IC613 : hiCreateMenuItem + hiMakeLPChoiceList icons = too sm

[Sylvain]

Hello,

I'm trying to adapt a code working in 5.1.41 to 6.1.3 .
This code opens a menu displaying a list of layers that user may click
to start a callback.
In 5.1 it is OK, I see the layer color, fliing and its name and
purpose.

In 6.1, the same code produces a small square icon, containing what
I've describe before.
This square is so small that we can't read the text and it is really
painful.

I do not see anywhere in the doc how to modify my code for this
issue .. Neither in sourcelink.

Here's an example :

d_cv = geGetEditCellView()
d_tf = techGetTechFile(d_cv)
l_layers = list(list("metal1" "drawing") list("metal1" "pin"))
l_choices = hiMakeLPChoiceList(d_tf l_layers)


foreach(mapcar icon l_choices
menuItem = hiCreateMenuItem(
?name gensym()
?itemText ""
?itemIcon icon
?callback "myCallback()"
)
) ; ** foreach mapcar **


Has anyone ever seen this behaviour ?

Thanks in advance,

Sylvain

 

[Pete nospam Zakel]

In article <3a594547-c029-41e5-8f8d-a255d293f0ed@c14g2000yqm.googlegroups.com> Sylvain <sylvain.triviaux@gmail.com> writes:

I'm trying to adapt a code working in 5.1.41 to 6.1.3 .
This code opens a menu displaying a list of layers that user may click
to start a callback.
In 5.1 it is OK, I see the layer color, fliing and its name and
purpose.

In 6.1, the same code produces a small square icon, containing what
I've describe before.
This square is so small that we can't read the text and it is really
painful.

I do not see anywhere in the doc how to modify my code for this
issue .. Neither in sourcelink.

Unfortunately, this is a Qt limitation. IC 5.1.41 is Motif-based, and
arbitrary sized icons could be used for menu items. With Qt, only a small
square icon can be used alongside text for a menu item, and for a menu button
(the button on the window that brings up the menu), you can't use an icon at
all since you can't have both text and an icon, and the icon is too small to
be useful.

The current layer icons returned by hiMakeLPChoiceList can be used for cyclic
fields (which is the intended purpose for that function), but cannot be used
for menu items with Qt.

This is planned to be addressed in the next IC release.

-Pete Zakel
(phz@seeheader.nospam)

Vail's Second Axiom:
The amount of work to be done increases in proportion to the
amount of work already completed.

 

[Sylvain]

On 5 aoűt, 02:46, px...@cadence.com (Pete nospam Zakel) wrote:

In article <3a594547-c029-41e5-8f8d-a255d293f...@c14g2000yqm.googlegroups..com> Sylvain <sylvain.trivi...@gmail.com> writes:

I'm trying to adapt a code working in 5.1.41 to 6.1.3 .
This code opens a menu displaying a list of layers that user may click
to start a callback.
In 5.1 it is OK, I see the layer color, fliing and its name and
purpose.

In 6.1, the same code produces a small square icon, containing what
I've describe before.
This square is so small that we can't read the text and it is really
painful.

I do not see anywhere in the doc how to modify my code for this
issue .. Neither in sourcelink.

Unfortunately, this is a Qt limitation.  IC 5.1.41 is Motif-based, and
arbitrary sized icons could be used for menu items.  With Qt, only a small
square icon can be used alongside text for a menu item, and for a menu button
(the button on the window that brings up the menu), you can't use an icon at
all since you can't have both text and an icon, and the icon is too small to
be useful.

The current layer icons returned by hiMakeLPChoiceList can be used for cyclic
fields (which is the intended purpose for that function), but cannot be used
for menu items with Qt.

This is planned to be addressed in the next IC release.

-Pete Zakel
 (p...@seeheader.nospam)

Vail's Second Axiom:
        The amount of work to be done increases in proportion to the
        amount of work already completed.

Hello,

Thank's for this update and for the hint (use of cyclics).
I've updated my code in order to use hiCreateLayerCyclicField and it
works fine.


Regards,

Sylvain