Hi,

On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Daniel P. Berrange <d...@berrange.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 05, 2014 at 08:10:56PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> This weekend I've finally attacked the bit of the user interface that I've
>> hated the most for years, namely the giant list of camera controls on the
>> left hand side of the window.
>>
>> In a radical departure the UI will no longer show all the camera controls
>> by default. Instead it will be populated with what I think is the list of
>> most commonly needed controls. Currently I have it showing aperture,
>> shutter speed, iso, white balance, image format, and image size by default.
>>
>> If anyone has suggestions for other controls that are pretty important to
>> show by default let me know. The goal though is to keep the default list
>> pretty short, ideally no more than 8 controls by default to avoid the user
>> interface becoming overwhealmed again.
>>
>> I'm still working on a dialog popup that will allow on the fly customization
>> of what is shown, stored in a preference per-camera model, so each camera
>> you own can have a different set of controls customized by the user.
>>
>> The work in progress is in GIT already and finishing the UI to custommize
>> the list is a must-have before I do the next release.
>
> The UI for customizing the list of controls that are shown is now
> completed and in GIT. Below the list of controls there is a small
> button which pops up a menu allowing arbitrary camera controls to
> be shown/hidden in the main UI.  We record this choice in preferences
> on a per-camera model basis, so each camera you have can get a different
> set of preferences for controls to show in the UI.
>
> Two quick screenshots:
>
> https://plus.google.com/u/0/104859856971855855184/posts/69HsZ4sJf6i

I don't have my camera right now to test, but that looks nice. :-)

Jehan

> Regards,
> Daniel
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