[Gaim-features] [ gaim-Feature Requests-1386098 ] Automatic blist height resize

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Feature Requests item #1386098, was opened at 2005-12-20 07:10
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Status: Open
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Priority: 5
Submitted By: Daniel Beardsmore (uilleann)
>Assigned to: Etan Reisner (deryni9)
Summary: Automatic blist height resize

Initial Comment:
Can the buddy list window height be permitted to be
adjusted automatically to fit the height of its
contents, as people sign in and out? (optional feature
of course)

I know this was rejected in 2002 but I cannot see a
good reason for this besides GTK+ not providing gaim
with the height of the screen (or the height of the
available space, e.g. screen height minus taskbar and
other adornments). I imagine the GTK+ API has advanced
significantly since 2002 so this feature may now be
able to be implemented.

At least under *NIX -- under Windows I imagine GTK+
might not be able to understand the taskbar height. It
certainly has no idea about a taskbar at the top of the
screen.

One workaround for all such issues could be "reserve x
px at screen edge {top|bottom|left|right}". My taskbar
for example is two rows, so that's 16 px times two (32)
plus 15 spacing, so I'd reserve ~50 px at the bottom.

For my home with the taskbar at the top, no need to
reserve anything as gaim would max the window height
(if I had that many people online!) at (screen_height -
blist_top_Y).

For what it's worth, Miranda IM already has this
feature, and it's nice, as I like a small, compact
window but sometimes I find that it ends up too small.

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>Comment By: Luke Schierer (lschiere)
Date: 2005-12-20 08:59

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Etan, do the signals necessary for a plugin to do this exist?

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Comment By: Nathan Walp (faceprint)
Date: 2005-12-20 08:45

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Sounds like a great idea for a plugin, but I'm not a fan of
putting this in Gaim proper.

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