Re: [RFC] Workaround for broken message index row heights

[Jack <ostroffjh users sourceforge net>]

On 2020.07.15 08:40, Albrecht Dreß wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I /think/ I finally found a workaround for the sometimes broken  
> display of the row heights in the balsa message index, apparently  
> caused by GtkTreeView's automatic calculation being confused by rows  
> being printed in bold and/or italics.
>
> For testing, I created the branch “index_row_height_workaround” in  
> which the cell renderer heights are forced to the maximum of 1.25  
> times the standard font height and the status icon heights.   
> Drawback: if the standard font is changed in the global settings, the  
> required row height is re-calculated only after a restart of Balsa,  
> which IMHO is acceptable.
>
> For me, this *completely* fixes the issue, but some more testing with  
> different themes and Gtk versions would be really helpful.

Hi Albrecht,

So far, looks good.   gtk+-3.24.20.  Plasma theme is oxygen.  As near  
as I can tell, my gtk+ theme is Adwaita, but changing it doesn't seem  
to affect Balsa visibly.  (I'm primarily a KDE/Plasma system, with  
minimal gnome stuff, and only a bit more gtk based stuff.)

Jack