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    • David HealeyD
      David Healey @VirtualVirgin
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      @VirtualVirgin I think it's broken, I always use laf.

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      • VirtualVirginV
        VirtualVirgin @David Healey
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        @d-healey said in Font not changing on comboBox. What am I doing wrong?:

        @VirtualVirgin I think it's broken, I always use laf.

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        • ChazroxC
          Chazrox @David Healey
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          @d-healey Good to know! I LAF everything so I didnt notice this was even broken.

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          • David HealeyD
            David Healey
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            Just digging this up because I came across the issue again. Definitely needs a bug report.

            Also found this bit of history where combo box fonts were first implemented: https://forum.hise.audio/topic/548/changing-combobox-font

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            • dannytaurusD
              dannytaurus @David Healey
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              @David-Healey Fixed here: https://github.com/christophhart/HISE/pull/838

              The line that applies the LAF to the combo box was commented out. Might be a good reason for that, but this change does fix the bug as reported.

              UPDATE: just checked if script LAF can still override the Interface Designer settings and it can, so this fix seems OK.

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              • David HealeyD
                David Healey @dannytaurus
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                @dannytaurus Hmm it's from this commit. I wonder if he was just testing something and forgot to uncomment it.

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                • dannytaurusD
                  dannytaurus @David Healey
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                  @David-Healey Maybe, yeah.

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                  • David HealeyD
                    David Healey @dannytaurus
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                    @dannytaurus fontSize doesn't affect the popup items.

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                    • David HealeyD
                      David Healey
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                      Something else interesting. I modified the drawComboBox laf function to include the font.

                      		Font font = getComboBoxFont(cb);
                      
                      		obj->setProperty("fontName", font.getTypefaceName());
                      		obj->setProperty("fontSize", font.getHeight());
                      

                      The font size is returned correctly but the fontName is always lato

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                        dannytaurus @David Healey
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                        @David-Healey said in Font not changing on comboBox. What am I doing wrong?:

                        @dannytaurus fontSize doesn't affect the popup items.

                        Seems like font size for items works up to a max size.

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                        • dannytaurusD
                          dannytaurus @dannytaurus
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                          Ah, it relates to item height, which is set from combo box height.

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                          • David HealeyD
                            David Healey @dannytaurus
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                            @dannytaurus I'm getting a crash when I load my project - it's a big project - going to try and see what the cause is.

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                            • dannytaurusD
                              dannytaurus @David Healey
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                              @David-Healey So looks like item font size is set to combo box height / 1.3

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                                David Healey @David Healey
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                                @David-Healey said in Font not changing on comboBox. What am I doing wrong?:

                                @dannytaurus I'm getting a crash when I load my project - it's a big project - going to try and see what the cause is.

                                Seems to be one of those crashes that magically resolves itself after restarting HISE a few times...

                                Still not sure why the font isn't correct in laf. I guess getComboBoxFont doesn't pick up the selected font.

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                                • dannytaurusD
                                  dannytaurus @David Healey
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                                  @David-Healey
                                  Which file are you adding this to?

                                  		Font font = getComboBoxFont(cb);
                                  
                                  		obj->setProperty("fontName", font.getTypefaceName());
                                  		obj->setProperty("fontSize", font.getHeight());
                                  

                                  The font size is returned correctly but the fontName is always lato

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                                    David Healey @dannytaurus
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                                    @dannytaurus ScriptingGraphics.cpp in ScriptingObjects::ScriptedLookAndFeel::Laf::drawComboBox()

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                                    • dannytaurusD
                                      dannytaurus @David Healey
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                                      @David-Healey Looks like Font font = getComboBoxFont(cb); might return the global font.

                                      // hi_tools/hi_tools/HI_LookAndFeels.cpp
                                      
                                      Font AlertWindowLookAndFeel::getComboBoxFont(ComboBox& comboBox)
                                      {
                                      	return GLOBAL_FONT();
                                      }
                                      

                                      There are quite a few definitions of getComboBoxFont and I don't which is which.

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                                        David Healey @dannytaurus
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                                        @dannytaurus Ah yeah that would make sense. I wonder where HISE stores the actual selection from the property editor.

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