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

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Alexandre Prokoudine
ALT Linux Documentation Team
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