TC 11 beta 3: History [Alt + Down] too wide left field if 'Icons' option is unchecked

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TC 11 beta 3: History [Alt + Down] too wide left field if 'Icons' option is unchecked

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Generally, the title says it all.
Still, some graphics: Image: https://i.imgur.com/TJx8I9A.png

I'm pretty sure this ain't no bug but rather a sort of disease of infancy (of the newly born feature), so I'm posting this here.
I would expect the left field without icons to be twice as narrower, e.g. aligned to the width of the history button itself.
Otherwise, everything looks good.
Thank you.
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Re: TC 11 beta 3: History [Alt + Down] too wide left field if 'Icons' option is unchecked

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Have you looked at the directory hotlist (bookmarks)? That's a regular Windows context menu, and it uses the exact same gap.
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Re: TC 11 beta 3: History [Alt + Down] too wide left field if 'Icons' option is unchecked

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It it perhaps because of the font / line height combination that it "feels" different. I have "same as menu font" and the history is much more compacted verses the hotlist - hotlist has more room between entries so it feel more natural.

I like the "highlight ✓" in the hotlist, is that something that could be added to the History as well which now only shows the ✓ for the current folder?

Edit: I just noticed the ✓ is also different, if you look at the ✓ in the history, do a right click you see a different ✓ in there for the "show most recent..." one for example. It is a bit jarring to see two different versions. I also like the standard ✓ better (the one in directory history and the selected option in the context menu).
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It it perhaps because of the font / line height combination that it "feels" different. I have "same as menu font" and the history is much more compacted verses the hotlist - hotlist has more room between entries so it feel more natural.
I'm using the TEXTMETRICS of the font, with the fields tmHeight+tmExternalLeading for the height calculation. I don't know what the context menu uses, but it surely wastes a lot of space.
The ✓ is the same I use in the main menu. The context menu probably uses theming.
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Re theming, probably so, the highlighted "row" color in the menu is also different between history/hotlist (dark blue v very light blue) - I can live with it.
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Re: TC 11 beta 3: History [Alt + Down] too wide left field if 'Icons' option is unchecked

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So, if I understand correctly, this is just Windows theming shenanigans and nothing could be done here.
Still, thank you.
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