Richard, If you ever find the reference to the study, I'd be interested in it.
I seem to recall a particularly ghastly set of magically reorganizing multi-rowed tab controls at the User Interface Hall of Shame. Judy http://revined.blogspot.com On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 9:02 PM, Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Marcus wrote: >> >> Is there anyway to create a layered effect on a tabbed button, so that you >> can >> have two or even three rows of tabs all on the same button? > > I understand that multi-row tabs are a common convention, but they're > not supported on other OSes for several reasons. > > First, they break their own metaphor when a user selects a tab in any > but the lower-most row, since the row needs to shift to the front and > thus departs from the real-world metaphor of a physical object which > remains in one place when selected. > > Also, the moving of the rows often confuses the user; tests show few can > predict exactly what will happen when the rows need to shift (I can't find > the paper I'd read that in, but maybe one of the others here know the URL). > > OS X explicitly forbids the use of multi-row tabs, and the Gnome HIG offers > the suggestion to consider using a vertical list when you need a selector > that has more options than can fit in a single tab row: > <http://library.gnome.org/devel/hig-book/stable/controls-notebooks.html.en> > > The nice thing about Calum Benson's suggestion is that it's simple to make > in Rev. :) > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Managing Editor, revJournal > _______________________________________________________ > Rev tips, tutorials and more: http://www.revJournal.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
