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Maximizing the size of the form [message #1820708]

Mon, 27 January 2020 13:01

Krzysztof Leja

Messages: 55
Registered: April 2019

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Hi,
Is it possible to maximize the form so that it occupies the full area of the application desktop?

For example, I found the following methods in the AbstractForm class, whose names suggest they may relate to what I'm looking for:

setMaximized(true)
setMaximizeEnabled(true)

I used them during form initialization, but without any visible effect in the appearance of the form. So what are they for?

Same question to similar methods:

setMinimized(true)
setMinimizeEnabled(true)

[Updated on: Mon, 27 January 2020 13:02]

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Re: Maximizing the size of the form [message #1820739 is a reply to message #1820708]

Tue, 28 January 2020 08:14

Andre Wegmueller

Messages: 204
Registered: September 2012
Location: Baden-Dättwil, Switzerla...

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Hi Krzysztof

It seems these methods are relics from the time when Scout was a rich client application. Since Scout moved to the web, these methods are no longer supported. I will mark them as deprecated in Scout 10 and we will remove them with Scout 11.

What exactly is your use case? Is your Form a view or a dialog?

You could try to hide the navigation tree on the left, when your Form (displayHint=view) is activated. Call setNavigationVisible(false) on the Desktop instance.

You could also use the "bench mode" of the Desktop and set displayStyle=DISPLAY_STYLE_BENCH, which removes the header and the navigation part, but I'm not sure if that works when you switch the style dynamically.

Cheers,
André

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