[mythtv-users] mythfrontend --> Setup --> Appearance --> GUI height (pixels) limited to 1600?

[Another Sillyname]

Found it in Mythweb settings.

Thanks

On 20 April 2016 at 12:51, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> On 04/20/2016 07:24 AM, Another Sillyname wrote:
>>
>> I just picked up a cheap Dell 4K 32" Monitor to use as a Desktop monitor.
>>
>> On my desktop configs for myth I always setup the Appearance so I can
>> see the Top and Bottom panels where I have a number of monitors
>> running so I can keep an 'eye' on what the machine is doing in the
>> background while I watch myth in the foreground.
>>
>> Historically therefore I've usually set the GUI Height for 52 pixels
>> less then the maximum screen height resolution and set the GUI Y
>> offest for 26 pixels.
>>
>> However on 4K screens the height is 2160 pixels, however GUI height
>> (pixels) doesn't want to accept any value higher then 1600.
>>
>> Is this a 'feature'?
>
>
> That's just the range in the spinbox that's used in the settings
> editor--from 0-1600 for height and 0-1920 for width.  You can use other
> values, but the GUI editor won't be able to set them.  You could set it
> through MythWeb settings editor or through the services API
>
> Perhaps if people really are using 4k monitors, now, the settings (GUI
> height/width and GUI X/Y offset) should be changed to use line edits (text
> boxes), instead.  I'm sure a patch would be considered (and likely
> accepted--especially if it also does proper checks to ensure the value
> specified represents a valid (zero or positive) int, or at minimum, defaults
> to zero when an invalid value is specified).  Alternatively, a patch that
> increases the ranges may be acceptable--though it should also increase the
> step size, too (as scrolling through 3840 (or higher) values with a large
> step (PgUp/PgDown--versus step of 1 with LEFT/RIGHT) of only 8 would be
> annoyingly slow--even going through 1920 @ 8 is annoyingly slow).
>
> https://github.com/MythTV/mythtv/blob/master/mythtv/programs/mythfrontend/globalsettings.cpp#L2075
>
> Mike
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