Add additional font size to dropdown

[lidds]

Some of my customers are working on large paper size drawings e.g. A0 paper size. At the moment the smallest font size you can select from the font size dropdown is "8 pt", is there a way that I could add 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 pt to the dropdown?

Thanks in advance

Simon

[Sasha - Tracker Dev Team]

Hi Simon,

A little illustration would help understanding what font size exactly are you referencing.

Cheers,
Alex

[Willy Van Nuffel]

I suppose it must be in the "Page Content Properties"-toolbar (Classic toolbars) or in the "Format"-ribbon (Ribbon UI), where the smallest value for the "Font Size" is "8 pt".

In case you like smaller values, you must type them manually.

Best regards.

[lidds]

Hi,

Yes this was the font size dropdown I was referring to. I know you can enter a smaller value in the text field, however I was to add the values to the dropdown so the user can select them.

Is something like this possible
viewtopic.php?f=66&t=31093

Thanks

Simon

[lidds]

Is this possible?

Thanks

Simon

[Sasha - Tracker Dev Team]

Hello Simon,

Here's what I'm thinking. You can create a custom command handler as listener https://gist.github.com/Polaringu/16bb2 ... 7cbe36f4e6
Then you will need the OnCreateNewCtl method, where you can obtain the overloaded IUIX_Obj control after you have called the same method of the old command handler. This object is a combo box - you should query the implementation of it and then just simply insert the needed values into it.

Cheers,
Alex

[lidds]

Hi Alex,

Working on customising the font size dropdown by implementing the custom commandhandler, which is all working, thanks for that. The only problem is that the font size dropdown width has reduced and you can see the font size you have selected.

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I am using the following code:

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        Public Sub OnGetCtlSizes(pItem As IUIX_CmdItem, ByRef nSize As tagSIZE, ByRef nMinSize As tagSIZE, ByRef nMaxSize As tagSIZE) Implements IUIX_CmdHandler.OnGetCtlSizes
            If pItem.Cmd.ID = m_nFontSizeID Then
                m_OldFontSizeHandler.OnGetCtlSizes(pItem, nSize, nMinSize, nMaxSize)
            End If
        End Sub

Even if I try to increase the control size or min size, like below this has no effect.

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        Public Sub OnGetCtlSizes(pItem As IUIX_CmdItem, ByRef nSize As tagSIZE, ByRef nMinSize As tagSIZE, ByRef nMaxSize As tagSIZE) Implements IUIX_CmdHandler.OnGetCtlSizes
            If pItem.Cmd.ID = m_nFontSizeID Then
                nSize.cy = 400
                nMinSize.cy = 400
                m_OldFontSizeHandler.OnGetCtlSizes(pItem, nSize, nMinSize, nMaxSize)
            End If
        End Sub

Do you have any idea how to get around this?

Thanks

Simon

[Sasha - Tracker Dev Team]

Hello Simon,

For starters, you should not change the height of the control, only the width. Also, try changing the values after you have called the m_OldFontSizeHandler.OnGetCtlSizes(pItem, nSize, nMinSize, nMaxSize) method as they are being rewritten inside.

Cheers,
Alex

[lidds]

Hi Alex,

Don't know how I missed I was changing the height, not the width of the control, second set of eyes I guess

Also setting the font values after the OnGetCtlSizes event worked, thanks for the help.

[Sasha - Tracker Dev Team]