Is there a way to expand window size for reading?
JulianDracos
Mapmaker
In many of the tool options, the labels are cut off by the window size. When I try the normal ways of expanding the window so I can read the full text, it does not work. Is there a way to adjust this so that I can read the full label?
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Not sure I'm following you, Julian. Can you show us a screen shot of what you mean?
Sure. As you can see, in certain menus the names for things can be cut off.
That's a classic windows dialog, so it isn't very dynamic unfortunately. Only way to change that is by the programmer.
So maybe after they fix the texting issues that can upgrade the windows to the modern one that is adjustable.
It's something to remember when you make your own drawing tools and name them, not to make the names too long to still read in this dialogue.
The way the drawing tools are named attaches them automatically to various buttons. For example, terrain drawing tools are all named "Terrain default, [actual name of tool]" so that they all appear when you click the Terrain default button. So to make the names short enough you would have to use very short names indeed, like "Terrain default, mud", or "Terrain default, sand". Sometimes, though, this isn't possible if you have 32 textures that need uniquely named drawing tools.
Is there a way to edit the default names of drawing tools? I understand you cannot get rid of terrain default, but edit the rest of the name.
Drawing tools are just files in @System\Drawtools, so you can rename them there. but I don't recommend renaming the official tools, as the drawing tools in the symbol catalog refers to the drawing tools by name, so if the name changes, these won't work anymore.