On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:11:47 -0200 Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri <barbi...@profusion.mobi> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Jeff Hoogland <jeffhoogl...@linux.com> wrote: > > Is it possible to "link" multiple lists together so they scroll at the same > > time? > > you could simulate this (I do not recommend) by creating your own > gengrid item class and style. This style would define multiple Edje > parts, the cells for those columns. These have fixed size (ie: 200px), > or proportional size (ie: 20%) or even be dynamically calculated and > expand horizontally based on some factor (the largest label?). In the > last case you'd have to go and call item.update() for every item, so > they can expand to the new maximum size. > > What I do recommend is you to look at every modern GUI and none of > those use these anymore. It's usually used for large number of items, > where the number of information can be overwhelming. You better > segment the information and plan what to show. For instance, the > package manager you sent should do what it delegate to user... come > on, show the "installed version" and "available version"? Why not just > an icon with tri-state: installed and updated, installed and outdated, > uninstalled. Could even not be an icon, but a bg color to make it easy > to spot. If I were doing a package manager, I'd as well merge similar > packages with different parts, as it's useless to have them in the > main list, just click to open more details (instead of show -dev, > -dbg, -examples, -doc... you just show package name, click and it > expand (or another window/popup/frame) show each element and status. > > > -- > Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri > http://profusion.mobi embedded systems > -------------------------------------- > MSN: barbi...@gmail.com > Skype: gsbarbieri > Mobile: +55 (19) 9225-2202 > while I agree that it's misused in most cases, I still see no better alternative for a desktop music player gui. the ability to dynamically see/sort aligned rows containing artist/track/title does not seem to be replaceable. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnnow-d2d _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
