve moving the title bar outside the screen. There are parts of the screen that the user needs access to at the bottom of the dialog. Hence, I would like to be able to move the dialog box to a position where the title bar is above the top of the screen. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much in advance. Best regards, J.K. Baltzersen
From: J.K. Baltzersen on 21 Jan 2010 15:01 On Jan 21, 8:51 pm, "J.K. Baltzersen" <jornb...(a)pvv.org> wrote: > Dear all: > > I have a dialog box that turns out to be too be big to be shown on > screens with low screen resolution. Seemingly there are users that > have such a low screen resolution, so changing it to a higher > resolution is not a option. > > I have figured out that if I enable the system menu, the system menu > can be used to move the dialog box around without keeping the mouse > pointer on the title bar. > > The problem is that I cannot put the title permanently outside the > screen. It keeps jumping back. There is no similar problem with the > bottom of dialog box. Putting parts of the dialog box outside the > screen is not a problem if it does not involve moving the title bar > outside the screen. > > There are parts of the screen that the user needs access to at the > bottom of the dialog. Hence, I would like to be able to move the > dialog box to a position where the title bar is above the top of the > screen. > > Any help will be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you very much in advance. > > Best regards, > J.K. Baltzersen It seems that the problem is that when I move or click the mouse after having moved the dialog box, the top of the dialog box sticks to the mouse pointer, and hence it jumps back to the screen.
From: David Ching on 21 Jan 2010 15:12 "J.K. Baltzersen" <jornbalt(a)pvv.org> wrote in message news:32c9f0b3-4020-4e8e-a203-6da1c1239799(a)21g2000yqj.googlegroups.com... > The problem is that I cannot put the title permanently outside the > screen. It keeps jumping back. This seems to occur only when you use the system menu's Move function. I have an app that lets you click anywhere in the client area to drag-move the window (it does this by returning HT_CAPTION in the WM_NCHITTEST handler). And if I drag the window so the top runs off the top of the screen, the window stays there. Perhaps the same occurs if you call MoveWindow() programmatically when a button or something is clicked. A potentially better solution is for you to show the dialog resource as a modal CScrollView so that the user can scroll through the entire dialog when it doesn't fit on the screen. More modern frameworks like WinForms and Qt have the concept of layout panels which resize listboxes, etc. to be smaller when the window becomes smaller, but unfortunately I think CScrollView is the best you can do in MFC, short of reauthoring the dialog entirely (which is no good because it cheats the users with higher resolution). -- David
From: Joseph M. Newcomer on 21 Jan 2010 17:49 I would be inclined to make the controls scrollable and add a scrollbar to the side of the dialog. There are examples of this in my Locale Explorer, which has the same problem. joe On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:51:35 -0800 (PST), "J.K. Baltzersen" <jornbalt(a)pvv.org> wrote: >Dear all: > >I have a dialog box that turns out to be too be big to be shown on >screens with low screen resolution. Seemingly there are users that >have such a low screen resolution, so changing it to a higher >resolution is not a option. > >I have figured out that if I enable the system menu, the system menu >can be used to move the dialog box around without keeping the mouse >pointer on the title bar. > >The problem is that I cannot put the title permanently outside the >screen. It keeps jumping back. There is no similar problem with the >bottom of dialog box. Putting parts of the dialog box outside the >screen is not a problem if it does not involve moving the title bar >outside the screen. > >There are parts of the screen that the user needs access to at the >bottom of the dialog. Hence, I would like to be able to move the >dialog box to a position where the title bar is above the top of the >screen. > >Any help will be greatly appreciated. > >Thank you very much in advance. > >Best regards, >J.K. Baltzersen Joseph M. Newcomer [MVP] email: newcomer(a)flounder.com Web: http://www.flounder.com MVP Tips: http://www.flounder.com/mvp_tips.htm
From: Tom Serface on 21 Jan 2010 19:41
Have you considered changing it into a form view. You could also try breaking it up into multiple smaller dialogs. Tom "J.K. Baltzersen" <jornbalt(a)pvv.org> wrote in message news:32c9f0b3-4020-4e8e-a203-6da1c1239799(a)21g2000yqj.googlegroups.com... > Dear all: > > I have a dialog box that turns out to be too be big to be shown on > screens with low screen resolution. Seemingly there are users that > have such a low screen resolution, so changing it to a higher > resolution is not a option. > > I have figured out that if I enable the system menu, the system menu > can be used to move the dialog box around without keeping the mouse > pointer on the title bar. > > The problem is that I cannot put the title permanently outside the > screen. It keeps jumping back. There is no similar problem with the > bottom of dialog box. Putting parts of the dialog box outside the > screen is not a problem if it does not involve moving the title bar > outside the screen. > > There are parts of the screen that the user needs access to at the > bottom of the dialog. Hence, I would like to be able to move the > dialog box to a position where the title bar is above the top of the > screen. > > Any help will be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you very much in advance. > > Best regards, > J.K. Baltzersen |