Increase size of select Tape grid

[AnalysIR]

I have been using the Select tape Grid window (appears after clicking the Method Parameters in the Run Job Tab when first setting up a job).

It would be useful if you could increase the vertical height of the grid control to take up the unused space at the bottom of the pop-up window.

If you decide to do this, why not increase the vertical Height of this pop-up window to match that of the main LP window & set the top position to be the same as the main LP window. This will allow more tapes to be visible and reduce the number of scrolls.

Reason: On my machine I have defined more tapes than fit in the initial view. If the height was bigger it would avoid having to scroll when setting up a tape for a new job.

I understand this only happens when setting up the job initially, but the space is available & the effort in making the change would be minimal/straightforward for a usability improvement.
I have attached an image showing where the available space is on this window, for reference (this screenshot is from my laptop, but I have many more tapes defined on the PC connected to the LP).

[JuKu]

Thank you for the feedback! I did this for the new beta (uploaded soon). The pop-up is also now scalable, and the grid scales with the window.

[shroder5]

I thought it maybe a nice idea to allow extension to the tape data window to be justified to the right of window.
Then put the button block on the left of the Tape data window.
And the Global Go block to justify to the right.

Also maybe right extend and justify the CAD and JOB windows.

[AnalysIR]

Suggestion:

Freeze the ID Column, so that it stays in place when scrolling horizontally. Will make it easier to keep track of the current row when scrolling.

eg something like (can also be easily done in the designer??)

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Tapes_dataGridView.Columns("ID").Frozen = True;

//and possibly
Tapes_dataGridView.Columns("Select").Frozen = True

You may want to rearrange the cols so that the reset button does scroll. i.e. Swap the ID & Select col positions.

Oh just noticed....the text "Select" in the Col HDR row - doesn't really explain this Col.(?? leftover from the other tape selection grid?) You could change to Action/Reset or just leave blank.

Possible Issue:
The Reset Count button on the Tape Positions Tab, does not seem to work for me (last button on right hand side of Tab, when clicked does not reset the value in the Next Col to 1 as expected). The associated Reset button in Select Col of the grid does work.

[AnalysIR]

FYI: tested the bigger select Tape grid in the March beta & it works fine...tnx