Setting the size of pop up windows in the process flow

Hello Sander,

This is possible by adding a extended propertie to your application. 

https://docs.thinkwisesoftware.com/docs/sf/extended_properties

Hello groos,

That option has been discussed in my post. It is the option I do not want to use, as I will make a general size for all windows and pop ups. That is not my intention. I want to be able to set a size for a specific window, in this case, the window I am currently letting appear for functionality I am working on. So it would be nice that the size can be set per pop up or window.

Kind regards,
Sander Adam

Hi Sander,

Which GUI are you using? For WIndows GUI, I can understand the wish as computer screen typically are large. For the Universal GUI, it could be slightly problematic as the screen sizes can differ quite much.

Hi Mark,

We are using the universal GUI. In this case it is necessary as the pop up opens far to small. Just one or two items can be shown on that window when it is that default opening size. For user experience this is not optimal, that's why we ask that a minimum size can be set, so the items can at least be shown in card or grid form. Now it just opens a window as in the following screenshot, without an option to edit it without affecting all other windows:
 

This means our users constantly have to expand this screen to a grid screen size to drag and drop the names onto the items in the screen it is opened in. This is inconvenient for both user and programmer.

Hey everyone, 

I wanted to give you an update on how we want to implement this. 

We are going to add two settings in screen type. One for height and one for width. You can choose between Auto, Maximum, and Custom. 

• Auto - The (Universal) GUI can decide the width/height of the screen type
• Maximum - The (Universal) GUI will take as much width/height as possible by the screen and/or browser.
• Custom - Any percentage of the maximum that you can specify. For example 75%.

So you can say, I want my width to be Maximum and my height to be 60%. This would result in a very wide document. Or I want my width to be Maximum, and my height to be Maximum for a full screen. 

In the original idea, you talked about a process flow that opens a screen. After this is released, you could then create a new screen with the preferred sizes. Link this to the screen that is opened in the process flow. Or even create a new variant to open in the process flow.

We are working on it now and expect to release the new settings in 2025.1. Implementation by the Universal GUI will be a couple of sprints afterward.

Hopefully, this will meet your expectations. If you have any questions or see any obstacles to what you need, please let us know!

Hello everyone,

A small addendum, after reconsideration we decided that the custom value should be an amount in pixels, not a percentage. 

The reasoning behind this is that you want to control the width and height of the screen that you see, not control the percentage of empty space. So for example, when you have a popup with little information, you might want to show a small screen, 300 pixels wide. Either on a mobile or a desktop, you only want to see the small screen because this was one with little data. By using breakpoints in combination with this feature, it becomes even more powerful.

Hi everyone,

In Software Factory version 2025.1 we added these new configuration fields for screen types where this can be configured:

In the Universal version 2025.1.13, expected to be released on the 9th of May, this will be supported in Universal too.
If you want to test this already, you can download the Universal nightly build 2025.1.12.2-nightly-389. Please do not apply this version to a production environment.

Kind regards,
Leroy Witteveen