On Jan 23, 2007, at 12:19 AM, Robert Staudinger wrote: > > On 1/22/07, Matthew Paul Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Jan 22, 2007, at 8:03 PM, Robert Staudinger wrote: > ... >>> ------------------------- -------- >>> |123 | cm <> | >>> ------------------------- -------- > ... >> If the field is really that wide, there is something wrong with the >> window layout. The width of fields should be at least roughly >> proportionate to the length of the data people are likely to enter in >> them (though it's best to avoid using more than two or three lengths >> in a single window). > > Unfortunately it isn't always that easy. Even the HIG's own examples > come with wide GtkEntry and combo-box/option-menu widgets: > http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/2.0/design-window.html
That's because they're quite likely to contain long strings. Nothing wrong with that. > That should of course not be an excuse whatsoever, just some support > for the argument that widget size cannot always easily be constrained. > ... Setting the width of controls is one of the few things that *is* easy in Glade. Cheers -- Matthew Paul Thomas http://mpt.net.nz/ _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
