[be] [bug #28079] window bugs

[Phil Fields]

URL:
  <http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?28079>

                 Summary: window bugs
                 Project: Bibledit
            Submitted by: oreo
            Submitted on: Mon 23 Nov 2009 10:18:27 AM GMT
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any

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Details:

I was giving a presentation today and had a very frustrating experience using
3.9.50. This was caused partly because of using a projector with smaller
resolution than my normal external monitor.

If you grab one of the windows and happen to shove the title bar above the
address bar, it is possible to shove it so that the whole title bar
disappears. If you ever do this, DON'T RELEASE THE MOUSE BUTTON! If you do
release that window, it will be impossible to move it, since the only handle
for moving the window seems to be the title bar. THERE IS ALSO NO WAY TO CLOSE
THE WINDOW. I was hoping that there would be a way to close a project window
via the menus. Nope! Closing the whole program doesn't help. BE remembers the
faulty window position and restores it to the unmovable place.

Another frustrating thing about the BE windows currently is that they seem to
remember and and prioritize themselves according to  the order in which they
were loaded. The first loaded window will always allow itself to be covered up
by any other window. Highlighting and using a window will not bring it to the
front over a partially overlapping window. 

It is also a minor frustration that the only handle for resizing BE project
windows is in the lower right corner. If you happen to shove a window so that
both the title window and the resize window are invisible, and if that was a
recently opened window (covering other windows), you may have very little
screen real estate left to work with.

In the context of a presentation, I did not feel it was a good time to try
deleting something to reset all the windows. Afterward I did find that
deleting configuration.1.xml in the .bibledit/configuration folder will reset
all window settings.

So here is a list of suggested fixes:
*Make it impossible to shove the title bar so that it disappears.
*OR Make it possible to use a key like the Alt key, to grab and reposition a
window that is all or partially off the program screen. Perhaps other window
borders could be made sensitive to such a "grab" key.
*Make it so that windows that are activated will move to the front. This will
make it possible to work with many windows, where it is likely that some will
be partially overlapping.
*Make it possible to close a project from a menu.
*OR Make it possible close all windows and reset window defaults from a
menu.
*Make it possible to resize windows from the lower left corner also. 
*Please make it possible to resize windows from all four sides, left, right,
top, and bottom.
*Make it so that when BE is restarted, it will not restore windows to an
immovable location, or to a location that is totally off the screen and
invisible.

Thanks!
Phil





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