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Settings window disappears

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2023 6:53 pm
by Hans L
Hello:

On my wife's XnView MP (same as mine; 1.4.2), the Settings box has no Minimize or Restore icon. Box is too tall; can't see bottom. Trying to reduce size by dragging down top edge. In doing so, window quickly glides downward and disappears. Main XnView MP window not accessible for clicks on icons, which indicates that Settings window is still open. Have to close using Task Manager.

Win 10, 64 bit.

Kindly advice.

Hans L

Re: Settings window disappears

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 9:16 am
by xnview
which screen resolution do you have?

Re: Settings window disappears

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 3:35 pm
by Hans L
Here's the data:

Landscape

1920 x 1080

Text etc size: 175 %

Hans L

Re: Settings window disappears

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 4:53 pm
by xnview
yes in 175%, there is no enough space in height, i'll try to reduce the size of setting dialog

Re: Settings window disappears

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 5:08 pm
by Hans L
Thanks. Now, not knowing the details, would it be possible to allow user to change size of settings dialog box?

Hans L

Re: Settings window disappears

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2025 9:54 pm
by Mariusz W
I experience similar behavior: the bottom of the Settings pop-up window not visible.

Windows 11 (fully updated)
XnView MP 1.8.6 (64 bit) - Libformat 7.204
Display Resolution: 3184×2160
Scale: 350%

Re: Settings window disappears

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2025 4:16 am
by user0
Mariusz W wrote: Sun Mar 23, 2025 9:54 pm I experience similar behavior: the bottom of the Settings pop-up window not visible.

Windows 11 (fully updated)
XnView MP 1.8.6 (64 bit) - Libformat 7.204
Display Resolution: 3184×2160
Scale: 350%
why use 350% scale?
your output resolution is 909x617 which is extremely low.


I would only bother to update app dialogs to fit min common resolutions:
1280x720 (HD) or 1366x768 (FWXGA)

also steam survey - Primary Display Resolution

Re: Settings window disappears

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2025 5:40 am
by Mariusz W
I would very much appreciate if the settings dialog can be fixed (like what other similar applications did). I must use 350% because of my eyesight. Microsoft provides this scale factor for a reason. Scale 350% doesn’t change the display resolution of images, it only increases the perceived size of elements on screen like text, icons, taskbars, etc.

Quote:
In Windows 11, you can adjust the perceived size of elements on screen using display scaling (adjusting the percentage) rather than lowering the display resolution, which can lead to a loss of image quality. Lowering resolution makes everything larger but at the cost of sharpness.

Re: Settings window disappears

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2025 8:01 am
by xnview
Mariusz W wrote: Mon Mar 24, 2025 5:40 am I would very much appreciate if the settings dialog can be fixed (like what other similar applications did). I must use 350% because of my eyesight. Microsoft provides this scale factor for a reason. Scale 350% doesn’t change the display resolution of images, it only increases the perceived size of elements on screen like text, icons, taskbars, etc.
could you post a screenshot?

Re: Settings window disappears

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2025 8:18 am
by Mariusz W
The screenshot attached

Re: Settings window disappears

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2025 8:58 am
by xnview
Mariusz W wrote: Mon Mar 24, 2025 8:18 am The screenshot attached
next version will have lower dialog height

Re: Settings window disappears

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2025 2:30 am
by Mariusz W
Thank you. I appreciate it.