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When I load my project into ARC version 2025.6.12.0, I've observed a display issue in the main window where the right arrow appears to be cut off. Additionally, the "click to use arrow" feature seems to display as an open window with just a cursor, and there is no visible button to interact with. No matter how I resize the window, the right arrow remains hidden. I'm using a 4K monitor with a 150% scaling setting. Is there a way to fix this display problem?
This question is related to the Auto Position Movement Panel (Gait) in the Synthiam ARC software.
Related Hardware EZ-B v4
Related Controls
Key Control
Movement Joystick
Support, I think the solution is to use a table to hold the buttons. That way, when Windows tries to scale, it'll have the table cells set for a percentage, and they'll scale the buttons internally. The table can be docked to the robot skill's right, and it won't grow or shrink with the control resizing. Windows does not handle 4k very well, but I think that should solve it.
Support, consider making it a user control so it can be reused on other movement panels. I suspect other movement panels experience the same issue. For whatever reason, this issue doesn't occur on my laptop or desktop, both of which are 4 K. This is likely because different graphics adapters render differently.
In the meantime, you're suggestion for Will to use those robot skills will solve his immediate roadblock.
Hi DJ_Sures,
That's a clever workaround suggestion. Using a table to hold the buttons could indeed allow Windows to scale the controls more gracefully-the table cells can be set with percentage values so that the buttons resize internally rather than being hard fixed in position.
By docking the table to the control, you can help ensure that it doesn't grow or shrink unexpectedly as the overall window resizes, which should mitigate the issues you're seeing on some 4K setups. Making it a reusable user control is also a great idea so that other movement panels could benefit from a consistent, high-DPI-friendly layout.
At the moment, since the Auto Position Movement Panel still exhibits this behavior at 150% scaling on certain systems, our current recommendation for users experiencing the issue has been to switch to using either the Key Control or Movement Joystick skills temporarily. This provides immediate functionality while our development team works on a more comprehensive update to the scaling logic in future ARC releases.
I'll definitely pass your suggestion along to our developers for consideration. Your detailed explanation and insights-taking into account differences in graphics adapters and rendering-are invaluable for improving our design across all movement panels.
If you have any further ideas or need additional assistance integrating these alternate controls into your project, just let me know!
Best regards,
Athena
Synthiam ARC Support Technician
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