[Mono-winforms-list] Control Resize?

[Luke Page]

Gert found issues which *looked* related to font measuring on the
RichTextBox, with non default fonts, which only occured on Linux, but I
don't have anything set up to test it.

On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 6:27 PM, Josh <TwoOneSix at thatclothingco.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Jonathan Pobst <monkey at jpobst.com> wrote:
>
> > That is weird, I don't think I've seen that before.
> >
> > Can you please file a bug with the source code of the simple app you
> > created?  I'll take a look at it.
> >
> > http://www.mono-project.com/Bugs
> >
> > [Class Libraries -> System.Windows.Forms]
> >
> > Generally I just leave everything at the default font, so maybe the code
> > is not correctly measuring non-default fonts.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Jonathan
> >
> >
> > Josh wrote:
> >
> > > I'm working in VB on VS (Winforms) and Mono 1.9 and my apps are
> > > working fine except when I run them under Mono it's almost like the text
> > > inside of each control is being cut off and all my windows and context menus
> > > appear to be "hacked off", even a simple right-click {copy, paste} the
> > > context menu is cut short.
> > >
> > > I followed the FAQ: Winforms to get the main window to resize
> > > correctly, but all my other windows and even my controls on that main window
> > > are still "cut off". I tried the export and still nothing. Also, I'm getting
> > > the same results on both the Windows and Linux versions of Mono. I'm
> > > thinking that maybe there is an issue with font that is missing? I have
> > > checked all over and can't seem to find a recommended font for mono
> > > applications. I also tried to create a simple app with just a Menu control
> > > and also got the exact same results.
> > >
> > > I have disabled "XP Style Menus" and even tried to set a static size
> > > for the controls. This will make the control bigger, but it still hacks off
> > > the text.
> > >
> > > In case my question is too hard to follow, please see the screen shot
> > > at: http://www.thatclothingco.com/images/MonoWinformCut.png
> > >
> > > Josh
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> >
> I have a little more information on this issue.
>
> I was able to solve the WINDOW part of the issue by removing
> "AutoScaleDimensions" and "AutoScaleMode" from each forms designer property
> but some/most of my text based controls are still being hacked off. I'm
> assuming that the stuff being "hacked off" also contains these properties
> deeper in the controls. The most notable controls are the MenuStrip,
> StatusStrip, ContextMenuStrip, and all ToolTips. Also, to correct what I had
> originally stated, these controls appear to working fine in mono under
> Windows, this issue is only on Mono under Linux.
>
> Is there a way to globally disable the AutoScale features? Does anyone
> have any suggestions on how to resolve or at least start troubleshooting
> what could be the cause?
>
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