Manual Entry for element sizing

[Cdetviler]

There should be fields in the edit window that allow for manual editing of an elements size. Furthermore, these fields should be pre-populated with the dimensions of the last element that was edited.

[Cdetviler]

If it is the first element edited, perhaps it should be populated with the default dimensions for that element?

[kb0thn]

On 2/3/2016 10:32 AM, Charlie Detviler wrote:

There should be fields in the edit window that allow for manual editing of an elements size. Furthermore, these fields should be pre-populated with the dimensions of the last element that was edited.

The sizing should only take effect when an "apply" or "set size" button is clicked.

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[kb0thn]

Andrew suggests that we don't have it automatically pre-populate the manual size field with the last value. It should pre-populate with the current size of the element. But we should have a button above or to the left of the size input boxes that is "Use last element size" or the like. And then below or to the right an apply button.

On 2/3/2016 10:32 AM, Charlie Detviler wrote:

If it is the first element edited, perhaps it should be populated with the default dimensions for that element?

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/aprsworld/wsWebDisplay/issues/81#issuecomment-179326203.

-James Jefferson Jarvis APRS World, LLC +1-507-454-2727 www.aprsworld.com

[Cdetviler]

So I have implemented this feature as I interpreted it. Here is how it works:

Text blocks objects and Cells objects are placed into a two-position queue within the page-settings object when they are selected in edit mode. If the same object is clicked on multiple times, there is logic that prevents it from occupying both indexes of the queue. Two fields in the edit-pane are populated with the width and height. These fields can be manually changed and applied when the "apply dimensions" button is pressed. The user can also click the "use last element's dimensions" button and the fields will populate with the dimensions of the element at position 0 in the queue (in other words, the previous element) - these values will not apply until the user clicks the "apply dimensions" button.

Unfortunately, the addition of this has cluttered up the edit-pane. One some screen sizes, things will appear off-screen. I am going to have to come up with a solution to deal with this. I will be opening a feature request shortly.

[Cdetviler]

Jim suggested that width and height can be adjusted separately. This would allow images and cameras to be adjusted based on their aspect ratio.

[Cdetviler]

The css for this is also not finalized. It currently looks pretty ugly. That is related to issue #83

[Cdetviler]

The CSS has been improved and a new issue (#88) has been opened with the separate width and height resizing feature request.