Chris Cannam wrote > > So, recently I implemented a multi-page view in the notation editor. > That is, unlike the old Page layout (now renamed Continuous Page), it > actually shows pages side-by-side like a printed score. Not hard to > do, though there are problems with a few things like managing the > positions of the pointers. It's a useful piece of work for the > native printing that I'm aiming at enhancing though. > > But scrolling around a big 2d view like that using scrollbars is not > much fun, so I took a cue from other notation software (and, er, > other non-notation software) and added a panner widget. > Unfortunately, I don't know where to put it. > > If you check out current CVS or this screenshot: > > http://www.cannam.demon.co.uk/thing/multipage.png > > you'll see that the panner widget (which will at some point show a > mini version of the pages of the score, rather than just being blank > with a box on it) is currently inconveniently located in a separate > dialog that floats over the notation view. > > So, my questions: Where should it go? and How should I put it there? > Bear in mind that although it's currently constrained to a fixed width > (so it can get very tall in continuous page mode), the only mode in > which it's _really_ useful is multi page mode and for that mode it'd > be better constrained to a fixed height and allowed to become > arbitrarily wide. > > I s'pose really what I want is a little overlay window that stays > within the notation window but can be moved around on it (defaulting > to bottom-right). Is that possible?
To my POV it could be in a child window, but should appear after you do execute it by some hotkey. Just my 0.02 euro -- Alexandre Prokoudine ALT Linux Documentation Team JabberID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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