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From: Michael Gibson
Hi Zooen, the UI isn't designed to fit the large number of characters like you show.
I would recommend using a setting of 5 decimal places instead of 7.
re:
> Could you also clarify the ‘Activate distance’ and ‘Keep activate distance’
> options? I couldn’t find them in the help section
The "Activate distance" is how close the mouse pointer needs to be to a straight snap line for the straight snap to be initially turned on.
After it has been turned on it will remain on if the mouse pointer is within the "Keep active distance" value.
- Michael
From: Zooen
Hi Michael,
That leaves me speechless.
In French: ‘Pantois’: Someone who is surprised and taken aback by an unexpected situation.
Why display 7 decimal places in a small window (where they appear correctly) yet not show them in full in other MoI3D windows? On my computer screen, it’s a matter of about 2 millimeters in visual terms to see the seventh zero in full.
By nature, I’m a perfectionist – perhaps too much of a perfectionist.
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From: Michael Gibson
Hi Zooen,
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> On my computer screen, it’s a matter of about 2 millimeters
> in visual terms to see the seventh zero in full.
That's only the case for a value of "0", if you also want to show it for other values such as "10" or "100" an additional 2mm is not enough space.
If you like you can test it by editing a line in the UI files - run notepad.exe with "Run as administrator",
Open the file C:\Program Files\MoI 5.0 beta Apr-27-2026\ui\moi.css
Find the rule which sets the default width for an input field , it starts at line 303 and looks like this:
code:
input, moi\:TextInput, moi\:NumericInput, moi\:DistanceInput, moi\:IntegerInput, moi\:UnsignedIntegerInput,
moi\:PointInput, moi\:CoordinateXYZInput, moi\:CoordinateDistanceInput, moi\:CoordinateAngleInput {
border:1px solid $$INPUT_BORDER_COLOR$$;
padding:$$INPUT_PADDING$$;
color:inherit;
background-color:$$INPUT_BACKGROUND_COLOR$$;
display:inline-block;
-webkit-box-sizing:border-box;
-webkit-user-select:text;
-webkit-user-drag:none;
width:5em;
/*allowdblclick:false;*/
cursor:auto;
}
Edit the line in there that has width:5em; to width:7em;
Now the default width for those controls will be larger which does what you want in some places but messes up UI in other places where it needs to fit within a limited width such as the circle command now looks like this:
- Michael
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From: Zooen
Thank you, Michael, as I’ve just made the change and I’m perfectly satisfied with it.
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