It is currently Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:58 pm

All times are UTC - 8 hours [ DST ]


Forum rules


Please, keep discussions on topic and in the right forum. The start menu topics go into the Classic Start Menu forum, etc. This makes it easier for people to locate topics they are looking for.
If you get a satisfactory response to your question, please mark the topic as "solved". Click the green √ button in the bottom-right of the post.



Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 3 posts ] 
Author Message
PostPosted: Mon Aug 21, 2017 9:29 pm 
Offline

Joined: Wed Aug 16, 2017 8:03 pm
Posts: 15
Good day.

Ever since the "Minimum Menu Height" setting was added to Classic Start Menu I have been having a hard time understanding it.
The help bubble says it is the minimum number of search results to show.

I recently cleared my UserAssist, so now "Minimum Menu Height" is again relevant until I run 15 programs from the Start Menu. I set my Minimum at 18, which should roughly make my menu the same height as when I have 15 Frequent Programs and 3 pinned programs. Anyway, with Minimum=18 I do a search, and the result is NOT 18 results, it is more like 15 results if we include the category headers, and 16 if we include the extra "search for more" at the bottom. Neither of which is 18. I could increase the Minimum value until I do see 18 results, but that is not the point; the point is: I do not understand this value; it does not seem to be the minimum number of search results :-(

Screenshots:
Simple search for TEST
Search for TEST in a single category

Thank you.
Best Regards,


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Mon Aug 21, 2017 10:14 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jan 03, 2013 12:38 am
Posts: 5374
Don't overthink it :P It is what it is, the menu height. Consider the value as just a number which increases the height. The search results that fit in it *will vary* depending on the small/large icon size, and how many search providers you have added. On my PC, the minimum menu height is 20 but I have 8 search providers defined and icon size of 40 so it can show only 6 search results excluding the category headers.

_________________
Links to some general topics:

Compare Start Menus

Read the Search box usage guide.

I am a Windows enthusiast and helped a little with Classic Shell's testing and usability/UX feedback.


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 8:31 pm 
Offline

Joined: Wed Aug 16, 2017 8:03 pm
Posts: 15
Hahaha, well, I wanted to know why I had to pick 21 to show 18 results ;-) Indeed, icon size changes things, but then Minimum Menu Height is not the minimum number of search results, because otherwise the icon size would just make the menu bigger for the same minimum. Oh well, we shall never know what that setting really is; perhaps just a base number of pixels multiplied by the value we give...

Best Regards,


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 3 posts ] 

All times are UTC - 8 hours [ DST ]


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Majestic-12 [Bot] and 37 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group, Almsamim WYSIWYG Classic Shell © 2010-2016, Ivo Beltchev.
All right reserved.