topic Re: Dialog box size for custom tools user input in Developers Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/dialog-box-size-for-custom-tools-user-input/m-p/239551#M1494 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Dan</P><P></P><P>Thanks for the prompt answer. As usual with Arc, will have to go with</P><P>what we have available. I ws hoping for some sort of control so that my</P><P>final tools could impress the basic users!</P><P>Cheers</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 14 Jul 2018 08:01:12 GMT MarkFawkes 2018-07-14T08:01:12Z Dialog box size for custom tools user input https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/dialog-box-size-for-custom-tools-user-input/m-p/239549#M1492 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Trying to set up some small tools for users in my agency using ModelBuilder and/or Python. I would like to be able to control the size of the dialog box that opens when getting user input to a tool.</P><P></P><P>In the particular case I am requesting the user input a single value/text string. With both Modelbuilder (setting as a parameter) and python (using arcpy.GetParameterAsTest) I get a large dialog box that covers a lot of screen&nbsp;space (see screen grab). I can resize this when running the tool on my computer, however (1) this also applies the same resizing to other dialog boxes where I want a bigger box (e.g I have more parameters to select/enter and require more screen real estate) (2) this resizing only applies to my computer (AFAIK).</P><P></P><P>Is there a way that I can configure the size of the dialog box for a particular tool (and have it saved with the tool so that the same size dialog box is used for any other users of the tool. I am going to distribute the tools as a number of Arc toolboxes, The second screenshot shows something more like the size I would like for this particular tool. Would hopefully adding tool help&nbsp;with the tools.</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 14 Jul 2018 03:36:00 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/dialog-box-size-for-custom-tools-user-input/m-p/239549#M1492 MarkFawkes 2018-07-14T03:36:00Z Re: Dialog box size for custom tools user input https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/dialog-box-size-for-custom-tools-user-input/m-p/239550#M1493 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>There are no controls for dialog size that I can see for either type of toolbox.</P><P><A class="link-titled" href="http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/arcpy/geoprocessing_and_python/a-quick-tour-of-creating-tools-in-python.htm" title="http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/arcpy/geoprocessing_and_python/a-quick-tour-of-creating-tools-in-python.htm">A quick tour of creating tools with Python—Geoprocessing and Python | ArcGIS Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 14 Jul 2018 06:45:59 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/dialog-box-size-for-custom-tools-user-input/m-p/239550#M1493 DanPatterson_Retired 2018-07-14T06:45:59Z Re: Dialog box size for custom tools user input https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/dialog-box-size-for-custom-tools-user-input/m-p/239551#M1494 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Dan</P><P></P><P>Thanks for the prompt answer. As usual with Arc, will have to go with</P><P>what we have available. I ws hoping for some sort of control so that my</P><P>final tools could impress the basic users!</P><P>Cheers</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 14 Jul 2018 08:01:12 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/dialog-box-size-for-custom-tools-user-input/m-p/239551#M1494 MarkFawkes 2018-07-14T08:01:12Z Re: Dialog box size for custom tools user input https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/dialog-box-size-for-custom-tools-user-input/m-p/239552#M1495 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The days of the Dialog Designer with ArcView 2.x/3.x are long gone.&nbsp; Even python's Tk doesn't behave with ArcMap or Pro</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 14 Jul 2018 11:00:34 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/dialog-box-size-for-custom-tools-user-input/m-p/239552#M1495 DanPatterson_Retired 2018-07-14T11:00:34Z