Bug 160799

Summary:	Input has no limitations causing kcalc to increase it's size automatically without the real need
Product:	[Applications] kcalc	Reporter:	Vladislav Kolesnik <konklav>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Evan Teran <evan.teran>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	david, gabriel.barrantes.dev
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
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Description Vladislav Kolesnik 2008-04-13 19:41:47 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.0.3)
Installed from:    Unlisted Binary Package
OS:                Linux

You can type a very long number, causing kcalc to resize. It resizes even when there is no space left on the screen, getting out of borders. No one will really ever use and type in such big numbers, though some considerable limitations required.

Comment 1 David Johnson 2008-12-17 05:40:05 UTC

Unable to reproduce.

Comment 2 Vladislav Kolesnik 2008-12-18 08:10:53 UTC

Created attachment 29405 [details]
Reproduction of bug

Comment 3 Vladislav Kolesnik 2008-12-18 08:12:53 UTC

KCalc version 2.3 KDE 4.1.3 Debian/Experimental. Now the behaviour has changed, that is true. However, it is not yet good to use. Now when input is too long the application will not resize automatically, that is true, but all the numbers in the input will go outside the border of the calculator so you will not be able to see the numbers typed first. A screenshot is attached. There was 28 numbers, shown only part.

Comment 4 David Johnson 2008-12-19 06:24:29 UTC

What should be the best solution? A "scrollable" display, or limit user input, or both?

Comment 5 Vladislav Kolesnik 2008-12-19 13:04:48 UTC

Both, I think. Because "unlimited" input is not needed in simple applications, however it is not bad if input is bigger than actual field, as long as information can be reached using cursor keys, Home and End.

Comment 6 Justin Zobel 2021-03-09 03:53:45 UTC

Thank you for the bug report.

As this report hasn't seen any changes in 5 years or more, we ask if you can please confirm that the issue still persists.

If this bug is no longer persisting or relevant please change the status to resolved.

Comment 7 Gabriel Barrantes 2024-04-05 23:26:34 UTC

Current input display doesn't trigger resize, can be closed per https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kcalc/-/merge_requests/67