Re: problems with window size

[Tyler Longren <tyler captainjack com>]

On Sat, 21 Dec 2002 22:55:03 -0500
Peter Bloomfield <PeterBloomfield@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> On 2002.12.21 21:43 Tyler Longren wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I just installed Balsa 2.0.3.  I'm running Slackware 8.1 with
> > Dropline
> > Gnome 1.3.1.
> > 
> > The install went fine, I did "configure" like so:
> > ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-threads --enable-gtkhtml
> > --without-esmtp
> > 
> > When I start Balsa, the main window is huge.  The width of the
> > window
> > won't change, but the height will.  When I click "Maximize", the
> > windows
> > goes past the edges of my screen.
> > 
> > How can I fix this?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Tyler
> 
> I believe the problem may be the toolbar on the main window, 
> which has rather long labels. The quickest fix is to suppress 
> them: pop up the toolbar menu by right-clicking on one of the 
> separators--yes, they're kinda narrow, but you can click on them! 
> Select `icons only', and you should then be able to reduce the 
> width of the window.
> 
> Of course, you won't know what the buttons mean, except from the 
> tooltips. However, if you select Settings->Toolbars, you can 
> select the `Wrap button labels' option, and have a more sane 
> display when you re-enable `Text below icons' on the toolbar 
> popup menu.
> 
> Seems that someone forgot to set the default for wrapping labels 
> to TRUE--it's fixed in cvs, and the fix will show up in 2.0.4.
> 
> Peter

Cool, thanks!

Tyler