--- deliantra/Deliantra-Client/DC/UI.pm	2007/09/01 07:22:21	1.438
+++ deliantra/Deliantra-Client/DC/UI.pm	2007/09/16 13:04:36	1.439
@@ -362,6 +362,19 @@
    $self->realloc;
 }
 
+# travsle the widget chain up to find the maximum "physical" size constraints
+sub get_max_wh {
+   my ($self) = @_;
+
+   return ($self->{alloc_w}, $self->{alloc_h})
+      if $self->{alloc_w} && !$self->{root}{realloc}{$self+0};
+
+   return $self->{parent}->get_max_wh
+      if $self->{parent};
+
+   ($::WIDTH, $::HEIGHT)
+}
+
 sub size_request {
    require Carp;
    Carp::confess "size_request is abstract";
@@ -819,7 +832,6 @@
 }
 
 #############################################################################
-
 # back-buffered drawing area
 
 package CFPlus::UI::Window;
@@ -1944,8 +1956,10 @@
    my ($self) = @_;
 
    $self->{size_req} ||= do {
+      my ($max_w, $max_h) = $self->get_max_wh;
+
       $self->{layout}->set_font ($self->{font}) if $self->{font};
-      $self->{layout}->set_width ($self->{max_w} || -1);
+      $self->{layout}->set_width ($self->{max_w} || $max_w || -1);
       $self->{layout}->set_ellipsise ($self->{ellipsise});
       $self->{layout}->set_single_paragraph_mode ($self->{ellipsise});
       $self->{layout}->set_height ($self->{fontsize} * $::FONTSIZE);