[BUG] Do Dialog containers have a 16 columns limit?

[Caronte3D]

Hi
When my container is greater than 16 columns, it no more reach the right side even if ColExpand is on
Is it a bug?
Any workaround?

Thanks!

[Kiffi]

Is it a bug?
Any workaround?

Any sample code?

[Caronte3D]

Thi's the xml:

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<dialogs>
  <window flags="#PB_Window_SystemMenu | #PB_Window_MinimizeGadget | #PB_Window_SizeGadget | #PB_Window_ScreenCentered" width="800" minwidth="800" minheight="290" height="220" text="Inicializando..." name="window_1">
    <vbox spacing="1" align="" expand="no">
      <gridbox colexpand="equal" rowexpand="no" columns="16" rowspacing="1" name="gridbox1">
        <text text="1" flags="#PB_Text_Center | #PB_Text_Border" colspan="2" name="dfdfn"/>
        <text text="2" flags="#PB_Text_Center | #PB_Text_Border" colspan="2" name="dfcv"/>
        <text text="3" flags="#PB_Text_Center | #PB_Text_Border" colspan="2" name="vfdv"/>
        <text text="4" flags="#PB_Text_Center | #PB_Text_Border" colspan="2" name="btbb"/>
        <text text="5" flags="#PB_Text_Center | #PB_Text_Border" colspan="2" name="hxff"/>
        <text text="6" flags="#PB_Text_Center | #PB_Text_Border" colspan="2" name="sdrr"/>
        <text text="7" flags="#PB_Text_Center | #PB_Text_Border" colspan="2" name="fffhdf"/>
        <text text="8" flags="#PB_Text_Center | #PB_Text_Border" colspan="2" name="drth"/>
      </gridbox>
      <gridbox colexpand="equal" rowexpand="no" columns="32" name="gridbox2">
        <text flags="#PB_Text_Center | #PB_Text_Border" colspan="4" height="30" rowspan="1" text="1" name="dhhhh"/>
        <text flags="#PB_Text_Center | #PB_Text_Border" text="2" colspan="4" height="30" name="eyth"/>
        <text text="3" flags="#PB_Text_Center | #PB_Text_Border" colspan="4" height="30" name="etjfg"/>
        <text text="4" flags="#PB_Text_Center | #PB_Text_Border" colspan="4" height="30" name="etjetj"/>
        <text text="5" flags="#PB_Text_Center | #PB_Text_Border" colspan="4" height="30" name="tjet"/>
        <text text="6" flags="#PB_Text_Center | #PB_Text_Border" colspan="4" height="30" name="etjet"/>
        <text text="7" flags="#PB_Text_Center | #PB_Text_Border" colspan="4" height="30" name="jej"/>
        <text text="8" flags="#PB_Text_Center | #PB_Text_Border" colspan="4" height="30" name="asf"/>
      </gridbox>
    </vbox>
  </window>
</dialogs>

and.. thi's the result:

[Kiffi]

This seems to be a bug (at least in terms of documentation):

*****************************************************************
gridbox
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Align elements in a table. Can contain any number of children.

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EnableExplicit

Define XML$

#Dialog = 0
#Xml = 0


XML$ = "<dialogs>" + 
       "  <window flags='#PB_Window_SystemMenu | #PB_Window_SizeGadget | #PB_Window_ScreenCentered' text='GridBox-Test' name='window_1'>" + 
       "    <vbox>"

Define Columns, Column

For Columns = 1 To 20
  
  XML$ + " <gridbox columns='" + Columns + "'>"
  
  For Column = 1 To Columns
    XML$ + "<text text='" + Column + "' flags='#PB_Text_Border' />"
  Next
  
  XML$ + "</gridbox> " 
  
Next

XML$ + "    </vbox>" + 
       "  </window>" + 
       "</dialogs>"

If ParseXML(#Xml, XML$) And XMLStatus(#Xml) = #PB_XML_Success
  
  If CreateDialog(#Dialog) And OpenXMLDialog(#Dialog, #Xml, "window_1")
    Repeat
    Until WaitWindowEvent() = #PB_Event_CloseWindow 
  Else  
    Debug "Dialog error: " + DialogError(#Dialog)
  EndIf
  
Else
  Debug "XML error: " + XMLError(#Xml) + " (Line: " + XMLErrorLine(#Xml) + ")"
EndIf

Greetings ... Peter

[Caronte3D]

Thank you to take the time to confirm it

[wombats]

It seems to be a hardcoded limit. Line 33: https://github.com/fantaisie-software/p ... Gridbox.pb

[PureLust]

Japp .... it's a known issue since 2016.

I wonder, why it has never been 'fixed' or extended, if there is just one line of code needed to be changed.


But at least the mentioned column flickering seems to be fixed in 5.71 LTS (at least on my new machine it does not flicker anymore, but even [my old Demo] does not flicker on this new machine, so ... ).

[Caronte3D]

Japp .... it's a known issue since 2016.

I wonder, why...

Too sad I hope we have a better bug resolution now that the interface is OpenSource (from community at least)

I have recently purchased PB and I'm very happy with him, but things like that become a problem when you have to accomplish deadlines

[wombats]

What do you need so many columns for?

You could have several gridbox elements side-by-side.

[Caronte3D]

...You could have several gridbox elements side-by-side.

Yes, that's the way how I have avoided the problem by now

[PureLust]

What do you need so many columns for?
...You could have several gridbox elements side-by-side.

As you can see in my old Prototype for a DialogDesigner, I have 25 Icons in a row which should be autoarranged by the GridBox (just rezise the window a few times to see the Problem).
If you split these Icons into several GridBoxes, the result will not be the same.