Experiment data values table columns too narrow

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Load an experiment data and go to Data --> Data Selection --> Values.

Values are unreadable because column width is small, values are long, and their 
alignment is to the center. I cannot even manually adjust the column widths 
because even I resize the window, the table stays fixed. There are several 
points that can be improved here:

- Print values to a few significant digits
- Set column width to fit the number in it (may not be good for large numbers).
- Align numbers to the left so we can read the important part even if cannot 
see the whole.
- Dynamically resize the table when the window width is changed.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by ozgunba...@gmail.com on 30 Sep 2012 at 7:45

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We can limit the number of significant digits, 3 or 4 is informative enough I 
think. I can also change the alignment to the left and make table fill the 
excess space when dialog is resized.

There are some points about its location and size that can be improved. When I 
open "Values" dialog, not whole table is visible so I have to reposition it to 
see all of it. Also when I increase page size to a value more than 40, the 
dialog does not fit so I cannot scroll down to the very end without decreasing 
the size of it. I am curious whether these are platform dependent issues or 
related to the resolution of monitor. If they are more general problems, I can 
also change them.

Original comment by mervecak...@gmail.com on 1 Oct 2012 at 3:13

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I have done the proposed changes. Now only 4 significant digits are shown, 
numbers are aligned to left instead of center and table size increases if you 
increase the size of the dialog. I think it looks good in windows, how is it 
now in linux?

I have also checked the size of the dialog in Linux, it is not adding scrolls 
even if the dialog size is huge - for instance when portal data is loaded. So 
it is quite hard to analyze it if you don't resize the window. Should we add 
some sort of upper bound to control this dialog's size or let the user change 
according to the needs?

Original comment by mervecak...@gmail.com on 9 Oct 2012 at 2:17

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It works very well in my Linux (Ubuntu 12). Scrollbars appear when they are 
needed. I didn't notice any problem.

Original comment by ozgunba...@gmail.com on 9 Oct 2012 at 6:23

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I have observed a strange behaviour with Linux 10.10. In the first try, 
scrollbars are not present but if I change the page size, scrolls are added and 
they persist in the following operations, even after closing and reopening the 
program. They are absent again if I restart the computer.

Original comment by mervecak...@gmail.com on 10 Oct 2012 at 11:55

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Then I suggest let's not worry about it. Who uses Ubuntu 10 when there is 
Ubuntu 12 and it is free.

Original comment by ozgunba...@gmail.com on 10 Oct 2012 at 6:28

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OK then. And it seems to be a problem for a very limited case anyway. 

If there are no other issues about this dialog, I guess we are done.

Original comment by mervecak...@gmail.com on 12 Oct 2012 at 12:22

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Original comment by ozgunba...@gmail.com on 19 Oct 2012 at 4:29

• Changed state: Fixed