Code review comment for lp:~georg-zotti/stellarium/gz_plugin-ArchaeoLines

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gzotti (georg-zotti) wrote :

Dear Alex,

I have tested 4 systems:

on WinXP/Nvidia there is no problem with your solution.
on Win7/Nvidia I have the same problem in your MeteorShowers config that I saw: if I call the color panel, it is hidden behind the fullscreen main window. If I leave fullscreen before, I see the separate panel. This is why I have made my workaround implementation.
On Win8.1 AMD/Radeon netbook I have the problem.
On Ubuntu 14 / Odroid C1/Mali 450 OpenGL ES2 I have no problem, system panel comes to foreground.
No idea whether it works on Apple, or on Win/IntelGPU.

I am afraid the problem is frequent if not on all Win 7+ systems. (at least Geforce and Radeon.) There were some major changes for GPU driver in Win7, without me knowing details, but maybe this is one of the consequences? The other consequence is the missing tooltips in fullscreen mode - also now just seen on Win8/Radeon! What to do?

1) Ignore the problem and wait for reports of "hung system". This is what my Win8 looks like! Ctrl-Alt-Del with switch to task manager (my usual way out on Win7) immediately goes back to fullscreen Stellarium and does not show the color panel. I was finally forced to reboot. (-1 again for win8...)
2) Keep current solution, and maybe do something similar for your plugin?
3) Keep current solution, but switch out of fullscreen only on Windows builds? (No separation XP/7+, XP is legally dead.)

The problem is not a functional problem for the plugin's main functionality, but a cosmetic issue when configuring it.

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