On 15 Oct 2005 0:54 Christoph Sch?fer wrote: > wayne schrieb: > > > On Friday 14 October 2005 10:04 am, Craig Bradney wrote: > > > > > >>>Agree also, but why not preselect the appropriate Tab/Windows > >>>according to the task you do? When creating/moving textframes you > >>>normaly use the tab with coordinates. When editing text, you > >>>normally use the text properties. What do you think about this? > >> > >>Its been suggested before, but its inappropriate. What you are > >>suggesting, like others before, would mean that every time you > >>selecte a text frame, for example, it would switch to the text tab. > >>What if the user wants to change the line or colour settings for the > >>frame. It makes it harder, so this wont be implemented. > >> > >>Craig > > > > > > How about switching to the text properties whenever one double > > clicks on a text frame? > > > > Wayne > > Paraphrasing two postings from Craig Bradney: What makes sense in one > specific situation might be useless in twenty others. Also, too much > "artificial intelligence" of menus will probably make things too > complicated for the developers (not that they weren't be able to solve > the problems, but I suppose the time could be better used for other > things) and for users as well. Ageed! Was just an idea? > > I was very happy when Craig wrote that something like in GIMP is what > is > planned. It makes a lot of sense and provides advanced users with > the > needed flexibility. This is more important too much "auto x" here, > "auto y" there. Agreed! Greetings Ralf-Diether Ebel
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