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Instrument panel implemented as a grid with draggable & resizable components
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Could it be made possible to adjust width in smaller increments? #253

Open Mastiffen opened 11 months ago

Mastiffen commented 11 months ago

I have a phone at the front of the boat, where I set and pull my crawfish and lobster pots. That way I can see depth and some other good to have info without going to the plotter in the steering house. The problem I have is that I would like some info to be two in one line in portrait mode on the phone. But I can't split them down the middel, on the IP67 Sony phone I use there I can only have 1/3 of the width or 2/3 of the width, and that means that one of the panels are cut off. Is it possible to have smaller increments in the adjustment for that? Or is there a setting that isn't documented in the manual about resizing?

cmotelet commented 11 months ago

The number of possible columns and their pixel sizes are automatically calculated according to screen size. There's no way to configure it manually. Can you send me a screenshot and the pixel size of your screen ?

Mastiffen commented 11 months ago

Thank you for the quick answer! It's a Sony Xperia 10 II, which has a 21:9 screen, maybe that's the problem? 1080x2520 pixels. As you can see the water temp is almost unreadable, and the front voltage is taking 2/3, while the rerr voltage has to settle for 1/3. I have sized info after importance, so depth (1.07 at the dock) and speed in knots (null since it's moored) are the two biggest ones. I can't fire up the engine from the cabin yet (it's coming...), which is why the propulsion fields are not filled in. Skjermskudd Sony

Mastiffen commented 10 months ago

This may be a moot point for me soon. I am just waiting for the new Oneplus 12, then I will move my current main phone, Huawei P30 Pro, to display use in the boat. I assume the different display size will not have the same problem as the Sony.

Mastiffen commented 9 months ago

I found out that I have the same problem on the Huawei, and I also found the reason for the problem: The width is not calculated correctly when the label is not shown. Totally repeatable. When the label is there, the full number is within the window, when the label is not there, the font is too big and is cut off vertically.

cmotelet commented 9 months ago

Indeed, I've added a fixed zoom factor when the label is hidden to make the most of the space freed up. In your case, perhaps you shouldn't hide the label. I'll try to add the possibility of adjusting the zoom factor in the widget configuration.

Mastiffen commented 9 months ago

Thanks, and good, I'm glad I'm not nuts and hallucinating this! How about another solution? I hide the labels because they don't tell my wife anything when she's at the helm. If i could give them actually descriptive names instead of the fixed data path, that would be even better than hiding.

cmotelet commented 9 months ago

you can give names to paths, but this is not done in intrumentpannel but on the server itself. it's explained here: https://github.com/SignalK/signalk-server/wiki/FAQ:-Frequently-Asked-Questions#how-to-add-missing-units-and-static-data-eg-displayname

Mastiffen commented 9 months ago

Wow, I was looking in the plug-in settings! I tried with a couple of values now, and that worked perfectly. Thanks!