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layer name display in infobox

schagemann
Enthusiast
i wonder if it would be nice to be able to resize the layer name window in the info box window, as it is currerntly somewhat inconvenient to not be able to read and identify layer names longer than 11 characters (surprisingly even some of the standard layer names that come with archicad are longer than that... ;0).

daniel.
macinteract
Design Technology Managers.
All  on macOS | since AC 6

Archicad Framework > Smart Template 27
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Anonymous
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And, PLEASE, Graphisoft Development Team, we want RESIZEABLE fonts in dialogs and anywhere else!!!
Anonymous
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It seems that no matter what palette layout I choose, the layer names are truncated after approx. 12 characters. This is no big deal normally but our office shares files with special planners (structural engineers, surveyor, HVAC engineers, electrical planners, etc.) and we have developed a strict layer naming scheme that starts out with a four letter code for each planner, followed by a two character story-identifier. That means that the identifier for the actual material is shifted so far to the right that it usually is not displayed in the menu or so little that one has to click it, open the menu, to see if the correct layer is chosen. Needless to state that this is time-consuming and annoying.

Is there a "hack" to make this popup bigger?

Thanks,

Florian
Karl Ottenstein
Moderator
There is already a topic for this wish. Please just go to:

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=4891

and vote there.

Karl
One of the forum moderators
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Frank Beister
Advisor
I would prefer the 'tooltips' version.

Adjustable fonts are a great effort for writing GDL-user interfaces. It's not easy going programming for mac, win and finally the few font sizes you can choose from in GDL now.

Larger windows will lead in in the necessarity of a third display. 😉
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Rob
Graphisoft
Graphisoft
Adjustable fonts are a great effort for writing GDL-user interfaces. It's not easy going programming for mac, win and finally the few font sizes you can choose from in GDL now.
fully agree, that would be virtually impossible to programme the user interface. That would look like a dog's breakfast after changing the font each time.
::rk
Link
Graphisoft Partner
Graphisoft Partner
Another alternative would be a 'popup' window which gives the (full) version of the name when you 'mouse over'.
Stuart - this should already be the case if you have tooltips turned on.

I don't necessarily agree with font size, but I think it is very important to have any attribute name be completely visible at all times. Maybe it could automatically adjust per name?

Gets my vote.

Link.