[Kalzium] [Bug 140361] New: Rearanging little things in main window

[david]

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           Summary: Rearanging little things in main window
           Product: kalzium
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kalzium kde org
        ReportedBy: davidtournaire wanadoo fr


Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.5)
Installed from:    Unspecified0

First, it is related to Kalzium 1.4.5. and may be fixed.
I have a french localisation, so the name may not be the same.

First of all, I would separate the Molecule things from the Atom things.
The mass calculator is, in the side bar, between the view of curent atom and the time thing.

Atom things :
In fact, it would be nice to group same things together :
go to view->view->display ... when you want to show family,groups, acidity, ...
go to the sidebar when you whant to display date of discovery or state % temperature.
For me, the best would be a unique dropdown box in the side-bar to choose the table properties, and the things which may be of interest depending of selected view.
The view menu may be a copy of the dropdown list.

Molecule things:
have a look on KDE-look for the mockup on wich I base the view.
You have an history of results, and an edit line.
the edit line is parsed and depending of content, the button show "calculate wheigh" of "find factors"
Any entry of the history can be easily copy pasted, either in plain text or in more formated view ( H2O with the 2 diplayed litle at the right botom corner of the H ) so that you can use it in text editor or word processor.
I would also add a "show molecule in 3D" somewere. If Kalzium alow to show more than one at the same time, it may be in the history, if it is a weight calculation, display only the molecule, if it is a reaction, display all the molecule of the same side, with a show next button. 
I think it is to complicated to calculate the different state of a reaction ( chemical link by link ) to show an animation of the reaction.

The edit line has an auto completion feature, looking in the list of molecule begining the same way than the actual one ( forget what is before a "+" or "->" and the lower case letters)

The molecules in the history are recognized, and separated, so that you can click one and it is added to the edit line.
Moreother, the history has a "chain reaction" button, which copy the result of the reaction as a reactor. The result contain the previous equation too.
for equations whith multiple products, I don't know. Harder to chain.