Bug 2446 – ENH: ultra-wide toolbars (Play-at-Speed & Mixer) with reticules and no numbers look far too sparse

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Audacity 3.0.3 development began 19th April 2021

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Bug 2446 - ENH: ultra-wide toolbars (Play-at-Speed & Mixer) with reticules and no numbers look far too sparse


Summary:	ENH: ultra-wide toolbars (Play-at-Speed & Mixer) with reticules and no numbe...

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	Audacity
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	User Interface
Version:	2.4.2
Hardware:	Per OS All

Importance:	P3 Enhancement
Assigned To:	Default Assignee for New Bugs

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Reported:	2020-05-24 07:54 UTC by Peter Sampson
Modified:	2021-02-11 11:00 UTC (History)
CC List:	7 users (show)

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Steps To Reproduce:	1) float the Play-at-Speed and Mixer toolbars 2) stretch them to full screen width 3) optionally increase the height as well 4) Observe: no new reticules are added and those that are there are not enlarged so the toolbars look extremely spartan and sparse
Release Note:	Group: Toolbars *with ultra-wide toolbars for Play-at-Speed and Mixer with reticules and no numbers look far too sparse.
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Workaround:	None
Closed:	2021-02-11 00:00:00

Flags:	petersampsonaudacity: Test‑OK‑Win+ petersampsonaudacity: Test‑OK‑Mac+

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Description Peter Sampson 2020-05-24 07:54:34 UTC

Created attachment 977 [details]
Ultra-wide toolbars

when you stretch the PAS and Mixer toolbars to be ultra-wide the look far too sparse.

In contrast when you float and widen the Meter toolbars more reticules (and more numbers) are added - so these look fine when ultra-wide.

See attachment for examples

Comment 1 Peter Sampson 2021-02-10 16:24:45 UTC

Upgrading this to P3 - this was held over from 2.4.2 - but so far no-one has picked this up for 3.0.0

It really needs more reticules as it gets wider to look good - it just looks messy, untidy, the way it is.

Comment 2 Leland Lucius 2021-02-11 04:49:45 UTC

Fix in:

https://github.com/audacity/audacity/commit/11076f0

This only changes our custom horizontal sliders, so stuff like the mixer and transport toolbars, the sliders in the tracks, and the balance slider in the Mixer Board.  I think that's all, so make sure they all look okay to you.

Comment 3 Leland Lucius 2021-02-11 04:51:37 UTC

> This only changes our custom horizontal sliders, so stuff like the mixer and
> transport toolbars, the sliders in the tracks, and the balance slider in the
> Mixer Board.  I think that's all, so make sure they all look okay to you.

Oh, specifically look at the right edge of the slider scale as you resize things.  You'll notice that the last tick moves around just a bit.  Make sure that is okay with you.  If not, then a bit more complicated fix will be required.

Comment 4 Peter Sampson 2021-02-11 11:00:50 UTC

(In reply to Leland Lucius from comment #3)
Tested on W10 and macOS 11.2.1 with Audacity 3.0.0 11076f0

Looks much better now on both platforms