MRT: Name in Dropdown for loading saved options is cut!

[burg1]

Hi,

steps to reproduce:

1. Save any multi-rename settings, using a long name.
2. Maximize multi-rename-tool's window
3. Open the dropdown-menu to load your saved entry: The list is expanded to the right (i.e. off the screen), resulting in your long name being cut off.

If you don't know what I mean, I can send you a screenshot.

Possible solutions:
Either make the list always expand to the left (there should always be enough space there). Or check for available screen space to decide if list is expanded left or right.

[ghisler(Author)]

This is done by Windows, not TC. I will check whether there is a function to make that right aligned, but probably not (or only for right to left languages). It wouldn't look nice either...

[Lefteous]

As the dropdown menu width is exactly the same as the dropdown width there is no surprise that it's cut. Just aligning it differently wouldn't help. To solve this problem expand the dropdown menu width. This way the menu will automatically expand to the left in maximized state. There is a combobox message (CB_SETDROPPEDWIDTH) which does the job.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb775901%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

[ghisler(Author)]

2Lefteous
This isn't the problem here - TC already uses CB_SETDROPPEDWIDTH! The problem is that he has maximized the dialog (full screen), and the dropdown section is still left aligned. Since the combobox is on the far right of the dialog, the dropdown section stretches beyond the visible area of the screen.

[Lefteous]

2ghisler(Author)
Sorry you are right - expanding the width isn't enough. It seems you have to do the positioning stuff manually:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms996411.aspx

Maybe too much work for this issue?

[burg1]

If it's too cumbersome to fix it through Windows, my suggestion would be:
Just make the entire right section ("Define counter") responsive.

Details:
When enlarging the window, the other 3 sections (Rename mask, Extension, Search&Replace) expand. Just this one doesn't.
As a result, on today's large screens, if you maximize the window, everything is ridiculously long (e.g. some 60 characters for the extension), except "Load/save settings". In German, even the label "Lade/Speichere Einstellungen" is being cut off.
So just make that section enlarge too, and everything is fine :-)