25.03 Start Page : Linux vs Windows

[Geoff13]

The start page for 25.03 on my Windows 10 computer has a nice wide area for the recent projects (see screenshot).

However 25.03 on my Linux Mint computer has a very narrow area, with each project using multiple lines.  Is there file that controls this width that could be edited on this computer?  Or is hard coded into the executable?

Thanks for any help.
Geoff

[ollydbg]

Thanks for the report, I think this is a bug.

There is a file named:

src/src/resources/start_here/start_here.html

I think C::B just uses some html viewer window to show this html file.

I'm not fully understand the logic, but my guess is that the contents of the html get modified dynamically, so the recent opened entries get added.

Maybe the Windows and Linux use different html viewer code?

[Miguel Gimenez]

Works for me on Mint 18 with stock wxWidgets 3.0.5, which version of Mint/wxWidgets/GTK are you using?

[Geoff13]

ollybg :

I have installed from the downloads page.  Not sure if the file you reference is only available if I build from source.  I'm too new to Linux to try that.

Miguel :

I've been using Windows for decades but seeing if I can avoid 11 by switching to Linux.  I'm new and not sure how to answer some of your questions.  If you can give me a hint I'll look for the other answers.

I'm running Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon.  No idea about wxWidgets or GTK.  Perhaps my installation process will answer those?

I had installed CB from the Software Manager.  This gave me version 24.xx.  Recently I downloaded the 25.03_amd64_debian12 file from the CB site and followed these instructions to install it : https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/04/codeblocks-25-03-howto-install/

[blauzahn]

you can find version information in: Help | About | Information

or as an example for wxwidgets in a terminal:  wx-config --version

[Geoff13]

Thanks blauzahn

[Geoff13]

I didn't change anything, but the width for projects on my Linux start page has increased!

Still not as wide as Windows, but better.