* Screen size issues with scroll bars

[jameswignall]

I've just had my laptop restored and now I have problem with the property box display.

Operating System: Windows 10
Laptop 15" display
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Zoom 125% (as recommended)

Family Historian v6.2.6
Screen display is Focus view in left of screen
Properties box on right-hand side
Source Pane: Below property box


On the 'Main' tab
I have the spouse and 2 children showing
However this closes up the Source pane such that the scroll bar for additional sources is not shown.
Before the machine was restored I could always see the scroll controls at this setting.

Please see attached screen shot

I have spoken and sent screen shots to Calico Pie, but they are unable to replicate the problem.
I have tried deleting the Baptism, Burial and Cremation events to free up text space, as suggested by Calico Pie, but that didn't work.
The fonts are set to the default settings.
As a temporary fix, I can see the scroll bars if I drag the source pane halfway up the property box.

Jim Wignall

[Jane]

Click on the ..... and move it up a fraction.

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Another option is to make the windows bar disappear when not using it to increase the screen height.
or you could undock the Property box, or move the Source pane to the side. I can't get the arrows to disappear on my windows 10 pc so it might be a problem with your graphic drivers.

[DavidNewton]

Not offering a solution but I have no difficulty replicating the problem as per screen shot. However, my normal practice, as Jane suggested, is to have the source pane on the right and the property box undocked when working in it, so this doesn't arise.

David

[tatewise]

I cannot reproduce problem on Windows 10 with FH V6.2.6, so may be video driver at fault.

Will those who can replicate the 'problem' confirm that they have more than one Source Citation listed.
(Otherwise, there will be no scroll bar & arrows anyway.)

[DavidNewton]

Yes I am getting this disappearance of arrows with multiple sources.

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There are three birth sources here and a further slight expansion of the source pane is required to show the arrows. But most of the spouse details and all the children are not visible. However I am not using default font settings in the property box so maybe that makes a difference.

David

[tatewise]

However, you both do get the grey scroll bar shown to the right of the box, which is NOT present when only one Source.

It looks like the vertical scroll bar is there, but its arrows are hidden/missing.

What happens if you hover and click in that vertical grey bar near its top/bottom margin?
Does it turn darker grey, and do the Sources scroll?

[DavidNewton]

There seems to be a cusp point here. In the screen shot I posted there is no activity on the side scroll bar. After a very small increase in the size the arrows are still invisible but the scroll bar becomes active and you can scroll through the sources, a little bit more reveals the arrows. An extra hindrance that I have never noticed before is that as the size changes a horizontal scroll bar appears and disappears which seems to be related to whether or not a citation has an image attached and also appears to serve no purpose.

David

[tatewise]

Experimentation with Property Box Fonts confirms that when large enough I can reproduce the problem, where although the scroll bar is visible, it has no active arrow regions top & bottom.

The horizontal scroll bar is governed by whether a vertical scroll bar is present, and by the width of the columns.
When the horizontal scroll bar is shown, try dragging either of the column header dividers left & right.
Drag left and bar vanishes. Drag right and it reappears.