Text being cut in the About dialog

[dalthviz]

Problem Description

Some text gets cut in the About dialog (at least on Windows on my setup while checking the Spyder 6 beta2 rc0 installer - https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder/actions/runs/9573557891):

What steps reproduce the problem?

1. Launch Spyder
2. Open the About dialog (Help > About Spyder)

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Be able to see the full content of the About dialog

Versions

• Spyder version: 6.0.0b2.dev174 (standalone)
• Python version: 3.11.9 64-bit
• Qt version: 5.15.8
• PyQt5 version: 5.15.9
• Operating System: Windows-10-10.0.19045-SP0

[ccordoba12]

@dalthviz, I'm unable to reproduce this problem on my VM:

As you can see, I added more empty lines to the label on that tab. However, since it's placed inside a scroll area, a scrollbar should be shown when the contents don't fit into the available space.

I don't understand why the scrollbar is not shown in your case, but I can't test our installer because my VM is too old (Windows 7). However, this shouldn't be a problem for stable releases (in your case, I think what caused the content to not fit is the very long Spyder version on the left).

So, could you test what's shown with the beta2 installer? Also, please check all tabs, not just the first one. Thanks!

[dalthviz]

Checked and this happens from me when I launch from the latest beta available (beta2) and also from source/using python bootstrap.py:

• From the Spyder 6.0.0b2 installer:

• From master (4f7976e):

[ccordoba12]

Ok, then I'm going to assign this issue to you. A simple solution could be to increase the width of the dialog a bit here:

spyder/spyder/plugins/application/widgets/about.py

Line 288 in 72d0904

size = (600, 460) if MAC else ((580, 450) if WIN else (610, 455))

That way the PyQt5 5.15.9 line wouldn't be broken into two ones, which should show the social media links below without problems.