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authorMiss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com>2019-06-17 13:06:39 -0700
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2019-06-17 13:06:39 -0700
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bpo-37039: Make IDLE's Zoom Height adjust to users' screens (GH-13678)
Measure required height by quickly maximizing once per screen. A search for a better method failed. (cherry picked from commit 5bff3c86ab77e9d831b3cd19b45654c7eef22931) Co-authored-by: Tal Einat <taleinat+github@gmail.com>
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@@ -289,7 +289,10 @@ Show/Hide Code Context (Editor Window only)
Zoom/Restore Height
Toggles the window between normal size and maximum height. The initial size
defaults to 40 lines by 80 chars unless changed on the General tab of the
- Configure IDLE dialog.
+ Configure IDLE dialog. The maximum height for a screen is determined by
+ momentarily maximizing a window the first time one is zoomed on the screen.
+ Changing screen settings may invalidate the saved height. This toogle has
+ no effect when a window is maximized.
Window menu (Shell and Editor)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^