Re: Styles management dialog

On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:45:43 +0100, Robert Staudinger
<robsta@stereolyzer.net> wrote:

> The mockups are not 100% HIG compliant, i know. Having the tabs on top
> would contradict the "top to bottom" methaphor (first select style, then
> edit).

Oh, I was under the impression that the style selection happened in
the left column! I regarded the top section as some kind of preview
pane. :)

> A possibility getting rid of the tabs would be to use a tree on the left
> side for selecting the property dialog. I'm however not completely
> convinced about that one ...

A tree should be avoided if a list is possible.

> That will of course be handeled by gtk itself.

Yes, but it's not GTK's fault when windows get larger than 640 or 800
pixels wide, thereby making them no longer fit on some users' screens.

> True, but maybe not a problem in this case. We could make sure that the
> currently selected style always stays the same when changing the list
> option. So no user visible widget would change.

Oh, I get it. The radio buttons affect the pane to the right of it,
not the one below it. Counter-intuitive, if you ask me. In that case
disregard my comment.

> Well, after you change a style it is of course applied in the document.
> If the document is very large this will take longer than recommended for
> auto apply.

I take it you mean instant apply. In that case the HIG recommends a
separate Apply button to the left of Cancel and OK.

regards,

-- 
Reinout