QtRadio Control Toolbar layout issue

[bluesbro1982]

Hey all:

I've built the latest ghpsdr3-alex from the latest master branch git source. I've followed the instructions as to pointing qt to the right libraries, and the programs appear to compile fine, but I'm wondering if its just me that is having the issue of the VFO, VU meter, and all of the other top toolbar select radio butons completely being the wrong size to the point of not being able to see anything:

https://imgur.com/a/8m2L6

I'm dual booting ubuntu 17.04 ,with Qt 5.7.1 on a macbookpro retina from late 2013.When starting qtradio, the window is quite small. Resizing it has the correct effect on the panadapter, but the control buttons, vfo, etc are centered and not resizeable, nor is the amount of vertical space on top for the band information / etc

Do I need to use a newer / older Qt? abovie@AGB-Macbook-Ubuntu:~$ qmake -v QMake version 3.0 Using Qt version 5.7.1 in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu

Thanks in advance...

[frohro]

Hi,

I think it is the Qt version as you suspect.  There hasn't been a lot of activity on ghpsdr3-alex recently, and I suspect that most others haven't tried later versions of Qt5.  I would recompile it myself, and see what gives, but unfortunately I don't have the time just now to do that.  The source code is there.  It probably needs some maintenance.

73,

Rob

KL7NA

On 10/19/2017 10:34 AM, bluesbro1982 wrote:

Hey all:

I've built the latest ghpsdr3-alex from the latest master branch git source. I've followed the instructions as to pointing qt to the right libraries, and the programs appear to compile fine, but I'm wondering if its just me that is having the issue of the VFO, VU meter, and all of the other top toolbar select radio butons completely being the wrong size to the point of not being able to see anything:

https://imgur.com/a/8m2L6

I'm dual booting ubuntu 17.04 ,with Qt 5.7.1 on a macbookpro retina from late 2013.When starting qtradio, the window is quite small. Resizing it has the correct effect on the panadapter, but the control buttons, vfo, etc are centered and not resizeable, nor is the amount of vertical space on top for the band information / etc

Do I need to use a newer / older Qt? abovie@AGB-Macbook-Ubuntu:~$ qmake -v QMake version 3.0 Using Qt version 5.7.1 in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu

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[bluesbro1982]

Just recompiled with Qt 5.9.2 with the same issue - BUT I then went into Ubuntu's display settings. It was scaling toolbars, etc. to 2x their normal size (which is good on a retina display as everything is crazy small) unfortunately that seems to break the UI layout code for the VFO bar. It looks like this right now:

https://imgur.com/a/qS3PN

Would be nice to be able to scale the control bar up in size and widths - larger displays are a reality vs. 2015. I have no clue how to program in Qt, but if someone might point me to the right file I'll try to tinker.

[frohro]

That is probably normal for a big display like you have.  Mine isn't as big (1280x800), but does have the space on the sides of the VFO UI.

73,

Rob

KL7NA

On 10/19/2017 11:55 AM, bluesbro1982 wrote:

Just recompiled with Qt 5.9.2 with teh same issue - BUT I then went into Ubuntu's display settings. It was scaling toolbars, etc. to 2x their normal size (which is good on a retina display as everything is crazy small) unfortunately that seems to break the UI layout code for the VFO bar. It looks like this right now:

https://imgur.com/a/qS3PN

Would be nice to be able to scale the control bar up in size and widths - larger displays are a reality vs. 2015. I have no clue how to program in Qt, but if someone might point me to the right file I'll try to tinker.

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[bluesbro1982]

Yep. I'm poking around in the UI files with qtcreator and it looks like everything is defined in absolute pixel sizes - plus eye candy wise perhaps we could do a bit better. I've got some time in a couple weeks I might be able to work with this.