A lot of extra empty space in all the Action/State boxes in the Non Manual module.

[kvesik]

There's a lot of extra empty space in all the Action/State boxes in the Non Manual module (true on both Kathleen's mac and Kaili's PC).

extra_space_in_NM.mov

[kvesik]

@kchall this was true on my PC as well, so I deleted your original comment in issue #27 and moved it to this new issue instead.

[stannam]

As discussed on 2024-07-18, I'm closing this issue. The spacing issue does not interfere with the core functionality, so we decided to leave it for now. However, progress has been made in branch 346 so someone may take it from there.

The main reason for this issue is that the outermost frame cannot be updated when changing the tabs. So, I wanted to ensure a large space from initialization. The space would be just to fit everything in a complex tab, e.g., Mouth > Tongue, but this inevitably results in too much space for a simple tab like Shoulder.

The solution I tried in branch 346 involves making parts scrollable so that all widgets in a complex tab can fit inside a smaller space. Although this solves the extra space issue, complex tabs ended up being overcrowded, as demonstrated during the last meeting.

These are the options that were considered during the meeting:

• convert complex options as dropdown boxes, which do not take up too much space.
• to the subtabs widget, add a button that 'collapses' the supertab so that subtabs can use more space.

[kchall]

Thanks, Stanley, this is great -- I think your explanation and labels are clear, but I'm going to re-open it so that we do actually have it on our future radars for working on at some point!

[stannam]

Maybe a simple solution is to add a buffer widget for space at the bottom?? The outermost frame would not need to be updated, but the bottom widget can take care of the excessive space. In short, extra space will be less of a problem if it is at the bottom??