TextGadget & spaces

[Psychophanta]

With previous versions of PB (5.xx) it works as expected but now is this correct the behaviour, or is it a bug?:

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OpenWindow(0,0,0,400,300,"Inc",#PB_Window_SystemMenu|#PB_Window_ScreenCentered)
TrackBarGadget(10,310,0,40,260,0,2E2,#PB_TrackBar_Vertical|#PB_TrackBar_Ticks)
TextGadget(11,240,280,120,20,"purepure:zbasicbasic")
SetGadgetState(10,lat*2E2/180+1E2)
Repeat
  evento.i=WaitWindowEvent(20)
  If evento=#PB_Event_Gadget
    Select EventGadget()
    Case 10
      If GetGadgetState(10)<50:SetGadgetText(11,"purepure: z basicbasic"); with space, then no correct; text is truncated
      ElseIf GetGadgetState(10)<100:SetGadgetText(11,"purepure: basicbasic"); with space, then no correct; text is truncated
      Else:SetGadgetText(11,"purepure:zbasicbasic"); <- correct
      EndIf
    EndSelect
  EndIf
Until evento=#PB_Event_CloseWindow

[Caronte3D]

I don't see any truncate text (Win10)

[Psychophanta]

Really?
Here win8.1 x64 with PB6.20B4(x86)

[Caronte3D]

Maybe the Zoom of your Windows?

[AZJIO]

Use #SS_LEFTNOWORDWRAP so that the text does not wrap to a new line.

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TextGadget(11,240,280,120,20,"purepure:zbasicbasic", #SS_LEFTNOWORDWRAP)

[Psychophanta]

@AZJIO
It works
But it is not documented

[Caronte3D]

But it is not documented

It's a Windows only flag (all #SS_...)

[Psychophanta]

Since 'space' is a character like any other, this post should be moved to bug reports.

[AZJIO]

Since 'space' is a character like any other, this post should be moved to bug reports.

It's not a mistake. This is Windows behavior for strings that don't fit in the gadget. The word is moved to a new line, not cut off. If you make a gadget two lines high, you will see how the word will be in the second line.

[Piero]

Use 200?

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TextGadget(11,240,280,200,20,"purepure:zbasicbasic")

PS: with my mac font a good value would be 160

Edit: font has nothing to do with it; it's just 400-240 (instead of 400-280 )

[Piero]

160 should be good for win too… this is TextGadget(11,240,280,160,20,"purepure:zbasicbasic"):

PS: I just discovered that if you create a window in form designer with the Mac display in HiDPI mode, in code view you get the width and height halved

[AZJIO]

160 should be good for win too…

I have a large font, so if a programmer uses the width of the gadget for a font of 8.5, then with a font of 10 or 11 it will definitely go beyond the limits. If a flag prohibiting line breaks is used, then I will lose a couple of letters and understand the meaning of the word, otherwise the whole word will be moved and I will lose the meaning.
If the gadget's text in TextGadget consists of more than one word, then I try to use the #SS_LEFTNOWORDWRAP flag.

[Piero]

Well, I thought it could be the font too, but in this case "160" is just the "physical" limit of the window

[Piero]

On my Mac it doesn't seem to "go to new line" in form designer, but it does when you run the code