On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 1:15 PM, Nikos Alexandris <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 14.01.2015 19:13, Paulo van Breugel wrote: > > These text elements could help to unclutter the interface if used >> properly. >> Like the example provided by Pietro, they could for example help to group >> the inputs from which the user need to select one (grouping of options >> using tabs is another option, but not always a good one). >> > > I agree, tabbing is always efficient. Just an idea: instead of > "tabbing", could the "guisection", or a similar function, stack stuff in a > box with slightly, yet distiguishable, different colored background? Along > with other stuff in the same tab? I am not sure how this would work with wxPython, maybe possible, but isn't it too complicated? There is still a lot modules which have terrible layout of options and using current possibilities we can improve them. Let's do that first. I don't say we shouldn't think about improvements in the meantime. > > > Yes, from the manual page the user can find out he/she needs to select >> one, but I am >> convinced that for many it would be beneficial if it also is clear at one >> glance from the interface.. similar to how the red asterisk helps the user >> to see at one glance which parameters are obligatory. >> > > Note, the "tooltips" pop only when the cursor floats over some descriptive > text. Can they also appear when the cursor points directly in an/the input > box? Yes, I know about it, that shouldn't be too difficult. > > > Nikos > > _______________________________________________ > grass-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev >
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