[TC8.0B7] - MRT dialog layout different in 32 and 64

fleggy · Post by *fleggy » 2011-10-28, 13:45 UTC

Hello,

MRT dialog in 32b and 64b looks differently if Aero is off. I have W7 64b with all visual effects off.

Thanks

karlchen · Post by *karlchen » 2011-10-28, 13:52 UTC

Hello, fleggy.

The differences are absolutely minimal and they have the same source as all the other minor display differences between T.C. 8.0 32-bit and T.C. 8.0 64-bit which have been reported and fixed (most of them):
If you pass the same screen co-ordinates and same height and width to Delphi on the one hand (32-bit development system) and Lazarus on the other hand (64-bit development system) they are pretty likely to calculate screen objects which differ in size and position by 1 or 2 dots.

Kind regards,
Karl

fleggy · Post by *fleggy » 2011-10-28, 14:00 UTC

The differences are minimal if Aero is on. If Aero is off then all controls in 32bit MRT are bigger with more free space between them. It is just a cosmetic issue - 64bit MRT layout is same in both cases (aero on/off).

Thanks

karlchen · Post by *karlchen » 2011-10-28, 14:13 UTC

Hello, fleggy.

Please, have a look at the two screenshots which have been created on Server 2008 R2, classic theme, Total Commander 8.0ß7 32-bit / 64-bit, both using the same wincmd.ini: tc8.0beta7-mrt-diffsx7np.png
There are a few minor differences, but except for our dedicated pixel hunters (no offence meant

) most readers will have a hard time telling the two screenshots apart and find more than 3 or 4 differences.
In case the MRTs look quite different on your Windows 7 64-bit system, a screenshot illustrating it might be quite helpful.

Kind regards,
Karl

fleggy · Post by *fleggy » 2011-10-28, 14:36 UTC

Look here pls
http://www.nahraj.cz/content/view/9414ca40-d808-46ed-a422-2de1953b22b8

Sob · Post by *Sob » 2011-10-28, 15:02 UTC

That is one ugly dialog at the right! But it doesn't happen here, so it probably depends on some settings. Did you try with clean ini?

totalcmd.exe /i=c:\path\to\some\new.ini

fleggy · Post by *fleggy » 2011-10-28, 15:18 UTC

Yes, I did. 32bit still looks oddly. Normally I use one INI for both versions.

fleggy · Post by *fleggy » 2011-10-28, 15:25 UTC

The previous link is suddenly invalid. I have no idea why.
Try this new one pls. Pwd = mrt
http://www.nahraj.cz/content/view/50d5de9f-7fe5-47a7-ac7c-e485d973346c

Post by *petermad » 2011-10-29, 15:20 UTC

Well, I dont see the big differencies either - everything is moved a couple of pixels to the right in the x64 version, and the "Load names from file"-button is a little lower in the x64 version. But I dont see that vertical change in button sizes that fleggy shows.

See: http://madsenworld.dk/tcmd/mrt64-32c.png and http://madsenworld.dk/tcmd/mrt64-32.png

2fleggy
What is your Windows setting for font size (run control.exe /name Microsoft.display) ??

fleggy · Post by *fleggy » 2011-10-29, 16:30 UTC

This difference is shown on my Dell Latitude E6510, nVidia NVS 3100M, 1920x1080

Font size 100%
Performance Options/Visual Effects - everything off except
- Show shadows under mouse pointer
- Show translucent selection rectangle
- Show window contents while dragging

Visual Scheme - Windows Classic

Post by *petermad » 2011-10-29, 17:29 UTC

Font size 100%

Same here - but I thought that could have been the culprit.

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2011-10-30, 15:07 UTC

No problem here - looks indeed like a high dpi problem?!

Any ideas how to reproduce it?

fleggy · Post by *fleggy » 2011-10-31, 07:40 UTC

I only can confirm that both dialogs look same if font size is 125% or 150%. Moreover controls in 32bit MRT have same size for 100% and 125% font size.
I think this must have something to do with font/control physical size - if some part of TC/Delphi "thinks" that font/control is too small then it recalculates its size as if font size 125% had selected. Just an idea...