On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 2:56 AM, Moritz Lennert < [email protected]> wrote:
> On 26/01/16 03:02, Anna Petrášová wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I plan to change the style of the Layer Manager tabs in the bottom of >> the window from wx.FlatNotebook to wx.Notebook. The results look like >> this: >> >> >> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1j-R6U3_Ct9RFd1V3JSbDRjdGc/view?usp=sharing >> >> Reasons include: >> * FlatNotebook behaves strangely on Ubuntu 15+ with wxpython3 wxGTK, >> switching tabs doesn't work well >> * FlatNotebook rendering glitch on MacOSX with wxpython 3 (visible in >> the screenshot) >> * FlatNotebook causes crashing when switching from 3D to 2D on MacOSX >> with wxpython 3 http://trac.wxwidgets.org/ticket/16357 >> * FlatNotebook probably causes loosing focus when switching to command >> console >> * FlatNotebook probably causes some GDK critical warnings on Ubuntu >> >> Overall, by using native widget (wx.Notebook) we avoid many glitches. >> > > +1 > > However, the appearance will be different for different OS. I personally >> don't have problem with that, but I would suggest applying this to Mac >> and Linux, not Windows, because on Windows it looks ugly and since we >> still use wxpython 2.8, the described glitches don't apply there. >> Opinions? >> > > I think that ideally, whenever possible, we should avoid having different > treatments for different OS's. But if you all think that the windows > version looks too ugly (I'm quite insensitive to such issues, so not a good > judge), then +1 as long as windows is still wxpython 2.8. Done in r67679. > > >> >> Related to this, any opinion on making the labels of the tabs shorter? >> > > For me they can be as short as you want, as I know what they are about, > but we have to try to think like a GRASS newbie, here. So, my reflections > in detail: > > >> Map layers -> Layers >> > > +1 > > Command console -> Console >> Search modules -> Search >> > > For these two I'm not sure if the short version is clear enough on what > these are about: will most users understand what a 'Console' is ? At what > is it you can search there ? > I would think console is pretty clear, but that's just my feeling. I agree Search is ambiguous, although it might not be a huge problem for users. > > Data catalogue -> Catalogue >> > this was supposed to be catalog > > +1 > > Python shell -> Python >> > > Again, not sure if just 'Python' is enough to make it clear. > > IIUC, the reason for shortening is essentially OSX, or ? Wouldn't it be > possible to just slightly reduce font size ? Not just Mac, in my case last tab is hidden but I can see a small arrow showing that there is another tab. We don't have to decide this now, I was thinking about this for some time and I was wondering if others agree we need this. Thanks, Anna > > > Moritz >
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