It's an interesting idea. I'll hang on to it for a while. Thanks, David
-- David Rutten [email protected] Robert McNeel & Associates On Apr 10, 6:14 am, Dieter Toews <[email protected]> wrote: > Have David, > > How about a Non-Modal, Pop Up with "Entity Info" about the currently > selected object. OS X can do this (I think I've seen something like it > on Windoz as well) The Panel could expose all the settings currently > accessed though right clicking (Which, I admit, causes me frustration) > This panel could appear in the upper right hand corner (which the user > could change) or with an offset to the current selection (which would > make it appear as if it were on the stage) Here is a screen grab of > the behaviour I'm referring to from OS X. > > http://grasshopper3d.googlegroups.com/web/Non-Modal%20Popup.jpg?hl=en... > > Cheers, Dieter > > On Apr 9, 6:02 pm, David Rutten <[email protected]> wrote: > > > A button on a tooltip? Blasphemer! > > > Anyway, can't do since tooltips are never allowed *under* the mouse. > > I was thinking along the lines of a help button that enables HELP > > mode, which will allow you to click on any object and see its help > > topic. > > > -- > > David Rutten > > [email protected] > > Robert McNeel & Associates > > > On Apr 9, 11:43 pm, R Fritz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The ten most requested features of Word were already in Word--that's > > > one of the reasons for the Office 2008 interface redesign. (The story > > > has achieved urban legend status, but I'm pretty sure it has a basis > > > in reality.) > > > > Rather than annoying animated paperclips, why not tooltips? Hover over > > > the object for a bit, and a tooltip pops up, with a button for more > > > help. > > > > Randolph > > > > On Apr 9, 2:21 pm, David Rutten <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Yeah, it seems the help topics are very undiscoverable. I may have to > > > > resort to annoying animated paper clips pointing them out whenever you > > > > don't need them... > > > > > -- > > > > David Rutten > > > > [email protected] > > > > Robert McNeel & Associates > > > > > On Apr 9, 9:52 pm, R Fritz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Actually, I hadn't found them, period. > > > > > > Now that you've pointed them out, they're very helpful, thanks! > > > > > > Randolph > > > > > > On Apr 9, 3:40 am, David Rutten <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I suppose you found the Weave help topic too condensed? > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > David Rutten > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > Robert McNeel & Associates > > > > > > > On Apr 8, 11:27 pm, Randolph <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Have some simple examples been posted? Or have they been > > > > > > > explained in > > > > > > > some paper I can read?
