On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 6:56 AM, Dwayne Henderson < [email protected]> wrote:
> Greetings! > > Seeking an easier way of laying out form elements. > > Right now, after creating a form element, one has to spend a lot of time > getting the PositionX, PositionY, Width and Height just right if one wants > it to fit in nicely with the cell - without blocking out parts of its grid > ( > http://i.imgur.com/7oeAU.png => http://i.imgur.com/idTKV.png) - or being > too crammed to the left. > > I'm thinking: > > - A "Snap to grid" that snaps to the actual cell grid > - A "Spacing to contents" for form elements such as Option Buttons, Check > Boxes etc. so that they don't get too crammed to the left > - "Text padding" for the text inside List Boxes etc. so that they too don't > get too crammed to the left (currently one has to add a leading whitespace > to remedy this: http://i.imgur.com/H7Yye.png) > KG01 Indeed, smarter defaults would reduce the amount of secondary formatting and form layout refinements - making for a better experience You've made many great suggestions. Consider capturing these requests as individual requests for enhancement in BZ backlog. Regards, Kevin > I hope we can get together and do something about this ASAP. > > --Dwayne >
