LibreCAD dockwidgets

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Hello,

Thank you very much for your work on LibreCAD, I would like to report the following behavior with the "Dockwidgets", I don't know if it has already been reported, if so, I apologize.

Best regards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJo2SdSGPrc


Version: 2.2.1_rc2-1-g4cd3b138
Compiler: GNU GCC 12.2.0
Compiled on: May 13 2024
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Boost Version: 1.75.0
System: Windows 10 Version 2009

If you need I can try in Debian [1].

1. https://www.debian.org/

Thanks!

I was not aware of this issue.

Yes, it might be that the vertical size of toolbar is not enough to place all widgets properly.

I've noticed similar issue before and added and option to handle this.

Please check Option->Widget options->Left toolbar columns setting

There you can adjust how many columns should be used to draw actions so they will fit nicely for your screen and resolution.

While potentially it is possible to support more intelligent dynamic adjusting of left toolbar actions based on window size, I suppose it will be rather overkill - at least by my experience, one time adjustment of columns count is enough.

I am using a translator.

Hello,

Thank you very much for your work on LibreCAD.

Please check Option->Widget options->Left toolbar columns setting

Although this option improves the management of CAD Widgets, it does not definitively solve the problem.

I would like to respectfully propose that Widgets could be managed through a floating window, where all currently available CAD Widgets (14) and their respective tools (152) are displayed; and, through a QCheckBox users can simultaneously select the ones they require; in addition, if necessary, two columns with CAD Widgets can be created. We currently have large monitors that would allow us to have this option without significantly reducing the work area.

Best regards,

LibreCAD3 has some nice UI features.

in 2.2.2 alpha, docking was improved (say, allows to use nesting docking). Corresponding settings are in Widget Options, as well as management of them (as well as toolbars) was reworked and moved to Workspaces menu.

So now for wide screens it's possible to do something like that (just as illustration of docking):



Actually, with addition of workspaces  - setting docking is a one-time operation, as later all docking settings may be easily saved/restored as a workspace.




So actually I'm really not sure that it is worth to put developers efforts in this direction so far ( at least in nearest future)...  As far as I understand, the only operation that may be performed in such floating window is just enabling/disabling visibility of the widget...