VirtualBox

Opened 16 years ago

Closed 15 years ago

#2209 closed enhancement (invalid)

Feature Request: Show current resolution and color-depth in the left-bottom-corner

Reported by: MrX1980 Owned by:
Component: GUI Version: VirtualBox 2.0.2
Keywords: desktop resolution Cc:
Guest type: other Host type: other

Description

Hello

it would be nice, if VirtualBox shows the current desktop resolution and color-depth in the left-bottom-corner.
See picture VirtualBox_FeatureRequest_001.jpg

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ScreenShot how it could be look

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Change History (4)

by MrX1980, 16 years ago

ScreenShot how it could be look

comment:1 by Sander van Leeuwen, 16 years ago

priority: majorminor

Why pollute the GUI window with such information? The session information page of the VM already contains the resolution at least.

in reply to:  1 comment:2 by parsifal, 15 years ago

Replying to sandervl73:

Why pollute the GUI window with such information? The session information page of the VM already contains the resolution at least.

I wholeheartedly support this particular Feature Request. I think it is valid, especially combining it with the Auto-Resizing feature already present.

Let me give an example from personal experience why I would find such functionality handy: I frequently record VBox Linux guests' activity with screencast creation software and post the screencasts online as embedded SWF videos. Since I need to comply with various web layout size restrictions, I need varying recording resolutions that may be arbitrary and non-standard (e.g. 1000x600 px). The Guest Auto-Resizing feature is a help in this direction but it requires some trial'n' error to "hit" a particular resolution, i.e. resizing, checking resolution, resizing again because you missed by a few pixels, rechecking and so on.

Concerning placement, I agree that permanent display of the current resolution in the lower-left corner of the GUI could be considered by some as "pollution of the GUI". To that effect, I instead propose displaying the resolution in the window title bar (or as an OSD effect, centered inside the window) ONLY when resizing and updating accordingly in realtime as the corner of the GUI window is dragged.

Sorry for the long comment!

comment:3 by Michael Thayer, 15 years ago

Resolution: invalid
Status: newclosed

A better solution is to use:

VBoxManage controlvm <name> setvideomodehint x y bpp
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