# Component Scripting Window Default Size

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/component-scripting-window-default-size/68548>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** vision, ignition81, scripting\
**Created:** [January 12, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/component-scripting-window-default-size/68548 "2023-01-12T19:51:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![justinedwards.jle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/justinedwards.jle/32/37854_2.png) [@justinedwards.jle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justinedwards.jle)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/component-scripting-window-default-size/68548/14 "2024-06-09T04:07:26Z")

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I was annoyed by this problem again today, so I decided to poke at it a little bit. The cause of the problem is the minimum size parameter of the right `jPanel` in the main `JSplitPane` of the component script editor. The minimum width is more than 1100 pixels, and since the `JPanel` can't shrink below that, it pushes the buttons out of view, and at a certain point as the window is being widened, it pushes the `SynthSplitPaneDivider` between the left and right JPanels all the way to the left and traps it there.  
 ![Presentation](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/7/8/7842ce304b66bc1194667d547994a8f282ed9ec5.gif)

Until IA corrects it, this can be fixed from the script console using this script:

```python
from java.awt import Window, Dimension
for window in Window.getWindows():
	if window. __class__. __name__ == 'ComponentScriptEditor':
		def fixSplitPane(window):
			for component in window.components:
				if component. __class__. __name__ == 'JSplitPane':
					component.rightComponent.minimumSize = Dimension(0,0)
				else:
					fixSplitPane(component)
		fixSplitPane(window)

```

The script just finds the JSplitPanes and sets their right JPanel's minimum size to zero.

**Result:**  
 ![Presentation1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/0/d08a73deae52985fcb642a975cc62042c21e8ec1.gif)

**UPDATE:**

> [@Skylar\_Sabo](#):
>
> possible to change the default popup size of the component scripting window

I developed this script a little further, so it meets the requirement of the OP's original question:

```python
# RUN ONLY ONCE DURING A DESIGNER SESSION
# ...prior to opening any script editors
from java.awt import Toolkit, AWTEvent, Dimension
from java.awt.event import AWTEventListener

class WindowMonitor(AWTEventListener):
	def eventDispatched(self, event):
		if event. __class__. __name__ == 'WindowEvent' and event.ID == event.WINDOW_OPENED: 
			window = event.window
			if window. __class__. __name__ == 'ComponentScriptEditor': 
				# Fix the split pane divider and button off screen bug
				# ...by setting the right JPanel's minimum size to 0
				splitPane = self.getSplitPane(window)
				splitPane.rightComponent.minimumSize = Dimension(0,0)
				
				# Specify a desired default window size and apply it
				windowSize = Dimension(1000, 600)
				window.preferredSize = windowSize
				window.size = windowSize
	
	# Recursively findes the highest level split pane within a given window
	def getSplitPane(self, window):
		for component in window.components:
			if component. __class__. __name__ == 'JSplitPane': 
				return component
			elif self.getSplitPane(component):
				return self.getSplitPane(component) 
			
# added logic to prevent multiple of the same listener from being inadvertently added
toolkit = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit()
for proxy in toolkit.AWTEventListeners:
	if proxy.listener. __class__. __name__ == 'WindowMonitor':
		toolkit.removeAWTEventListener(proxy.listener)
toolkit.addAWTEventListener(WindowMonitor(), AWTEvent.WINDOW_EVENT_MASK)

```

Run this script at the beginning of a designer session, and for the duration of that session, the split plane right panel issue will be automatically fixed any time a component scripting editor is opened, and the size of the scripting window will be automatically set to whatever dimension is specified.

**Edit:** Added logic that eliminates the possibility of inadvertently adding more than one of the same listener.

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