Left side of the screen window resize bug when maximized

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Left side of the screen window resize bug when maximized

Post by drtech » Fri Nov 06, 2020 2:41 pm

Recently upgrade from 20.1 to 20.3 and after using it for a few days, I and quite a few of my staff like most of the changes, but a very annoying situation is when you put your mouse on the left side of the screen to click a module button, if you are all the way to the left, (which usually you are when you move over there) the mouse changes to a "resize window" cursor and when you are trying to click a module button you inadvertently click the "resize window" instead and initiate a resize and the window shrinks. It is very annoying to say the least. This should not happen on a maximized window. It should happen on a non maximized window. If this bug could be fixed, we would be most grateful. Thanks.
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Re: Left side of the screen window resize bug when maximized

Post by jordansparks » Sat Nov 07, 2020 9:47 am

Interesting. I put quite a bit of effort into intentionally including that feature, actually. After I maximize a window, there's nothing more frustrating to me than the inability to drag it smaller. For example, I like to maximize and then drag either the right or left so that it only fills half the screen. I consider it a flaw in Windows when it blocks me from doing something that I want to do. Those module buttons are huge. I think people will quickly learn to aim for the middle. The consequences of a slight drag also seem very insignificant. So now your window is slightly smaller. Who cares?
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Re: Left side of the screen window resize bug when maximized

Post by drtech » Sat Nov 07, 2020 8:23 pm

Well, if you could implement an option to enable or disable that if you consider it a new feature, would be better. When I am working on a pt and trying to click module to module, I don't want to have to worry about exact placement, I want easy clickability with gross mouse movement. Having the window inadvertently shrink on me is annoying.
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Re: Left side of the screen window resize bug when maximized

Post by drtech » Tue Nov 10, 2020 6:39 am

A good compromise would be to disable the resizing when the mouse is near the module buttons and leave it on when it is below in the blank space, nearer the bottom of the screen on the left side.
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