I’ve been having trouble with the size of the text pane. I will be working (in map view, though I not sure about other views) with the map and text panes nicely sized so that I can see the map (text pane at 25 or 30% of the screen), then I click on a different note or hit Cmd-5, and the text pane will jump to half of the screen or more. I would like the text pane to stay the same size! Not only that, but I would like to set the text pane to always be around 25% of the screen. I have tried setting TextPaneRatio default value to .25, but that never seems to stick.
Unfortunately, I am having a hard time reproducing this behavior when testing it; it just seems to happen by surprise, and I’m not sure what triggers it. It does happen with notes that had previously been properly sized, so I don’t think it is a situation where I have overridden the default.
My questions, then, are: Does anyone else have this problem? Is TextPaneRatio the variable I should be working with? Is this a bug or something I am not understanding or doing wrong?
I’ve not played with this feature a lot but I think there are two factors at play here: pane split (stored as $TextPaneRatio) and text pane size (stored as $TextPaneWidth). The former is applied as set but if the latter has a value it over-rides the former.
However, testing just now I’m not sure if they are being used - or what event(s) trigger a value change for them. The attributes are definitely still there in the default System attributes.
“5” as in 50% – it all makes sense now. interesting how I developed my own private mental model that it was show and hide. yes, I think that show and hide could be useful, especially when screen size is at a premium. I find that when I have a lot of notes I alternate between wanting to see as much of the map as possible and then needing to see the text pane. thanks for clarifying!
Mea culpa - I’d actually documented the Cmd+drag option (added in v7.0.2) the wrong way about in aTbRef. I’ve now corrected that in the relevant places and clarified the article about using the splitter pane with regard to retaining custom split ratios (i.e. Cmd+4/5/6 doesn’t retain such settings). Hopefully this will help subsequent readers.