Hi Wayne, could you please elaborate a little more on the composite widget? En example would be great. I'll think about the color overload and white text. cheers Fabrizio
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 12:46 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected]> wrote: > On 4/15/2013 12:17 PM, Fabrizio Tappero wrote: >> >> Hello, >> In attachment an other possible implementation, in my opinion the best >> one. >> >> Regards >> Fabrizio >> > > This implementation is a little busy (think color overload) for my tastes. > I would rather see a composite widget for selecting the color and enabling > the layer assuming it could be done in a way that it's function was obvious > the to user. Also, on some of the lighter colors the white text does not > show up very well. That being said, a more fundamental question, is the > amount of work required to save the width of one check box worth the effort? > There is already way to hide the layer manager for low resolution devices > where space is a premium. Assigning an accelerator key to it would probably > make it more useful. You would probably save more space if you provided a > set of 16 pixel button images for the toolbars or use a custom theme with > smaller control designs. This is very much an issue with some of the GTK+ > controls on Linux. Also please keep in mind that the decision not to > support low resolution devices was made a long time ago. I don't see that > policy changing any time soon. > > Wayne > >> >> On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Fabrizio Tappero >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>>> Colours on the standard controls are system-defined (depends on what wx >>>> is running on); the colour swatch button or the little arrow beside the >>>> layer name is handled by us so (with some work) we could conceivably add >>>> some extra UI functionality here. >>> >>> >>> Maybe change the checkbox colour isn't a good idea because it will >>> lower usability in the sense that people might not see any more that >>> it is a checkbox. Proposal 3 and proposal 4 can achieve the same thing >>> and be even better. The current blue arrow is a little strange, a >>> black border will be probably better. >>> >>>> A thing I don't like with the current arrangement is having to use the >>>> third button to change layer colour (good luck with laptops...) when it >>>> can be usefully done in this way: >>>> - Click on the button: change color >>>> - Click on the layer name: change layer >>> >>> >>> hum, don't know, this way will be pretty hard for people to guess the >>> functionality. the current middle button click functionality is also >>> quite hidden (but I like it). Maybe a simple "right click - change >>> layer color" is easier. Alternatively we can put and edit link at the >>> bottom of the layer panel. Edit button would maybe also difficult to >>> guess, or maybe not. >>> >>>> >>>> I think the layer name is sufficiently big as a target to click to >>>> change layer :D also the whole 3D border for the button is not needed >>>> for the colour swatch, a simple flat border would suffice (thing about >>>> the GIMP color indicator) >>> >>> >>> completely agree, as long as the is a white border when not selected. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> Post to : [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
