[Bug-gnubg] [Bug_gnubg] New GUI resize problems and rnd ideas

[Massimiliano . Maini]

I really like the new GUI layout, but I have an annoying resize
problem (under XP, 1024x768).

When the Game Record, Annotation and Message panels are all visible,
the window height is more than 1024 and it is impossible to resize it.
It seems to me that the Game Record panel vertical size (which the user
cannot change) is causing that ...

Also, the annotation panel contains in fact the analysis one (list
of analyzed move) and the annotation one : since the concern is to
save precious vertical space, I would prefer to have two separate
panels since I don't think that the annotation one is frequently
used. Even more radical, annotations could pop up in a separate
window (allowing to edit them), via a button/keyboard shortcut.
I would put something clearly visible to signal that the current
move has annotation data (e.g. something blinking ni the board,
or a blinking button ni the toolbar).

Finally, the very low part of the window is taken by a line with
some text (more or less repeated in the Message panel) and by the
cursor indicating GNUbg is thinking. I would squeeze all this to a
width equal to the board's width, to have some extra vertical space
for the panel on the right.

MaX.