Spellcheck window issue

[PapaKilo]

The Spellcheck window has a couple of things:

- Won't remember position and size from one start of Sigil to the next.

- When you try and resize the columns they work from the right side of the column to the left.

- Every time you use 'Change Selected Word To' the columns reset to before they were adjusted.

Using Sigil ver 2.3.1 on windows 11.

Paul

[KevinH]

It does work for me unless I try to shrink it below its preferred size. This is true of all windows in Sigil.

As for which order columns expand when dragging, I am not sure if that can be controlled but will look into it.

That dialog is set to always automatically resize the columns when the list of words is changed to fit the longest word on the list.

[DiapDealer]

The spellcheck widget retains its size and position for me on Windows 10. I've not gone to either extreme (tiny, huge), but there's quite a range it works fine with for me.

[PapaKilo]

Originally Posted by KevinH

It does work for me unless I try to shrink it below its preferred size. This is true of all windows in Sigil.

As for which order columns expand when dragging, I am not sure if that can be controlled but will look into it.

That dialog is set to always automatically resize the columns when the list of words is changed to fit the longest word on the list.

Why there is even a 'Misspelled?' column that (as far as I can tell) only contains the word 'yes' doesn't make sense to me. Oh well.

The only columns I can resize are Count, Language, Misspelled? and they are resized each time the list refreshes they are the columns resized. whatever is left over size wise is assigned to the Word column regardless of how wide the words are.

It also appears that the window resize issue may be a result of monitors going to sleep and I am using a dual monitor setup.

I guess if thats the way it's supposed to work I'll deal with it.

Paul

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by PapaKilo

Why there is even a 'Misspelled?' column that (as far as I can tell) only contains the word 'yes' doesn't make sense to me. Oh well.

Check the "Show All Words" box.

[PapaKilo]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Check the "Show All Words" box.

Amazing, I never paid any attention to that. Now I have to find a way to use it.

Paul

[elibrarian]

Originally Posted by PapaKilo

The only columns I can resize are Count, Language, Misspelled? and they are resized each time the list refreshes they are the columns resized. whatever is left over size wise is assigned to the Word column regardless of how wide the words are.

The problem being, that "Misspelled" is way longer than the Yes or No in the column, but since that is the longest word in the column, it will resize to that, and take up more place than necessary – the solution being of course, that the top text is made to be shorter (I usually change it to "Mis?" in every new version of Sigil.)

Regards,

Kim

[PapaKilo]

Originally Posted by elibrarian

The problem being, that "Misspelled" is way longer than the Yes or No in the column, but since that is the longest word in the column, it will resize to that, and take up more place than necessary – the solution being of course, that the top text is made to be shorter (I usually change it to "Mis?" in every new version of Sigil.)

Regards,

Kim

Interesting. How and where do you change it? Is it in the compilable source code or somewhere where us mere mortals may be able to access it?

Paul

[elibrarian]

Originally Posted by PapaKilo

Interesting. How and where do you change it? Is it in the compilable source code or somewhere where us mere mortals may be able to access it?

I use the Qt Linguist-Standalone

https://github.com/lelegard/qtlingui...llers/releases

(a newer version of Qt Linguist standalone has been in beta for PortableApps.com, but I haven't tried it)

to edit the language file, eg. …Sigil\translations\sigil_en.qm

– look for Spellcheckeditor --> Misspelled --> change the phrase to something shorter



and export back (NOT "Save" or "Save As"!)

It's really just a two minute job, but you probably should try your hand at a copy of the language file before "going live".

Regards,

Kim

[PapaKilo]

Wow! that worked great.

Took me a while to figure out how to do it. And yes I did it with a copy. Since it was in the Program files I had to move it to a temp directory in order to save it. Yes I said 'save' it. Apparently they have taken the 'export' function out of QT linguist.

Changed all of the columns on Spellchecker and made them smaller. Now I have a lot more room and can make the window skinnier.

Thanks for everyone's help.

You are all magnificent and my new hero's.

Paul

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by PapaKilo

Wow! that worked great.

Took me a while to figure out how to do it. And yes I did it with a copy. Since it was in the Program files I had to move it to a temp directory in order to save it. Yes I said 'save' it. Apparently they have taken the 'export' function out of QT linguist.

↑ ↑ ↑ ✔ and thanks for your tip re copy, edit, save, replace

Changed it to 'Misspelt'.

BR

[DiapDealer]

Are you guys really that pressed for screen real estate? I'm thrilled you found something that works for you, but the result seems to me like a long, beautiful driveway that leads to a rather unimpressive house. *shrug*

[elibrarian]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Are you guys really that pressed for screen real estate? I'm thrilled you found something that works for you, but the result seems to me like a long, beautiful driveway that leads to a rather unimpressive house. *shrug*

Due to illness I'm confined to a 16 inch laptop and no second screen - also I tend to use rather large fonts where possible.

So yes – screen real estate does matter for some of us.

Regards,

Kim

[DiapDealer]

Fair enough. Just know that most of my Sigil testing/usage takes place on a 13" Inspiron laptop. Mainly so I can check that dialogs and widgets are still useable at that size.

[KevinH]

If it will help, we could change the word "Misspelled" to "Error" or "Wrong" or "Typo" or "Bad" but we have no control over the length of the word chosen by various translators. A more descriptive explanation could be added to a Tooltip.

Just let me know if any of those would be better.