--- Thomas Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
> > Instead, I suggest: Reserve room for a small
> indeterminate progress 
> > indicator (a.k.a. a throbber) and a label directly
> underneath the 
> > list. Then whenever a theme has been selected for
> at least half a 
> > second but hasn't finished applying yet, show the
> progress indicator 
> > and label:
> >
> >     |_______________________________________|V|
> >
> >     @ Applying “Ocean Blue”...
> The problem is, it's not technically possible to
> tell when the theme has 
> finished applying.

This doesn't mean the progress indicator can't be
implemented, it means that GTK has a design flaw that
must be fixed.


                
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