The Object Mode drop down menu in the 3D viewports is not reactive to larger font point settings. #69544

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Jeff Hanna · 2019-09-05T16:21:24+02:00

Jeff Hanna commented

2019-09-05 16:21:24 +02:00

System Information
Operating system: Windows 10 1803
Graphics card: nVidia RTX 2070

Blender Version
Broken: v 2.80 as found on the splash screen

The Object Mode drop down menu in the 3D viewports does not properly resize itself if the user picks a larger font point size in the Themes section of the preferences. Instead of resizing the control truncates the overrunning text with a square character.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
Start Blender
In Preferences \Themes \ Text Style change the Widget Points setting from the default of 11 to a larger value. I used 15.

**System Information** Operating system: Windows 10 1803 Graphics card: nVidia RTX 2070 **Blender Version** Broken: v 2.80 as found on the splash screen The Object Mode drop down menu in the 3D viewports does not properly resize itself if the user picks a larger font point size in the Themes section of the preferences. Instead of resizing the control truncates the overrunning text with a square character. **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** Start Blender In Preferences \Themes \ Text Style change the Widget Points setting from the default of 11 to a larger value. I used 15. ![Object_Mode_Text_Truncated.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F7718346/Object_Mode_Text_Truncated.png)

Jeff Hanna commented

2019-09-05 16:21:24 +02:00

Added subscriber: @jeff_hanna

blender-admin commented

2019-09-05 16:21:24 +02:00

#72065 was marked as duplicate of this issue

Germano Cavalcante commented

2019-10-16 20:03:42 +02:00

Added subscriber: @mano-wii

Germano Cavalcante commented

2019-10-16 20:03:42 +02:00

I could not reproduce the problem.
In my case appears .. which seems to be a reasonable way to indicate that there is more text in front.

Can you better describe how you got that result?

I could not reproduce the problem. In my case appears `..` which seems to be a reasonable way to indicate that there is more text in front. ![Sem título.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F7826307/Sem_título.png) Can you better describe how you got that result?

Jeff Hanna commented

2019-10-25 23:59:40 +02:00

Sure. I changed the UI font to Segoe UI, as I'm on Windows and I find that font easier to read (50 year old eyes). I raised the font size to make everything a bit easier for me to resolve on my 35" 2560 x 1440 monitor. I was hoping the mode dropdown would resize horizontally to fit the full string "Object Mode", but the UI is not that dynamic. It would be nice if it was.

Philipp Oeser commented

2019-11-15 10:39:02 +01:00

Added subscribers: @WilliamReynish, @lichtwerk

Philipp Oeser commented

2019-11-15 10:39:02 +01:00

Usually dropdown boxes scale with the widget font size.

However in this case, this is explicitly constrained to a fixed size, see https://developer.blender.org/diffusion/B/browse/master/release/scripts/startup/bl_ui/space_view3d.py$557

@WilliamReynish : any particular reason we are doing this? (if I scale the Widget Font size I see all sorts of enum dropdown scale happily with the font, I dont see why we need an exception here?)

Usually dropdown boxes scale with the widget font size. However in this case, this is explicitly constrained to a fixed size, see https://developer.blender.org/diffusion/B/browse/master/release/scripts/startup/bl_ui/space_view3d.py$557 @WilliamReynish : any particular reason we are doing this? (if I scale the Widget Font size I see all sorts of enum dropdown scale happily with the font, I dont see why we need an exception here?)

Richard Antalik commented

2020-01-10 18:50:38 +01:00

Added subscriber: @iss

Richard Antalik commented

2020-01-10 18:50:38 +01:00

Changed status from 'Needs Developer To Reproduce' to: 'Confirmed'

Richard Antalik commented

2020-01-10 18:50:38 +01:00

Can confirm this with SegoeUI font and scaled interface on multiple places.

Can confirm this with SegoeUI font and scaled interface on multiple places. ![1.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F8268819/1.png) ![2.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F8268821/2.png)

Harley Acheson commented

2020-01-10 19:36:42 +01:00

Added subscriber: @Harley

Harley Acheson commented

2020-01-10 19:36:42 +01:00

Note that the Segoe UI font, like almost all fonts, does have the “horizontal ellipsis” character that should be used for continuation character. But it, like many fonts, does not have the “two dot leader” character we are using for continuation, hence why you get that white block “tofu” character.

We are using this incorrect character just because the ellipsis in our default fonts is too wide. That character’s width is corrected in the following patch: https://developer.blender.org/D6055

Note that the Segoe UI font, like almost all fonts, does have the “horizontal ellipsis” character that should be used for continuation character. But it, like many fonts, does not have the “two dot leader” character we are using for continuation, hence why you get that white block “tofu” character. We are using this incorrect character just because the ellipsis in our default fonts is too wide. That character’s width is corrected in the following patch: https://developer.blender.org/D6055

Richard Antalik commented

2020-01-16 18:29:02 +01:00

Added subscriber: @mrvanes

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The Object Mode drop down menu in the 3D viewports is not reactive to larger font point settings. #69544