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Fix: Increase height of 'About' window #1737

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Fix: Increase height of 'About' window #1737

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akaustav
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What is the purpose of this pull request?

  • Bug fix

What changes did you make?
Increased the height of the About WebTorrent window which shows when you click Help > About WebTorrent.

Which issue (if any) does this pull request address?
#1736

Is there anything you'd like reviewers to focus on?

  • Tested in Windows 10 (64 bit) only.
  • Need help testing in other supported platforms.
  • Need instructions/help to update unit tests, and/or end-to-end tests.

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mathiasvr commented Oct 30, 2019

This about window is only used on Windows and Linux, on macOS the native about role is used instead, and looks like this:

Screenshot 2019-10-30 at 12 34 30

I see the Copyright notice is missing for the other platforms, it would be great if you could add it as well @akaustav.

Edit: Just noticed we already had the copyright notice, but there was an error in the path, so took the liberty to fix it on your branch.

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akaustav commented Oct 31, 2019

Cool, thanks @mathiasvr. I confirm that the copyright information is available in the window now. However, 220 height was not sufficient to display the copyright line. So, I had to increase the height even further. After changing the height to 250, it looks like this in Windows 10:

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Also, I see that the lines related to Help menu in Windows and Linux:

// Help menu (Windows, Linux)
template[5].submenu.push(
{
type: 'separator'
},
{
label: 'About ' + config.APP_NAME,
click: () => windows.about.init()
}
)

Also, like @mathiasvr said, here is the code snippet for Mac (Darwin):

if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
// WebTorrent menu (Mac)
template.unshift({
label: config.APP_NAME,
submenu: [
{
role: 'about'
},

However, I fail to understand what controls the height of the about dialog in macOS. Does macOS automatically adjust the window width and height to accommodate the contents? Or is there a setting in a configuration file somewhere?

Also, would you think it is a good idea to keep the dimensions of the About window/dialog box consistent across multiple platforms?

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@akaustav On mac the about window is populated with info from the packaging process, and I believe you are correct that the dimensions are automatically adjusted.

I think dimensions should be the same across platforms, but it's more important to have a consistent look.
I tried displaying the Windows/Linux about window on mac and I get this:

Screenshot 2019-10-31 at 17 55 05

It's weird that there is such a big difference between macOS and Windows? However, as long as it looks good in Windows and Linux it's fine since we don't use this window on mac.

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This fix looks great, but I found two small issues 😅

I will add this corrections in the following commit 👍

@hicom150 hicom150 merged commit 82f8732 into webtorrent:master Nov 26, 2019
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Good work @akaustav and @mathiasvr 🎉

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Thanks @hicom150, nice catches 👍

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