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Non-resizable dialog boxes. Non-resizable dialog boxes.
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The window manager monoculture means that accessibility improvements The single Windows UI library
means that accessibility improvements
and user interface customization can be difficult to implement. and user interface customization can be difficult to implement.
For example, Windows presents many configuration options in non-resizable dialog boxes. For example, many dialog boxes are non-resizable by default,
i.e. ``WS_THICKFRAME`` must be enabled by the application.
In some cases, you want to display something in a response window but you also
want this window to be resizable in order to let the user resize this window to
display the info the way he or she wants. Normally, response windows are not
resizable and this is also the Microsoft standard behaviour.
--- Eric Aling
http://eric.aling.tripod.com/PB/tips/pbtip39.htm
This can pose user-interface problems, This can pose user-interface problems,
especially on high-resolution monitors. [#changing_size_of_window]_ [#cannot_resize_small_windows]_ especially on high-resolution monitors.
[#changing_size_of_window]_
[#cannot_resize_small_windows]_
One solution to this problem is to download and run a third-party background process One solution to this problem is to download and run a third-party background process
that tracks every single time a window is resized. [#resize_non_resizable_windows]_ [#turn_non_resizable_windows]_ [#ResizeEnable]_ that tracks every single time a window is resized.
[#resize_non_resizable_windows]_
[#turn_non_resizable_windows]_
[#ResizeEnable]_
The README is not directly linkable via URL, The README is not directly linkable via URL,
so here are some of the salient parts:: so here are some of the salient parts::