I am very comfortable with the current configuration of the rotate button, but I am saying this with respect to a PDA. A desktop user might have his views. -tasnim ----- Original Message ----- From: Micah Dowty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 12:06 AM Subject: Fwd: AW: [Pgui-devel] RFC: WindowManager zoom-function > Does anyone else think the rotate button is confusing? Kitkat's suggestion below > would require rethinking the panel widget somewhat, but if enough people think > it's a good idea i'll figure out how to do it. > > ----- Forwarded message from kitkat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 21:00:08 +0200 > From: kitkat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: kitkat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: AW: [Pgui-devel] RFC: WindowManager zoom-function > To: Micah Dowty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi Micah, hi folks, > > > I still think the rotate button is necessary, so the user can > > create layouts like: > > > > .------------. > > | a | > > |------------| > > | b | c | > > `------------' > > > > You can provide this feature without use of a 'rotate-button' if windowsize > could be changed by draging any side of the window not just the > window-header. > > For your sample above: > If you want to get the whole vertical size for window 'c' you could increase > the window by dragging the windows top side until you reach the top of the > whole screen. Now 'a' jumps to the left and shrinks in horizontal direction > and you get the following arangement: > > .------------. > | a | | > |----- c | > | b | | > `------------' > > This works for any other window also so any window placement is provided. > And you can rotate now in two directions. > > What do you think ? Maybe my explanation isn't clear enough ? > > Best regards, kitkat >:) > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > > > -- > Only you can prevent creeping featurism! > > _______________________________________________ > Pgui-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pgui-devel > _______________________________________________ Pgui-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pgui-devel
