Re: Formatting of Outline view: Intentional or side-effect of native themes?

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

2018-04-26 17:02 GMT+02:00 Klaus-Dieter Bauer 
:

> Hello!
>
> Before submitting an enhancement request, I wanted to ask if there already
> *are* possibilities to customize how the outline view looks.
>
> [image: lyx-tree.png]
> (mirror for image: https://imgur.com/a/OFAVJCS)
>
> I could imagine that there's some utility that allows changing the Qt
> theme or something like that, but I wouldn't even know where to start
> looking.
>

Indeed, this is determined by the Qt theme. The theme I use (Qt Adwaita)
has lines (and triangles, so it looks a bit like a mix of the above two).

Others will have to tell you how to switch the theme on Windows.

Jürgen

Re: Formatting of Outline view: Intentional or side-effect of native themes?

[Steve Litt]

On Thu, 26 Apr 2018 15:02:09 +
Klaus-Dieter Bauer  wrote:

> Hello!
> 
> Before submitting an enhancement request, I wanted to ask if there
> already *are* possibilities to customize how the outline view looks.
> 
> [image: lyx-tree.png]
> (mirror for image: https://imgur.com/a/OFAVJCS)
> 
> I could imagine that there's some utility that allows changing the Qt
> theme or something like that, but I wouldn't even know where to start
> looking.
> 
> I generally find tree-views with lines as visual guides vastly more
> useful than the "modern" style of indicating the tree only by
> indication. My best guess here is, that Qt choosed a style that
> mimicks the native style of modern Windows, which I dislike in this
> particular case.
> 
> I'm certain others will prefer the "line-less" styles, but for me
> having the lines would be very helpful in navigating large documents.
> 
> - Klaus

I'm an outline junkie, and after viewing your side-by-side outline
views, I strongly agree lines are better. Outlines are meant for quick
human comprehension: Lines accentuate that, lineless doesn't.

Of course, I could be called a hipocryt because the VimOutliner
software I originated doesn't have lines. But that decision was made
for simplicity's sake, and LyX long ago left the simplicity track.

I very much prefer the lines.
 
SteveT

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