OpenEuphoria

Re: "Send a Message to EUforum" window too small (Rob?)

• Posted by Al Getz <Xaxo at aol.com> Sep 19, 2006
• 608 views

Jason Gade wrote:
> 
> Al Getz wrote:
> > 
> > Hi again,
> > 
> > Yes i meant the width is not adjustable, but now that i take a better
> > look, not even the height is adjustable!  It's not the number of
> > lines that is doing this, because that 'page' is ok.  
> > What happens is this:
> > 
> > I go to another page somewhere on the web, resize page to say 900
> > pixels wide.  Close out window.  Now when i go to other pages on
> > the web, browser ALWAYS comes up 900 wide again unless i get a 
> > site (rather rare) that wants to make the window full screen...
> > but lets assume this doesnt happen.
> > Now i go to Euforum, everything is fine.  I read messages...
> > no problem.
> > 
> > Now after i read a message (such as this one) i click on 
> > "Reply" and instead of a 900 pixel window coming up i get
> > this skinny window that is about 713 pixels wide, not 900.
> > The 'page' that is inside the window has some edit controls
> > and a "Quote Original Text" button.
> > So it's not strictly speaking "EUforum" but rather the "Reply"
> > window that is too narrow.
> > 
> > It doesnt make sense that other windows on other sites work
> > ok and the "Reply" window doesnt.
> > 
> > If it's still not clear what is happening, i'll post a screen
> > shot so you can see how the scroll bar of the Reply page is
> > hidden by the skinny window that contains it that comes up when
> > i click "Reply".
> > 
> > 
> > Al
> > 
> > E boa sorte com sua programacao Euphoria!
> > 
> > 
> > My bumper sticker: "I brake for LED's"
> > 
> 
> Umm, it's always worked that way. It allows you to differentiate the reply
> window
> from the main window.
> 
> When you size a browser window and then close the browser, the browser writes
> its new size in either the registry or in an ini file. However since EUforum
> uses javascript it sets the reply window to a fixed size when it pops up. Like
> Derek said a few posts ago.
> 
> Do you really have a problem with this behavior? 
> 
> --
> "Any programming problem can be solved by adding a level of indirection."
> --anonymous
> "Any performance problem can be solved by removing a level of indirection."
> --M. Haertel
> "Premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming."
> --C.A.R. Hoare
> j.

Hi again,

Well, i guess i can live with it.
Thanks for your replies and Derek thanks for yours too.
Funny that i never noticed this before though :)


Take care,
Al

E boa sorte com sua programacao Euphoria!


My bumper sticker: "I brake for LED's"

 From "Black Knight":
"I can live with losing the good fight,
 but i can not live without fighting it".
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