[kde-guidelines] Styleguide: Check boxes

[Heiko Tietze]

Am Freitag, 31. Mai 2013, 23:16:38 schrieb Thomas Pfeiffer:
> Okay, I guess I not know what you mean. It just might be confused with
> dependent controls in the same dialog. E.g. setting the checkbox for a
> feature to "Activated" would enable the controls to configure it in the
> same dialog.
I added an example (Actually I've seen the "[ ] Print" feature recently: users 
check the box and the printer starts immediately to work)

(It's not a good idea when I do the examples because the layout is not stored 
as xml/ui-file).

> I guess people sometimes do that if they want to conserve space in a dialog
> when something is deactivated. I just think it might help to make it clear
> what should and should not be done.
Okay, your sentence is in.

|* Don't use a check box for more than 10 options, use a (drop-down) list.
I'm not shure about this. Do we need to distinguish between single checkboxes 
and a list of cb (with a scrollbar). And why shouldn't a large list with a few 
selections be allowed as checklistbox? My alternative advice:
* "For more than 5 associated options use a check box list." -> An example 
could be days of week
* "Consider to apply a dual-list pattern if more than only a few selections 
have to be made."