Layout Measurements

[seananders0n]

I believe that the measurements are in relative units, which meant working to around 1560 x 870 to make a layout which is suitable for a 16:9 screen.

We have one venue using a projector (at a 4:3 ratio) and find it to be out of proportion. It would be good, if layout measurements can be % of height.

Header panel: 100w * 20h (100% by 20%)
Main panel: 100w * 70h (100% by 70%)
Footer panel: 100w * 10h (100% by 10%)
etc.,

[pokerclubhq]

Thanks for the idea, @seananders0n

You're right that the sizes are proportions rather than screen units. The timer scales the whole layout to fit the screen and keeps its shape, so a layout built for 16:9 shows on a 4:3 projector with empty bands above and below it.

Three things help today:

1. Spread out. Turn it on for the outermost column, the one holding your header, main panel and footer. The column then fills the screen's height and shares the spare room evenly above, between and below them, so the empty bands become even gaps. The panels themselves don't grow. Edit mode shows the layout without spreading, so check it once you're done editing.
2. Direction: Auto. Besides Row and Column, a row or column's Direction can be Auto: a row on a wide screen and a column on a tall one. That lets one layout rearrange itself for a phone or tablet held upright, with a panel that sits beside the timer on the TV moving below it instead. A 4:3 projector still counts as wide, so Auto won't change anything there. To check the other shape, rotate the device or resize the window.
3. A 4:3 copy. Duplicate the layout in Manage layouts, give the copy minimum heights that add up to a 4:3 shape, and pick that copy in that venue's tournaments.

Spread out and Auto need version 5.0.35 or later on the device showing the timer.

Spread out: https://pokerclubhq.github.io/info/screen-contents/#spreading-out-to-fill-the-screen
Auto: https://pokerclubhq.github.io/info/screen-contents/#rows-and-columns-that-follow-the-screen

Sizing panels as a percentage of the screen isn't possible today, so I'll leave this open for others to vote on.