[bug] Initial Size

[math0ne]

I have a problem where the initial size or the search window is too small to see the text entry line:



Even after searching the last item is always cut off ( have it set to 5 items):



I've messed with all the settings the only thing that seems to fix it is re-installing.  After re-installing it will work great for a while, but always goes back to this same problem.

Any ideas?

[mouser]

i think it's a bug related to the option to hide the status bar.
if you turn the status bar back on in options and then restart farr, see if that fixes it.

i have on my todo list to fix this problem with the hidden statusbar option.

[Armando]

could it be also skin related? I've had similar problems in the past, and they went away when I stopped using skins.

[math0ne]

I'm getting very similar results with the status bar in place.  Do i have to re-install or something?



FYI: I'm not using skins that just my windows visual style.

[mouser]

Did you restart farr after changing the statusbar setting?
Try turning on the skinning system in farr and restarting and see if that solves it.

[math0ne]

I did restart before, but after turning on the skinning system and restarting again its better, still a little cut off, but usable:



I love the program, and don't want to take too much of your time, so thanks for all your help!

[mouser]

well i'd consider this a rather serious bug that needs fixing, so i'd like to get it working perfectly.
if i need to i'll add some custom code to handle the case where for whatever reason farr is improperly calculating the size it needs to be.

before i do, try messing with the settings here:


if it still doesn't solve the problem, what i might do is add another setting to that Advanced Configuration override page where a user can specify the exact pixel height of the farr window in it's default empty state.  that would allow you to solve your problem i think.  let's stay in touch and get this solved.

[math0ne]

Indeed the problem is fixed when i disable the custom fonts.  I am using a custom font, it's actually from donationcoder.com too.

http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Jibz/Dina/

[mouser]

Ah ha!

Ok so the problem is that you set a custom font, and that the act of doing so seemed to confuse FARR about proper window height.

You might try re-enabling it and then playing with the Result Height and SlideLine Height settings to see if that can be made to fix it.  Otherwise I will try to figure out which additional setting is needed to solve this.

[math0ne]

Well, re-enable-ing the custom font seems to re-set my problem, ie for a while i can use the Dina font with no problems

After a while though (not sure what causes it, i though it was standby, but i don't think so now) it goes back to misdetecting the window height. 

I'll let you know if i can figure out at what point exactly it stops working.

[nitrix-ud]

@mouser,

sorry to interrupt

i'd just like to remind you a small but annoying bug... that may be related to this one

my FARR keeps growing over time... (height-wise)

my settings :
fancy skin
custom fonts
no auto-shrink

so every 2 days i have to resize FARR so that i see all of it !

[jgpaiva]

Similar problem (not sure if it's related): When browsing the disk (details mode), if there are no results, the collumns' headers get partially cut off.
Options: No skinning, no custom fonts, auto-shrink on. (Vista 64)

[cranioscopical]

my FARR keeps growing over time.

So, you've finally noticed mouser's plan for world domination?

[nitrix-ud]

So, you've finally noticed mouser's plan for world domination?

yes !