added the superbly convenient EnsureTextCtrlWidth()

CHANGELOG.txt

@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@ email address.
 
 2009-Jan-29 UPDATE Dick Hollenbeck <dick@softplc.com>
 ================================================================================
+++all
+    common.c added EnsureTextCtrlWidth()
 ++eeschema
-    dialog edit component in schematic: make sure chipname text control is wide
-    enough to handle unusually long chip names.  Did not have time to look at
-    dialog edit component in library.
+  * dialog edit component in schematic: make sure chipname text control is wide
+    enough to handle unusually long chip names.
+  * Retain and re-use user's desired dialog edit component window size.
+    Did not have time to look at dialog edit component in library.
 
 
 2009-Jan-27 UPDATE Vesa Solonen <vesa.solonen@hut.fi>

common/common.cpp

@@ -72,6 +72,42 @@ void SetLocaleTo_Default( void )
 }
 
 
+/********************************************************************/
+bool EnsureTextCtrlWidth( wxTextCtrl* aCtrl, const wxString* aString )
+/********************************************************************/
+{
+    wxWindow*   window = aCtrl->GetParent();
+    if( !window )
+        window = aCtrl;
+
+    wxString    ctrlText;
+
+    if( !aString )
+    {
+        ctrlText = aCtrl->GetValue();
+        aString = &ctrlText;
+    }
+
+    wxCoord     width;
+    wxCoord     height;
+
+    {
+        wxClientDC dc( window );
+        dc.SetFont( aCtrl->GetFont() );
+        dc.GetTextExtent( *aString, &width, &height );
+    }
+
+    wxSize size = aCtrl->GetSize();
+    if( size.GetWidth() < width + 10 )
+    {
+        size.SetWidth( width + 10 );
+        aCtrl->SetSizeHints( size );
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+
 /*********************************************************************************************/
 Ki_PageDescr::Ki_PageDescr( const wxSize& size, const wxPoint& offset, const wxString& name )
 /*********************************************************************************************/

eeschema/dialog_edit_component_in_schematic.cpp

@@ -19,21 +19,7 @@
 int DIALOG_EDIT_COMPONENT_IN_SCHEMATIC::s_SelectedRow;
 
 
-/**
- * Function GetTextSize
- * computes the size of a text string in pixels from the wxFont used within a wxTextCtrl.
- * @param aString is the text string to measure, must be a single line, no newlines.
- * @param aWindow is the wxWindow which is the parent of the wxTextCtrl \a aCtrl.
- * @param aWidth is where to put the width of the string in pixels.
- * @param aHeight is where to put the heigth of the string in pixels.
- */
-static void GetTextSize( const wxString& aString, wxWindow* aWindow, wxTextCtrl* aCtrl, wxCoord* aWidth, wxCoord* aHeight )
-{
-    wxClientDC dc( aWindow );
-
-    dc.SetFont( aCtrl->GetFont() );
-    dc.GetTextExtent( aString, aWidth, aHeight );
-}
+wxSize DIALOG_EDIT_COMPONENT_IN_SCHEMATIC::s_LastSize = wxDefaultSize;
 
 
 /**********************************************************************/
@@ -57,24 +43,25 @@ void InstallCmpeditFrame( WinEDA_SchematicFrame* parent, wxPoint& pos,
 
         dialog->InitBuffers( aComponent );
 
+        wxSize sizeNow = dialog->GetSize();
+
+        // this relies on wxDefaultSize being -1,-1, be careful here.
+        if(  sizeNow.GetWidth()  < DIALOG_EDIT_COMPONENT_IN_SCHEMATIC::s_LastSize.GetWidth()
+          || sizeNow.GetHeight() < DIALOG_EDIT_COMPONENT_IN_SCHEMATIC::s_LastSize.GetHeight() )
+        {
+            dialog->SetSize( DIALOG_EDIT_COMPONENT_IN_SCHEMATIC::s_LastSize );
+        }
+
         // make sure the chipnameTextCtrl is wide enough to hold any unusually long chip names:
-        {
-            wxCoord width;
-            wxCoord height;
-
-            GetTextSize( dialog->chipnameTextCtrl->GetValue(), dialog, dialog->chipnameTextCtrl, &width, &height );
-
-            wxSize size = dialog->chipnameTextCtrl->GetSize();
-
-            if( size.GetWidth() < width + 10 )
-            {
-                size.SetWidth( width + 10 );
-                dialog->chipnameTextCtrl->SetSizeHints( size );
-                dialog->Layout();
-            }
-        }
+        EnsureTextCtrlWidth( dialog->chipnameTextCtrl );
 
         dialog->ShowModal();
+
+        // Some of the field values are long and are not always fully visible
+        // because the window comes up too narrow.
+        // Remember user's manual window resizing efforts here so it comes up wide enough next time.
+        DIALOG_EDIT_COMPONENT_IN_SCHEMATIC::s_LastSize = dialog->GetSize();
+
         dialog->Destroy();
     }
 

eeschema/dialog_edit_component_in_schematic.h

@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ class DIALOG_EDIT_COMPONENT_IN_SCHEMATIC : public DIALOG_EDIT_COMPONENT_IN_SCHEM
 
     static int              s_SelectedRow;
 
+    /// The size of the dialog window last time it was displayed;
+    static wxSize           s_LastSize;
+
     /// a copy of the edited component's SCH_CMP_FIELDs
     SCH_CMP_FIELDS          m_FieldsBuf;
 

include/common.h

@@ -389,6 +389,21 @@ but could make more easier an optional use of locale in kicad
 */
 void SetLocaleTo_Default(void);
 
+
+/**
+ * Function EnsureTextCtrlWidth
+ * sets the minimum pixel width on a text control in order to make a text string
+ * be fully visible within it. The current font within the text control is considered.
+ * The text can come either from the control or be given as an argument.
+ * If the text control is larger than needed, then nothing is done.
+ * @param aCtrl the text control to potentially make wider.
+ * @param aString the text that is used in sizing the control's pixel width.  If NULL, then
+ *   the text already within the control is used.
+ * @return bool - true if the \a aCtrl had its size changed, else false.
+ */
+bool EnsureTextCtrlWidth( wxTextCtrl* aCtrl, const wxString* aString = NULL );
+
+
 /**
  * Operator << overload
  * outputs a point to the argument string in a format resembling