[kde-guidelines] Styleguide: Check boxes

[Aurélien Gâteau]

On Tuesday 04 June 2013 20:31:10 Thomas Pfeiffer wrote:
> A comment on my blog post just reminded me that we should explicitly
> discourage the use of sliding switches in Desktop applications. The standard
> Plasma component for sliding switches automatically draws a checkbox in a
> non- touchscreen-environment, but a heated discussion on the Plasma mailing
> list shows that some developers are even willing to fork the component only
> to get their switches in their Desktop application.
> Those developers will probably just disregard the HIG as well, but at least
> other Plasma developers can point to the HIG and say "See, it's in the HIG
> as well!"
> I'd suggest adding the following guideline:
> "Do not use sliding switches in Desktop applications. They only offer good
> user interaction on touch screens, so they should only be used in
> applications for Plasma Active"

Makes sense to me.

Aurélien