Re-designing the Gmoccapy DRO

tuxcnc wrote:

HansU wrote:

Yeah that's also a possibility, but the duplicated "G54" consumes too much space IMHO.
 
There is no way to avoid this.
If we assume that G54 needs to be displayed somewhere, then we might as well display it several times and we need to have room for G59.3 (two more characters).

Why do we need it several times?
There cannot be different coordinate systems for different axes.

HansU wrote:

Because the window is wide and low.
Removing G54 from all but one line will not give us any more space to display anything.
However, moving G54 to another line requires adding a new line, which means there will be less height for the position and more width, which we already have in excess of...
I'll say it again.
A CNC machine is not a toy, it may damage something or injure the operator, so the most important information and buttons must be large, legible and easy to find and use.
Whether it will be pretty or ugly is secondary.

I deleted all the G54s. Where will you put the G54 now (important information) and why will it be better?
 

tuxcnc wrote:

I deleted all the G54s. Where will you put the G54 now (important information) and why will it be better?

On top like in my example image.
This also has the advantage that on touch off the task bar doesn't hide the X value like it currently does (in fullscreen mode).



I also talked with Norbert that we might don't display the coordinate system at all in the DRO, because it is already displayed in the G-Codes section.