Command Editor UI broken

Hi,

Really enjoying StrokeIT! However, on my 15" laptop, which runs at its maximum screen resolution of 1024x768, I cannot add applications, because whatever controls are below Edit, Remove, Add are barely showing. If I Tab around I can see that something there is getting the focus, but hitting Enter or Space, or trying to click it with the mouse, does nothing.

Thanks,
p.

This is a problem, because whatever I did poking around, StrokeIt is no longer working at all.

What does this exactly mean :"whatever controls are below Edit, Remove, Add are barely showing"?

Hello paul1149,

Your problem sounds like a bug but you don't tell us important information.
Please consider [url=http://www.tcbmi.com/strokeit/forum/read.php?2,54671]this[/url] thanks. Most important imho is describe reproducible steps to isolate the problem.

best regards

Leo

Hi gemisigo and Leo,

I didn't report it as a bug because I thought if it were I surely wouldn't be the only one experiencing it. I rather attributed it to the limits of resolution of the laptop I just started using, as I have seen some other dialog weirdness on it.

In any case, here is the scenario. I open SI from the Taskbar in order to add an app (FreeCell). I am presented with an interface title Command Editor. On the left is a Tree list of the specified apps and actions, on the right is a section for adding/removing/editing apps.

I clicked Add and added FreeCell into the Identifiers box (I've done all this before successfully on my desktop machine). But as I said, I have the Edit, Remove, and Add Controls, but only a tiny top portion of whatever is below them. It looks like a checkbox followed by text. There is nothing below that but plain gray interface.

Here's a shot of the problem: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/pbpublic/forum%20links/StrokeIt.gif

I got StrokeIt back by uninstalling/reinstalling. Evidently my poking around blindly disabled it in some way. I'm using the latest version (just downloaded today).

Also, I'm glad I checked back here. Moving the thread evidently broke email notification.

Thanks and best wishes,
p.

Sorry, I see now that there is a difference here between Follow and Follow with email notifications. I should be getting them now.

I see. That's weird. The missing checkbox is "Disable gestures in this application". Still, I wonder how managed to get it like this. Even if I resize the command editor window to be 512 pixels high that checkbox is still clearly visible. Are other panels in other application windows showing properly?

When I was setting up the laptop, I did have some GUI problems. I ended up doing a complete restore and installing anew (I bought the machine used), and since then I can't recall any other instance of GUI malformation.

I didn't realize the Command Editor was resizable, but doing so does not affect the problem.

I imagine I tripped the Deactivate button while Global Actions was selected, thereby nicely disabling SI for basically the whole computer! :)

So I take it that there is no OK button that needs to be pressed when I Add an app; it's all written in real time. That means that I can go ahead and Add and configure with the portion of CE that does show. So I guess then that I'm up and running. Still can't figure out what's wrong though.

bw,
p.

Hello paul1149,

What OS do you using ?
What skin do you using in your OS ?
You are using 0.97 personal right ?
I can't reproduce your problem sorry.

with best regards

Leo

Leo - I'm on XP sp3, and I use the Zune theme. I ran the same setup on my desktop, without this problem. Yes, I use v .9.7.

I see I'm also getting the UI truncation on other Command Editor views, such as the Add Action panel cuts off the two large controls, bottom right (enable and remove, I believe). I can see just enough of them that I can clip them with the mouse and activate them.

BTW, I'm still not getting notifications here, though I reset my board prefs and then resubbed to this thread. I'll keep checking manually each day.

bw,
p.

Did you change your font size in windows (though it does not seem so on your screenshot)?

I'm not sure about system font size, but I did switch it to Verdana - from what, Tahoma? Maybe that's worth a check...

Well, I thought I changed system font, but in Display Properties/Appearance/Advanced all I see is tahoma, sans serif, trebuchet - standard MS fare. But it's very possible I changed the font size, like maybe from 8 to 9. I have no direct control there over fonts for control buttons, but maybe another setting changes that too.

I have had a similar problem earlier when I increased my font size.

I am used to strokeit so I managed to do with the missing visual components.