Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: RE: [Ethereal-dev] Save As dialog height doesn't fit in 800x600 r esolution (from eth ereal-users)

[Biot Olivier <Olivier.Biot@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

|From: Ulf Lamping
|
|Olivier Biot schrieb am 23.02.04 09:56:14:
|> 
|> Hi list,
|> 
|> It looks like the Save As dialog doesn't fit anymore in
|> a 800x600 resolution.
|> 
|> I am not a GUI programmer, but is it feasible to use 2 
|> canvases in such a situation, and decide to draw the
|> canvases side-by-side instead of vertically stacked
|> if the height resolution doesn't allow to 
|> see the latter layout?
|
|That's sad!
|
|The problem is: The GtkFileSelector we use has a fixed 
|layout on this and can't be changed.

Do you mean the entire File Save dialog is a monolithic widget
in GTK+ terms?

|We cannot easily change the layout of the whole box,
|as we only have a single point to add our own Widget(s).

You mean that it is not possible to add the GtkFileSelector
in one canvas and then add the other widgets in another canvas,
and then decide to display both side-by-side if the vertical
resolution doesn't allow displaying the dialog if/when both
canvases are displayed the one on top of the other?

|I don't see a good and easy solution to this. 
|
|One solution could be to put the "Packet Range" into it's own 
|dialog, and print only a summary line in the save dialog "Save 
|all captured packets" and a button "Range" to call the packet 
|range dialog to change the setting.

So you mean we cannot add the Packet Range in a dedicated canvas
because the GtkFileSelector only allows us to add widgets in one
specific place/point?

And we cannot "dock" the GtkFileSelector widget within a dialog,
along with other widgets?

|This will require some more work on this, and will make the 
|dialog even less intuitive :-(

I agree with you, but I'd not say 'even less',
but just 'less' :)

Regards,

Oliveir