How are the Status Bar Icons change to text? Such as the Grid, Snap, etc. icons/
Hi,
is not available any more.
- alfred -
Hi,
it was hot discussed, at least for me - wanting to have all (inlcuding new) icons visible - a switch to text would not be possible for a display width of 1920 pixel 😉
E.g. for Map3D (that has also it's own icons) it looks like that:
Really no space left for switching to text.
- alfred -
Icons do take less space. I wrote a little LISP routine that adds the Dimlfac, Dimscale, and TextStyle to the left of the coordinates. It takes up more space, but very usefull.
I'll guess I'll live with the Icons. It's a relearning process.
Here are the modemacro LISP routines...
; SDDON.LSP - Turns on status line variables for Dimlfac, Dimscale, and TextStyle
(defun c:sddon ( )
(command "_modemacro" (strcat "Dimlfac= $(getvar,dimlfac) " (strcat "Dimscale=$(getvar,dimscale) " (strcat "TextStyle=$(getvar,textstyle) "))))
) ;defun
; SDDON.LSP - Turns on status line variables off
(defun c:sddoff ()
(command "_modemacro" ".")
) ; defun
To add space in the Status Line, I right-click on a Layout Tab and click on "Dock above Status Bar" at the bottom of the window that pops open.
Thank you, reduces the area by one line, but may help when you have a lot of layouts.
At least what I see as mistake with that: if you have switched on a lot of icons and then reduce the width of the application window (e.g. when you leave the office with a big second monitor and you have to work at home at the small notebook display) the button for adding/removing the status-bar icons is moved out of the accessable area. The better option would have been to fix the position of that specific button which configures the visibility of the icons.
- alfred -
Do you know if there's a command line of system variable that can toggle the docking of the Layout Tab position?
Hi,
>> system variable that can toggle the docking of the Layout Tab position?
The sysvar is STATUSBARORIENTATION
- alfred -
Thanks!!!!
Actually, Autodesk does not even have the excuse that text labels take more space than icons. While it was true prior to 2015 that status bar icons took less space than their text equivalents, the 2015 icons are larger than in earlier releases (now 24 pixels wide). It would have been quite possible in 2015 to provide text-based buttons with 2 or 3 characters each that took up no more width than the new icons; some of the 2-character text buttons in prior releases are only 20 pixels wide. In any case, on the average CAD user's monitor there is still plenty of width available.
There's no valid technical reason for removing the text option for these icons, it's a case of "we know best, you don't really need text" and "look how pretty it is now".
When "a picture is worth a thousand words" (most of them non-repeatable here), why do I need a picture to express ONE word? LOL
I'm kinda joking since I realize that they're adding buttons for new stuff that isn't easily expressed in one word. I have embraced Paper Space, Dynamic Blocks, Annotative text and blocks and even the Ribbon and actually like them so I guess I'll get used to this too. I am reminded of Red Green's "Man Prayer", though...
"I'm a man,
but I can change,
If I have to,
I guess."
😉
I agree Steve, at least give us the option.
Why not have the option to be able to toggle each icon independently to either text or icon.
Kim
There's no valid technical reason for removing the text option for these icons, it's a case of "we know best, you don't really need text" and "look how pretty it is now".
I actually think Autodesk has run out of new ideas that would actually benifit users !
Now they are just changing appearances, icon colors (or lack of)
But in doing so,,,,,,,,,,have created problems with displays and video drivers.
I may go back to 2014.........unless they make some quick major changes to what all the users
here have reported to them !
My 2Cents !
Ron
Change takes work.
Work takes money.
Doing nothing would cost less than doing something.
Spending money for nothing is not a good business decision.
Ergo, this is not change for the sake of change.
Just because we don't understand or approve of the rationale doesn't make it invalid.