Check Box size in LO Base

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#1

Hi All

Question regarding LO Base, (being used as a Front End to a MySQL Database). (PCLOS, LO 3.6.5.2)

I have eight 'Check Boxes' on my Form that work just fine but I find them a little small and can find no way to make them larger. I tried "pulling them out" and changing the Font size but neither of these work!!

Is there a way of adjusting the size at all?

Thanks for any help.

IanW
Pretoria RSA

#2

I doubt that there is a way. I have had the same problem. I have tried a variety of things without any results.

--Dan

#3

Hi All

Question regarding LO Base, (being used as a Front End to a MySQL Database). (PCLOS, LO 3.6.5.2)

I have eight 'Check Boxes' on my Form that work just fine but I find them a little small and can find no way to make them larger. I tried "pulling them out" and changing the Font size but neither of these work!!

the model must have a Height and Width property ?

#4

Is there a way of adjusting the Check Box size at all?

#5

Hi All

Question regarding LO Base, (being used as a Front End to a MySQL Database). (PCLOS, LO 3.6.5.2)

I have eight 'Check Boxes' on my Form that work just fine but I find them a little small and can find no way to make them larger. I tried "pulling them out" and changing the Font size but neither of these work!!

the model must have a Height and Width property ?

      The height and width can be changed, but this only changes the size of the background. It does not affect the size of the checkbox itself.

--Dan

#6

Hi Ian,

Is there a way of adjusting the size at all?

No, AFAIK this is an old "nice-to-have" feature from OOo days that was
never implemented. You are not the first to wish for it, nor I doubt,
the last. I'm not even sure now whether a bug report / feature request
has been filed for this in bugzilla.

Alex

#7

Hi Ian,

Is there a way of adjusting the size at all?

I'll try and find out on the dev list where the code responsible for
this might be (or might not be).

Alex

#8

Hi Alexander,

Alexander Thurgood schrieb:

Hi Ian,

Is there a way of adjusting the size at all?

I'll try and find out on the dev list where the code responsible for
this might be (or might not be).

AFAIK, the checkbox is not self-drawn, but it is the native checkbox from the OS.

Kind regards
Regina

#9

Hi Regina,

AFAIK, the checkbox is not self-drawn, but it is the native checkbox
from the OS.

Thanks, that would explain why I could find no corresponding code in
AWT, in comparison to other elements of the toolkit. I've asked on the
dev list anyway, I would be interested whether this could be a do-able
"easy hack". If the OS is called, then I guess everything currently goes
through VCL, which complicates matters somewhat.

Alex

#10

Hi Ian,

A quick update :

https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=26593

so this bug/RFE is at least 9 years old, and no one ever thought it
important enough to allocate resources to it. Note that I haven't even
checked in LO's bugzilla yet to see if we have an equivalent request.

Alex