Re: Automatically open up tool properties when using a board tool?

[Raphael Fetzer]

Good idea, but I would turn it around and gray out the icon if the 
dialog doesn't offer any functionality and show it in the regular color 
if there is a reasonable functionality behind it.



I like the idea of icon "light up" :)

On Tue, 5 Mar 2019 at 00:41, Daniel Ascher > wrote:


Maybe the "properties"  gear icon could somehow light up or change
colors when a user chooses a specific tool. That would indicate that
properties are available for the tool.

On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 11:08 AM Raphael Fetzer mailto:fet...@vcrp.de>> wrote:

Hi again,

in our tests we noticed it is not that easy to recognize that some
drawing tools have options or where these options can be changed
at all.
We therefore had the quick idea that the drawing settings could
show up
automatically when using a supported board tool (and close when
using an
unsupported tool). Maxim had objected that this might be
annoying for
the users
(https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENMEETINGS-2003). I'm
also not convinced that this would be the best solution to this
problem.
But it would at least increase the "discoverability" of this
feature. So
what do you think about it?

Raphael



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Re: Automatically open up tool properties when using a board tool?

[Maxim Solodovnik]

I like the idea of icon "light up" :)

On Tue, 5 Mar 2019 at 00:41, Daniel Ascher 
wrote:

> Maybe the "properties"  gear icon could somehow light up or change colors
> when a user chooses a specific tool. That would indicate that properties
> are available for the tool.
>
> On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 11:08 AM Raphael Fetzer  wrote:
>
>> Hi again,
>>
>> in our tests we noticed it is not that easy to recognize that some
>> drawing tools have options or where these options can be changed at all.
>> We therefore had the quick idea that the drawing settings could show up
>> automatically when using a supported board tool (and close when using an
>> unsupported tool). Maxim had objected that this might be annoying for
>> the users (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENMEETINGS-2003). I'm
>> also not convinced that this would be the best solution to this problem.
>> But it would at least increase the "discoverability" of this feature. So
>> what do you think about it?
>>
>> Raphael
>>
>
>
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Re: Automatically open up tool properties when using a board tool?

[Daniel Ascher]

Maybe the "properties"  gear icon could somehow light up or change colors
when a user chooses a specific tool. That would indicate that properties
are available for the tool.

On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 11:08 AM Raphael Fetzer  wrote:

> Hi again,
>
> in our tests we noticed it is not that easy to recognize that some
> drawing tools have options or where these options can be changed at all.
> We therefore had the quick idea that the drawing settings could show up
> automatically when using a supported board tool (and close when using an
> unsupported tool). Maxim had objected that this might be annoying for
> the users (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENMEETINGS-2003). I'm
> also not convinced that this would be the best solution to this problem.
> But it would at least increase the "discoverability" of this feature. So
> what do you think about it?
>
> Raphael
>


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