Bug 221823 - Floating text boxes should be resizable in layout mode and by changing the font size in the dialog
Summary: Floating text boxes should be resizable in layout mode and by changing the fo...
Status: CONFIRMED
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Product: kst
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 2.0.0
Platform: unspecified Microsoft Windows
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Reported: 2010-01-08 17:45 UTC by Nicolas Brisset
Modified: 2012-02-29 01:01 UTC (History)
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Description Nicolas Brisset 2010-01-08 17:45:13 UTC 
Version:           2.0.0_devel (using unspecified)
Compiler:          mingw delivered with QtCreator 1.1.0
OS:                Windows 32-Bit

As discussed in the comments to bug #221749: 
it would make life much easier if it were possible to resize floating text boxes (particularly legends and text view items) more easily. Specifically:
- when in layout mode and clicking on a text box or legend, allow it to be resized with the mouse like other objects and then compute the font size required to best fill the drawn box. This font size will then be indicated in the object's dialog
- when changing the font size from a text object's dialog, resize the box to accomodate for the requested font size.

In that way we can make it easy for people who want do do a quick layout without exact requirements on the font size, while still allowing people who want a precise font to define it easily.
Comment 1 Peter Kümmel 2010-08-14 12:14:41 UTC 
Change version from 2.0.0_devel to 2.0.0 to simplify version numbering.
Comment 2 Netterfield 2012-02-29 01:01:31 UTC 
This currently works for text labels, but not for legends.