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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
          last edited by David Healey

          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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                    • dannytaurusD
                      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 HealeyD
                              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 HealeyD
                                  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 HealeyD
                                      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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