[Kde-games-devel] Icon for "show possible moves"

[Rob Kaper]

On Sunday 17 October 2004 12:34pm, Inge Wallin wrote:
> On Saturday 16 October 2004 11.54, Rob Kaper wrote:
> > On Saturday 16 October 2004 12:05am, Inge Wallin wrote:
> > > This will be a KAction with an icon in the toolbar and an entry in the
> > > View(?) menu.  I haven't decided yet if it will be a toggled option or
> > > a one-shot thing, but that is not the problem.
> >
> > Make it a toggle action, please. Otherwise game logic will have to
> > control the view property..
>
> I didn't quite understand that.  Could you elaborate?

If it is singleshot, games will have to reset the "show possible moves" again 
after a turn, or token movement/placement, right? With a toggle option, such 
logic won't be necessary because it's the user who decides when to stop 
showing the possible moves.

> > I could work on a mockup icon for this action.. my initial thoughts: a
> > soft 2x2 grid with a token on 1,1 and arrows to the other 3 grids. For
> > "view possible moves" there would be a question mark on top, for "demo or
> > autoplay" the play icon.
>
> Sure, why note?  However bad it is, it will probably still be much better
> than I would be able to come up with.  :-)  But since you never move your
> pieces in Reversi, perhaps you should skip the arrow.  On the other hand,
> the arrows might be a good general metaphor for moves...

Right, I was aiming at a generic icon that could be attached to a 
KStdGame(Toggle)Action, not something for a single game.

Rob
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