On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 3:28 AM, Adrian Buehlmann <adr...@cadifra.com> wrote: > On 19.10.2009 01:59, Steve Borho wrote: >> On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 6:11 PM, Adrian Buehlmann <adr...@cadifra.com> wrote: >>> # HG changeset patch >>> # User Adrian Buehlmann <adr...@cadifra.com> >>> # Date 1255907368 -7200 >>> # Branch stable >>> # Node ID 293e1f3d55006b32d5760e7350f51c33dfde3704 >>> # Parent 5d6dc81f1aaa7e0f0b1d5fa6cde166edf8859c44 >>> changeset: don't scroll the csetinfo >>> >>> Otherwise this looks especially ridiculous if the expander is collapsed. >>> >> >> Not sure about this one. The header eats up a lot of space when it's >> expanded, so you want it to scroll. Would be nice if it scrolled when >> expanded but was 'sticky' when it was collapsed. > > I think it would be bad to have it scrolled in one state but not in the > other. I can't think of any program that would do such a thing on Windows. > > There is a very prominent example which does it exactly the way I have > proposed it: > > The Thunderbird mailer I'm using [1]. > > Please have a look at this screenshot (I pixelated some sensitive data): > http://cdn.bitbucket.org/abuehl/thg-abuehl/downloads/screenshot-thunderbird-1.png > > I admit thought that the default of the expander there is 'unexpanded'. > > Could I convince you to agree to _not_ scroll the csetinfo if we would set > the expander to 'unexpanded' (+) by default? > > (I have set it to expanded by default, but, in hindsight, I would actually > prefer it to be unexpanded by default) > > Actually, I have already thought long ago about having the log viewer > look like in Thunderbird. I was very pleased when I noticed that Yuki's > csetinfo would finally make an expander possible. > > The csetinfo is definitely the way to go. Thanks Yuki! (apologies for > having started hacking on it immediately after you have published it. As > already stated: it was just sooo tempting for me to add that expander) > > [1] http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ >
That's a compelling example. Does any one else have any objections? -- Steve Borho ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Tortoisehg-develop mailing list Tortoisehg-develop@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tortoisehg-develop
