Hi Oliver, > Am 04.05.2012 23:37, schrieb Michael Klein: >> Hi Oliver, >> >>> thank for the patches. The backspace is a nice idea. I just wonder how >>> to communicate that to the user :) >> >> backspace for backward delete is to me at least as obvious as the right >> mouse button to end a polyline ;-) > > ;) I know. It's just that users like to complain about usability. On the > other hand side I recently had a nice email contact telling me that QLGT is > much better than QuoVadis. > >> >> Personally, I'd rather use the Escape key to end drawing, which more or >> less works in QLGT, too. It just doesn't update the path length and any >> suggested path continuation (the magenta line) remains on the map. Also, >> the last point is handled differently: When ending with the mouse, the >> last point is discarded, while it is added to the polyline when Escape >> is used. > > > The ESC key is reserved.
My patch doesn't change this. Drawing is still ended only because of a side effect of invoking a function from the action menu. It just fixes a bug (path suggestion not deleted) and an inconsistency (handling of last point) in the current code. > And I do not think it's a good idea to change the > overall concept of the left hand menu. Same for the F9 and F10 button. These > are reserved for up- and download data. I do not want to change that easily. Nothing is changed here, I was just asking for an opinion ;-) > I think the current overlay menu structure is ok, as it allows to be > extended. > > >> >> The attached patch makes the two methods behave mostly identical and >> also fixes the non-transparency of the action menu on OS X (e.g. >> http://www.domachowski.eu/boards/pic2.jpg) > > Cool you found where to hit it! I took that part from the patch. It's in svn. It's still not perfect, though (text color of selected item should be white): http://a98.shuttle.de/~michael/qlgt-actionmenu-osx.png Michael ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Qlandkartegt-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qlandkartegt-users
