GUI window on Linux defaults to barely visible

[matt-sd-watson]

Using the sh pipex.sh command in Linux for the interactive GUI produces a window that is barely visible, with no obvious way to increase to make the inputs readable:

[OmFrederic]

Hello matt-sd-watson,

Yes, the size of the GUI is set to a small size for old equipment compatibility reasons. Modern big resolution screens will show that very little dialog.

There is no direct fix for that. If you check the line in pipexGUI.py:

layout = [[sg.Column(column, scrollable=True, vertical_scroll_only=True, size=(800,700))],

...you can change the size for a bigger resolution, but still each one of the components from the FreeSimpleGUI framework needs to be changed relatively to the new resolution. Example component:

[sg.Text(' - NUCLEI marker:',s=35, pad=((20,0), (0,0))), sg.Input(default_text='DAPI1',s=20,disabled=True, key='-SEGMENTATION_NUCMARK-'), sg.Image(data=info_icon,subsample=3,tooltip=tooltip_1)],

(s parameters for size, pads, etc...)

The proper solution should be to use relative sizes for all the components. I'll try to do this if I find time for it, but unfortunately can't promise any deadline.