[NETBEANS-346] Tabs, characters, and the right Margin don't line up

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 9.0
• Fix Version/s: 12.0
• Component/s: editor - Other
• Labels: HiDPI font pull-request-available

Environment

Mac OS 10.10 (at least)

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Austin Stephens
• Created: 29/Jan/18 23:59
• Updated: 03/Nov/20 15:50
• Resolved: 23/Apr/20 15:15

Description

When the Right Margin is set at 80 chars, it is drawn at 8*2* chars. This is annoying because I have a 1440x900 screen that I split vertically in to two. This results in two editing areas that are about 80 chars wide. I could see the margin line in both editors when scrolled all the way to the left. Since Netbeans (9.0 beta) is now drawing them at char 8*2*, it is not possible to size those editors so I can see the line in both windows and it is driving me crazy.

This is a first world issue at the moment, but you might find code coming from mac programmers coming in two or more chars too wide in the Netbeans source code.

Issue Links

• is related to: NETBEANS-4166 Review likely inaccurate int-based character width calculations in editor UI
• relates to: NETBEANS-987 Create a wiki page on NetBeans font rendering issues
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #2076