Desktop App Issues

[Victor]

Hi @Konrad,

In my experience, designing a desktop web app is always done via trial & error.

As I understand, in most cases visual components in Adalo are responsive; so they try to keep proportions but not the exact pixels. However, in some cases the “fixed width” rules appear: usually when you have a small width elements, they remain fixed, while others which are “wider” are responsive.

I’ve spend quite a bit of time experimenting, see this thread & video for example:

Help needed for desktop app

Hello! is there a method to make a desktop app responsive. I know that the feature is not in place yet, but I noticed by using card list instead of a custom list it works better for example. Are there other kinds of stuff to know? I noticed that the text and buttons are moving around when using them is a custom list… thanks for your help.

May be this could be useful for you.

Answering your questions (1 & 2):

1. I’m not sure there is any comprehensive guide on how sizing works
2. In my opinion, copying & pasting doesn’t affect visual results. You will have to relink the screens and may be adjust actions though.
   As for 3 &4 - sorry, I don’t have an answer hopefully someone else can help!

Best regards, Victor.