-Tall characters clipped by cursor border

[Ralph]

Moving the cursor over a file name in the main TC file lists can cause the top or bottom pixels of the file name to disappear for tall characters, which occur with certain font / font size / character/ computer combinations. The missing pixels occur where high or low pixels are covered by the cursor border. The SelectionFocus setting does not appear to make a difference. If I go to another folder tab in the same panel and then return to the original folder tab, the missing pixels are restored.

Checked:
-- TC 8.51 B3.
-- Arial, Regular, 7-point and 8-point. Underscores disappear on a new Windows 7 desktop computer but not on a 4-year-old Windows XP desktop computer or a 4-year-old Windows 7 laptop. The underscores sometimes reappear if the cursor is moved back over the file names. The actual file names are not affected.
-- MS Gothic, Regular, 8-point. The tops of tall characters are clipped; the tops don't reappear if the cursor is moved back over the file names. This font is on the 4-year-old XP computer only.

[Aezay]

Could you supply a screenshot of the issue?

Also, you could increase the icon size to make the item height taller.

[Ralph]

Here is a screenshot:
http://www.pbase.com/ralph_s/image/154849709/original.jpg
Despite the .jpg in the generic address above, the actual extension is .png. The file size is 32388 bytes.

Font: Arial, Regular, 8-point
The cursor was moved from the top of the upper panel, down to the 4th file.
The following characters were clipped: [ ] @ ( ) _
The underscore disappeared entirely.
The lower panel shows that the actual file names did not change.

I could make a screenshot later for the MS Gothic font, if the Arial example above is not sufficient.
Although I was confused at first by invisible underscores, I do not notice this problem often. If modifying TC to prevent clipped pixels would be difficult or would slow TC significantly, then I could live with the current situation and perhaps find another font for the file lists.
@Aezay: I don't use file icons, but as you say, they would provide a work-around. Thanks

[Gral]

To increase line spacing you could use MinLineHeight in [Configuration] section in your main INI file.
There's no need to increase icon's size.

From Help

MinLineHeight=0 Sets minimum line height (in pixels) in file lists if the given value is >0. If it is negative, the absolute value is added to the normal line height, e.g. MinLineHeight=-2, height=16 -> 18

[Ralph]

@Gral: MinLineHeight=-3 is sufficient to take care of the problem with the Arial font. Thanks.

I noticed the problem because I sometimes disable .exe files by adding underscores to their extensions. I could use a different character for disabling .exe files.

[Gral]

I don't use underscore and dollar sign ($) for such a purposes because they are used by archivers for compressed files.
Even in my color scheme i set similar color for ??_ and ??$ as for other compressed files.
For disabling exe in most cases i use digits, sometimes ! or ~.

[ghisler(Author)]

This happens when using the solid color frame cursor. There are currently no plans to change it, sorry.

[Dalai]

That's why I use the inverted cursor.

Regards
Dalai

[Ralph]

The 32-bit version of TC allows disappearing underscores, but the 64-bit version does not. I am using TC 8.51 B3 and the Arial 8-point font.

If I set SelectionFocus, the cursor border consists of a 1-pixel-thick outer border having the color I chose, and a 1-pixel-thick inner border having the default color. I wonder if the extra inner border is involved with the disappearing underscores.

Both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of TC 8.51 B3 give cursor borders 2 pixels thick on a new Windows 7 desktop computer, but only 1 pixel thick on a 4-year-old Windows 7 laptop. I would prefer a 1-pixel-thick border in all cases.

(Incidentally, the SelectionFocus entry in Help \ "Settings in the file wincmd.ini (Part 1)" would be easier to find if it included the word "color." I could place this minor comment in a separate topic if that would be appropriate.)

@Ghisler: I am not sure what is meant by "This happens when using the solid color frame cursor."
Are you referring to the adding of $3000000 to the SelectionFocus hex color? I tried adding $1000000 or commenting out SelectionFocus in WinCmd.ini, but the disappearing underscores were not affected.

[ghisler(Author)]

The 64-bit vesion always redraws the complete line. The 32-bit doesn't so it works better on older, slower computers.