[Digikam-devel] visual indication of active filters?

[Gilles Caulier]

2008/2/1, Gerhard Kulzer <gerhardkgmx at gmail.com>:
>
> On Friday 01 February 2008 Gilles Caulier wrote:
> > 2008/2/1, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 2008/2/1, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 2008/2/1, Mikolaj Machowski <mikmach at wp.pl>:
> > > > >
> > > > > Dnia Friday 01 of February 2008, Gilles Caulier napisał:
> > > > > > Red color is to indicate than something is wrong, dangerous,
> etc...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This is not the case here. Is just to ping user than filters are
> > > > > active.
> > > > > > Orange is better for that... But it's just my viewpoint...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Mik, Gerhard ?
> > > > >
> > > > > Nice idea. Few ideas for improvements.
> > > > >
> > > > > 1. Visual: lack of left-, top-margins looks ugly. LED should be
> > > > > centered
> > > > >    in status bar.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Ah, i'm happy to read these word. This is you Mik (:=)))
> > > >
> > > > Yes, the widget is not centered... And this is not my fault. The
> widget
> > > > come from kdelibs and this is another one badly implemented. The
> widget
> > > > drawing method always use the top/left corner as reference. Content
> is never
> > > > centered like an usual widget...
> > > >
> > > > I have fight against to find an alternative, but without rea
> > > >
> > >
> > > Oups cuttered words here (:=)))
> > >
> > > I have fight against to find an alternative, but without success. I'm
> > > shared to waste time again this layout problem using KLed widget as
> well or
> > > tho re-implement it into digiKam core...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 2. Still not sure about colors. For me most  logical would be:
> > > > >    - greyed out for inactive filters
> > > > >    - green/orange for active filters
> > > > >    - red when filters caused that there are no images in view
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Sound like the idea to have a visual feedback about filtering match.
> icon
> > > view is not enough as well ?
> > >
> > > About the colors, your schema sound like text search widget background
> > > color scheme...
> > >
> >
> > Ok, done in svn with rev. #769396.
> >
> > Please test, and report.
> >
> > To Native English guys : this sentence is fine to details LED from
> status
> > bar :
> >
> >     QWhatsThis::add(d->led, i18n("This light report icon-view filters
> > status. "
> >                                  "This include all status-bar filters
> and
> > all Tag-Filters from right sidebar. "
> >                                  "If this light is red, at least one
> filter
> > is active, and no item match the query. "
> >                                  "If this light is green, at least one
> > filter is active, and at least one item match the query. "
> >                                  "If this light is gray, nothing is
> > filtered. "
> >                                  "Click over with mouse button to reset
> all
> > filters."));
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Gilles Caulier
> >
>     QWhatsThis::add(d->led, i18n("This LED indicates the global image
> filter status, "
>                                  "encompassing all status-bar filters and
> all tag filters from the right sidebar.\n\n"
>                                  "GRAY: no filter is active, all items are
> visible.\n"
>                                  "RED: filtering is on, but no items
> match.\n"
>                                  "GREEN: filter(s) matches at least one
> item.\n\n"
>                                  "Any mouse button click will reset all
> filters."));
>
>
> Commit will follow


Including KDE4 code ? (:=)))

Gilles
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