Normally the menus with options I'm used to look like this: http://i.imgur.com/w8EuAOG.png (Visual Studio)
They don't put icons (which personally I think are overused in this instance) next to them and just use the space for the checkmark. On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 10:50 AM, Chris Pavlina <[email protected]> wrote: > No. That serves the functional purpose, but not the aesthetic one. A > disabled menu item conveys to the user that it is not available for use, > so disabling the currently active item says exactly the opposite of what > it should: not "OpenGL is currently in use, so you can't switch to it" > but rather "OpenGL is unavailable for you to use". > > An acceptable solution fulfills *both* purposes: it only allows the user > to make valid selections, and explains to the user what those selections > actually are. > > On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 05:42:51PM +0200, Константин Барановский wrote: >> As variant, we may just disable menu entry for currently selected canvas. >> >> 2017-01-14 16:51 GMT+02:00 Chris Pavlina <[email protected]>: >> >> > That's what I think I'll have to do. >> > >> > It can be annoying to have to fit within the GUI paradigm of all three >> > OSes... What I'd /really/ like is something that looks like this, with a >> > header: >> > >> > +--------------+ >> > | Canvas type | >> > | | >> > | ( ) Legacy | >> > | (O) OpenGL | >> > | ( ) Cairo | >> > +--------------+ >> > >> > But I can't make that look good on OSX :(( >> > >> > >> > On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 03:44:21PM +0100, Nick Østergaard wrote: >> > > I think that menu is a bit strange. Why not ditch the icon's for those >> > > canvas options and just a checkmark as used in the language menu? >> > > >> > > 2017-01-14 15:35 GMT+01:00 Chris Pavlina <[email protected]>: >> > > > This looks bad: >> > > > >> > > > https://misc.c4757p.com/ugly.png >> > > > >> > > > Really bad. Three of the same icon, with low enough contrast that I can >> > > > barely tell what it's a picture of... and seriously, prepending "** " >> > to >> > > > mark the selected item? Really? Even text-mode applications that are >> > > > stuck doing things like that usually think to space over the deselected >> > > > ones too so everything still lines up... >> > > > >> > > > If I prepared a patch to ditch the icon and display option buttons next >> > > > to those instead, would it be argued against? >> > > > >> > > > -- >> > > > Chris >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ >> > > > 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 -- Mark _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
