Hi Heiko,
Heiko Tietze wrote on 05-06-18 11:28:
> The floating widget is like a toolwindow, similar to compose a
> message. And I'm very happy that an accidental press of escape
> doesn't close this dialog (using Thunderbird as well).
I experience that in a different way. Selecting a color,
See the section uses of Escape on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esc_key#Uses
See also this explanation : https://techterms.com/definition/escape_key
See also this:
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/keyboard-shortcuts-in-outlook-on-the-web-63df572e-1078-4562-b45e-b93e07a76ffb
Thanks for the clarification.
Then I think your guidelines are excellent.
On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 10:44 AM Heiko Tietze wrote:
> Floatiness of the sidebar is an evergreen and has been discussed several
> times in the meeting. The sidebar has its own HIG.
>
> On 05.06.2018 11:38, Pedro Rosmaninho
Floatiness of the sidebar is an evergreen and has been discussed several times
in the meeting. The sidebar has its own HIG.
On 05.06.2018 11:38, Pedro Rosmaninho wrote:
> I think the reasoning is well thought and laid out by Heiko. the resizability
> doesn't seem to be a big problem for me.
I think the reasoning is well thought and laid out by Heiko. the
resizability doesn't seem to be a big problem for me. Except if the
floating widget looks extremely small in HiDpi displays? (can't test)
Just one question though: where does the floating Sidebar fit into this? I
tried to resize
The floating widget is like a toolwindow, similar to compose a message. And I'm
very happy that an accidental press of escape doesn't close this dialog (using
Thunderbird as well). Resizability is permitted for dialogs in LibreOffice,
though I dont find the guideline anymore (wait, it was a
First of all, thanks for sharing the guidelines Heiko.
I'm pretty agree about all except for the usage of escape. When I teach
computer, I always explain that escape is used inside the window to
close floating window, menu and dialog. For example, on Thunderbird,
escape could close a message
Based on https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=87239 I drafted a
guideline for floating widgets at
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Selection#Appearance. Your review
and opinion is welcome.
Cheers,
Heiko
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