111770 - Ability to create a "getinfo" sized dialog

Status: NEW

(Core :: XUL, defect)

Description

[Jonas Sicking (:sicking) No longer reading bugmail consistently]

to fix bug 89258 i need to create a dialog with a size of the platforms 
default "getinfo"/"properties" dialog size. Timeless suggested to me on irc 
that we could implement this by creating a <dialog type="getinfo"/> which would 
use nsILookAndFeel to get the size of the dialog.

This could be used by for example bookmark properties, folder properties, 
message properties and a few more (mpt and timeless had a few ideas)

thoughts?

Comment 1

[Andrew Thompson]

I sincerely doubt Mac Os is going to be able to tell you this size. I've never 
seen an API that would do it (which doesn't mean there definately isn't one, but 
I've spent a fair bit of time in the documentation), and I'd put money on the 
fact its a function of the Finder, not the OS per se. The Finder is really just 
an application (like explorer.exe) and as such, most things it does do not have 
APIs...

Just hardcode it ;)

The place that would most likely be able to give you a definative answer (other 
than paying for an incident with [e-mail]) is the apple-hit-developers (n.b. 
that's hit (human interface toolbox) not hi (human interface design)) mailing 
list @ lists.apple.com.
 

Comment 2

[:deanis74]

I think we'd have to hardcode it on Windows, too, but from looking on Win2K the
dialogs are a slightly different depending on the context.

Display Properties - 404 x 448
File Properties - 370 x 443
Folder Properties - 374 x 443

So do we really gain anything by standardizing on a single size?  Perhaps.  But
what happens if something needs a window 448 high?  I guess that nsILookAndFeel
could at the very least provide a guideline, and the dialog could stretch if
needed (stretch != resizable).