[maemo-developers] Fremantle dialogs at maximum size

[From: Till Harbaum / Lists]

Hi,

Am Donnerstag 16 April 2009 schrieb Simon Budig:
> Right, but what are the options of hildon then? If the dialog contains
> too much stuff it can a) extend beyond the screen, b) cut off some
> widgets, c) cramp widgets together, possibly having them overlap each
> other. None of these options really is a good one.
You forgot 
d) scale the widgets with variable sizes (like lists) so everything fits nicely

> than fit comfortably you're probably on a good way on creating a
> usability problem, although it is hard to judge without knowledge about
> the specific application.
I am not putting more into the dialogs. I just want it to e.g. display as many 
entries in a treeview widget as possible. I want it thus to be as big as possible.

> So you're saying that earlier versions did not respect your size request
> of 800x480 in non-fullscreen mode (what do you mean exactly by this
> btw.)? That sounds like broken behaviour: Why doesn't the dialog respect
> your request for 800x480?
Because in non-fullscreen there are other things on the screen like the
icons to the left and to of the screen that a non-fullscreen app never 
covers. If i say "make my dialog 800x480" and i am _not_ in fullscreen
mode then the dialog should not become a fullscreen dialog.

> I am not sure if I really got the problem.
I just want a dialog being as big as possible. I want to to cover the entire
800x480 in fullscreen and i want it to cover all available screenspace 
if not in fullscreen mode. Diablo did this fine, fremantle makes the dialog
title disappear behind other things on the screen when not being in
fullscreen mode. 

Till