Hi! The 'Three dialog problems' thread also reminded me of the list view column header sorting direction issue. What does a downward facing arrow mean ... ?
A while ago I made a mockup and filed a bug. Should have presented it here in the first place, I guess. From http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=331551 --- Mockup: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=59579&action=view For Name and Type the mockup shows 2 alternatives for indicating if sorting starts from A on top or bottom. The bars used for Size and Date could also be used, where A would be small value. A nicer icon, but more interpretation work for the user. I changed the dividers for resizing from sunken to raised, because drag-handles are usualy and should be raised. Guess that's a theming thing, though. The sorting icons are in front of the labels, to get the divider, icon, label combo for each column closer together, a visual unit. Additionaly I would like to propose enabling sorting on multiple levels. Example: Sort for Type first, sort inside each block of the same Type according to Size. I came to the conclusion the only solution to visualize that without needing much more space is the left to right sequence. Clicking in the label region of a column should make the column the first on the left. The mockup shows the mouse cursor indicating that action to happen on click. --- Related: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112060 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=337700 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=262111 -- Thorsten Wilms Thorwil's Creature Illustrations: http://www.printfection.com/thorwil _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
