jpeskin
Newbie level 5
Some of the larger dialog boxes in Altium are so large that they don't fit on the screen. The title bar is up above the top of the screen, and the buttons at the very bottom are past the bottom of the screen.
Usually I can get by as the buttons at the bottom are typically OK or Cancel, so I can hit Enter for OK or Escape to Cancel. But it's a bit frustrating to have to guess all the time.
I've tried many different screen resolutions and am presently at the max for this laptop (1366x768).
The boxes are not re-sizable either.
Any ideas? Anyone else see this?
***EDIT***
---------- Post added at 01:06 ---------- Previous post was at 00:59 ----------
Well I figured out a workaround for this. There is a handy program called WindowsSpace
https://www.ntwind.com/software/windowspace/download.html
and it sets up hotkeys so that you can move any window by 10pixels by pressing Windows+Ctrl+Arrow key. This lets me move the dialogs up or down so that I can see the title bar and buttons that would otherwise be off the screen.
(I couldn't just use the mouse because the title bar was off screen so there was no way to "grab" the window to move it around).
Still a bit surprised Altium would design these dialogs so large that they won't fit on fairly standard screen sizes/ratios.
---------- Post added at 02:00 ---------- Previous post was at 01:06 ----------
Ok, this was a fairly stupid question now that I look at the recommended screen resolutions from Altium. It's much nicer to work with a larger, higher rez screen anyway.
Usually I can get by as the buttons at the bottom are typically OK or Cancel, so I can hit Enter for OK or Escape to Cancel. But it's a bit frustrating to have to guess all the time.
I've tried many different screen resolutions and am presently at the max for this laptop (1366x768).
The boxes are not re-sizable either.
Any ideas? Anyone else see this?
***EDIT***
---------- Post added at 01:06 ---------- Previous post was at 00:59 ----------
Well I figured out a workaround for this. There is a handy program called WindowsSpace
https://www.ntwind.com/software/windowspace/download.html
and it sets up hotkeys so that you can move any window by 10pixels by pressing Windows+Ctrl+Arrow key. This lets me move the dialogs up or down so that I can see the title bar and buttons that would otherwise be off the screen.
(I couldn't just use the mouse because the title bar was off screen so there was no way to "grab" the window to move it around).
Still a bit surprised Altium would design these dialogs so large that they won't fit on fairly standard screen sizes/ratios.
---------- Post added at 02:00 ---------- Previous post was at 01:06 ----------
Ok, this was a fairly stupid question now that I look at the recommended screen resolutions from Altium. It's much nicer to work with a larger, higher rez screen anyway.