[ gpsdrive ] GUI display wishes

[Guenther Meyer]

Am Montag 20 August 2007 schrieb Hamish:
> some wishes:
>
>   have a clear/reset track button
>
>   option in Preferences to force bearing/heading compass to be North-up
>     and rotate the arrows.
>
this is on my todo-list.

>   The Distance/Speed/Altitude row resizes wildly as it flips between a
>   2D and 3D fix (alt. becomes n/a).   (gpsd 2.33-4 from Deb pkg)
>   -- can the data box spacing not be based on an instantaneous
>      string length? e.g. change the fontsize not the box size
>
the boxes are currently adapted dynamically to the content size, which results 
in the wild flipping. I'll fix it.

>   some way to see the current map's filename & scale for debugging.
>    (a checkbox in prefs to have it draw in lower-left of map?)
>
the scale display hasn't been changed, it should work like before.
the filename display was removed temporarily, because it's not really useful 
for a user and only uses space.
but for debugging purposes it maybe of some use, yes.

>   don't strech the left side control boxes all the way down to the bottom,
>    pack them from the top at their natural size. then a bigger gap
>    down to the map thumbnail.
>
I thought it looks better not to have this big gap.

any other opinions?

>   the "1x" "2x" zoom level text in the top right of the window is half out
>    of the XOR box for me. could it be better centered?
>
noticed.

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