Issue link: https://resources.pcb.cadence.com/i/1180190
Migration Guide for Allegro Platform Products Core Allegro Platform Back-End Products October 2019 59 Product Version 17.4-2019 © 1999-2019 All Rights Reserved. Text Size in List, Grid, and Tree Fields In 17.4, you may notice that fewer entries exist in these fields relative to how many were displayed in past releases. Take the Identify DC Nets form, as shown in the next image, with 17.2 on the left and 17.4 on the right. The 17.2 release shows each entry in the list spaced closer together and, as a result, more items are shown in the same amount of space (8 additional list items in the case pictured). There are no options for you to control the spacing between items in these fields. This is driven by the core UI package, and it is not a bug. If you need to display the same number of items in 17.4 as were being displayed in 17.2, you will need to increase the height of the field. Should you have concerns about the additional spacing here, or you require the ability to specify the font or row height either in the form file or through an axl SKILL API function, please contact the Cadence team so we can discuss your requirements and explore the most productive option. List Fields used as Formatted Grids/Tables You might have created pseudo grids in forms in past releases. This has been done by creating a compound string for each entry in the list. It relied on the use of a fixed font, like Courier New, for the form so that the same number of characters always consume the same amount of horizontal space. The use of fixed-width fonts tends to make the user interface appear old and dated. This is the primary reason why fixed font support has been removed from forms in the 17.4 release. As a result, though, as in the next image, if you used a fixed-font list to simulate a grid, the headers and list items may no longer align.