[8.00ß5-x64] Bold Font after Buttonbar changes

Biozynotiker · Post by *Biozynotiker » 2011-10-14, 10:50 UTC

The text nearby the drive combobox gets sometimes bold, after any changes on the buttonbar.

- It happens sometimes after hide/show the buttonbar
- It happens also sometimes after updating the buttonbar (change a icon or something)

Edit:
This seems to happend only, if the "Flat user interface" button is unchecked in the Configuration > Layout Menu

TMg · Post by *TMg » 2011-10-14, 11:29 UTC

Just a question: Did you changed the font settings? For me the text is always bold because thats the default setting.

Biozynotiker · Post by *Biozynotiker » 2011-10-14, 11:42 UTC

Did you changed the font settings?

The Font settings was untouched, just show/hide the buttonbar a few times and the font gets bold for expample.

TMg · Post by *TMg » 2011-10-14, 11:46 UTC

I'm sorry, I don't understand. The font is always bold. Please post two screenshots.

Biozynotiker · Post by *Biozynotiker » 2011-10-14, 12:01 UTC

Sorry, I misunderstood you.
Sure, i have changed my font to the windows 7 default font (Segoe,9 non-bold),
and after some changes to the buttonbar, the font/text gets bold, but only nearby the
driveletter combobox (free diskspace information).

This could be a refresh problem of cleartype fonts, because after changes on the buttonbar,
the text gets bold for a half second and then it gets its normal state. But sometimes the font
keeps bold.

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2011-10-14, 15:32 UTC

Please let me know if you find a way to reproduce it. So far I can't - I use a non-bold font for the main window, and bold for the file lists.

Biozynotiker · Post by *Biozynotiker » 2011-10-15, 15:20 UTC

I can definitely reproduce it, by changing an icon from the buttonbar.

I made 2 screenshots of this behavior:
Before: Normal
After: Bold

I can reproduce this, on Intel CPU based GFX and on Nvidia GTX 560 cards, in case this was a GFX driver or a refresh problem.
If the text gets bold, everything that refresh the screen (e.g. STRG+R), set the text to its normal state.

Edit:
If you change an icon multiple times in a row, the font gets bolder and bolder. This looks like a cleartype font is rendered multiple times on the same place without a cleanup.

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2011-10-16, 14:30 UTC

I see, so the font isn't actually changed to bold. It's a problem reported before, where the text overdraws itself without clearing the background. It then becomes a bit darker when using cleartype.

Unfortunately I can't reproduce it when changing a button in the button bar. I did try with flat user interface turned on and off.

Any other clues what might cause this problem?