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This page should be updated. The labels before text are being used to describe in full what the text widget below is used for. This makes it difficult to quickly read and enter what you need. The text widget for Host and Port are as wide as the while page but typically do not need that much space.
+1 The extra text is not needed because F1 opens a new dynamic help pane with the exact same information. If embedding help in the page is needed, I suggest having this text moved into the existing 'Note' text, e.g.: Host name or IP address: [ ] Server port: [ ] Note: Leave the fields above empty to have the IP address and/or port number dynamically assigned by the help system. If the server is already running, these preferences will only apply after restarting.
+0. Not critical. The page look the same as in 2.1 and 3.0, and values do not need to be changed unless there is problems with the server startup.
Granted, but the fix is trivial and the fact that it was like this for a long time should not stop us from polish.
Do you propose changing layout such that text fields do not take full width or just the text of the labels? The change should be tested on most platforms by if released for RC3. The proposed note text looses information. Help does not assign IP addresses of the machine, it just picks one. "the above fields" sounds better then "the fields above" "and/or" should be "and" if both fields are empty.
I propose that the layout be exactly as below (i.e. in the same row). With your changes: Host name or IP address: [ ] Server port: [ ] Note: Leave the above fields empty to have the IP address and port number dynamically computed by the help system. If the server is already running, these preferences will only apply after restarting.
OK. Let's see the patch.
Attached is the proposed change. I also took the opportunity to make the layout more flexible regarding long wrapped text.
Created attachment 23100 [details] The proposed changes
"effectafter" should be two words. There is also an issue with the layout. I doubled the text in the note to simulate translations (that have longer text then English). The hight of the preference dialog is already increased, while the page is actually only half used.
Created attachment 23110 [details] Improved layout and fixed typo.
Big improvement. +1 for RC3.
There you go :-) Fixed.
