I like the overall redesign of menus but please consider this: What would
happen if the user doesn't have opportunity to make a mouse right click?
what if the toolbox is hidden (not accessible)?
Cheers!
2014-01-26 Yu Chen <jco...@gmail.com>
> Hi,
>
> In menubar of mainwindow, there are 10 items: File, Edit, View,
> Canvas, Layer, Keyframe, Tool, Set, Plug-Ins and Help.
>
> Do we really need Layer, Tool, Set, Keyframe menus? Since all of their
> sub-items are avaliable in their own panels.
>
> Keyframe menu, in most cases, user has go to keyframe panel to
> maintain keyframes for their documents.
> Layer menu, is just a copy of layer panel context menu
> Tool menu, is just a copy of toolbox
> Set, I never use it from menu bar
> Canvas, almost same, but the Canvas Properties and Options should be
> relocated from Edit and File menus to Canvas menu.
>
> I advise to:
> - Remove Keyframe, Layer, Tool, Set menus from menubar
> - Add a new Window item which contains File->Panels items (with some
> improvements of couse)
> - Relocate menu items Edit-Properties and File->Options to Canvas
> menu. Maby be we should hide the Options menu item, since the Options
> dialog is not a finished effort, and from my point of view, it is more
> like a canvas metadata editor. It would better to merge it into canvas
> properties dialog.
>
> So the new menubar will look like:
> File, Edit, View, Canvas, Plug-Ins, Window, Help
>
> Sub-items:
>
> [File]
> ==============================
> New
> Open...
> Open Recent >>
> ------------------------------
> Save
> Save As...
> Save All
> Revert
> ------------------------------
> CVS Add
> CVS Update
> CVS Commit
> CVS Revert
> ------------------------------
> Import...
> Import Sound File...
> ------------------------------
> Preview...
> Render...
> ------------------------------
> Close Document
> ------------------------------
> Quit
> ==============================
>
>
>
> [Edit]
> ==============================
> Undo
> Redo
> ------------------------------
> Cut
> Copy
> Paste
> ------------------------------
> Select All Layers
> Unselect All Layers
> Select All Handles
> Unselect All Handles
> ------------------------------
> Input Devices...
> Preferences...
> Reset to default Setup values
> ==============================
>
>
>
> [View]
> ==============================
> almost the same than current
> version in master branch
> ==============================
>
>
>
> [Canvas]
> ==============================
> Properties...
> Options...
> ==============================
>
>
>
> [Plug-Ins]
> ==============================
> nothing changed
> ==============================
>
>
>
> [Window]
> ==============================
> Arrange >>
> Workscape >>
> ------------------------------
> Toolbox
> Tool Options
> History
> ...
> Graphs
> Sets
> Palette Editor
> ------------------------------
> Synfig Animation 1
> Synfig Animation 2
> Synfig Animation 3
> ==============================
>
> [Workscape]
> ==============================
> Vertical Docks: Canvases, History, Layers
> Horizontal Docks: Parameters, Keyframes
> ------------------------------
> Reset Panels to Original Layout
> ==============================
>
>
>
> [Help]
> ==============================
> Help
> Tutorials
> Reference
> FAQ
> ------------------------------
> Get Support
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>
>
>
>
> ~ yu
>
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