Dialog Resizing - Testers Requested
Kertis Henderson
Surveyor
Introducing CC3 Dialog Tool!
After yet another thread about the size of dialog boxes, I worked on an XP add on that can change the sizes of these dialogs. I created CC3DialogTool, an open-source project on GitHub. I ask for people to test this early version. It can only resize one dialog, the "Custom Drawing Tools" dialog, at this point. If things go well, more dialogs can be added. It doesn't save your settings yet, but that can also be added, too.
To test, get the installer from the GitHub releases page below, and give it a test. DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK! I tested it myself a number of times, but please be cautious. Then, let me know what you think. Any feedback, good or bad, is welcome.
The original dialog looks like this:
Type the command "DIALOGTOOL" and hit Enter:
Right now, there's only one dialog affected. Enter a new size. The default is 8. Try 12, 14, or 16 to see what works best.
Thank you!
Comments
Only did a short test, but seems like it does as advertised. Bit weird that most of the text gets bigger, but I saw from the code that this is how you've implemented the resizing.
If you change the font size of a Win32 dialog, it scales everything. It's interesting. I could make the dialog resizable, but that won't make things more visible. I could pin the controls to the right and bottom of the dialog, but that won't make them more readable - just wider. Changing the font size is really easy and it seems to scale enough.
The child controls could be done independently as well if there's a need for that.
Thanks for testing.