[kde-guidelines] Layout (was: Styleguide: Check boxes)

[Heiko Tietze]

Am 05.06.2013 09:31:12, schrieb Aurélien Gâteau:
> On Saturday 01 June 2013 11:16:32 Heiko Tietze wrote:
> > Am Freitag, 31. Mai 2013, 23:24:07 schrieb Thomas Pfeiffer:
> > > I agree with Aurélien here: I don't think HIGs are the place for
> > > introducing major changes. Right now almost all KDE applications place
> > > labels on the side so if the HIG says they should be placed above, it
> > > would be completely out of sync with reality.
> > 
> > Of course, we do not want to introduce changes. But I think both layouts are
> > used to the same extend by now. I found only a few check boxes with
> > additional left caption.
> > 
> > Horizontal layout:
> > +/- less vertical space
> > - heavy rework necessary
> > - boring design
> > 
> > Tabular design:
> > - probably trouble with RTL (I still think the alignment interferes with the
> > orientation) and localizations (text length matters)
> 
> I don't think there are alignment problems with RTL, because Qt is smart 
> enough to swap alignments in RTL, but I may be missing what you are saying.
> 
> Note that you can try any Qt or KDE application in RTL mode by starting it 
> with "-reverse", so for example to try KWrite in RTL mode, run:
> 
> 	kwrite -reverse
> 
> > + good way of identification (in terms of branding)
> > + well established (?)
> > 
> > More pluses for tabular design, but...
> > 
> > > Yes, we could indeed make a distinction here, like
> > > "In places that are far taller than wide (such as sidebars) place labels
> > > above controls instead of on the left"
> > 
> > ...this exceptions are very important. It's not only the vertical space
> > limitation currently.
> > 
> > While looking through dialogs I just found another strange implementation:
> > checkbox with line breaks. This applys to alignment, IMHO. "Do not add line
> > breaks for single line controls like radio button and check box."


The check box thread gets confusing. And I'm afraid we have to deal with layouts for some time.

xpete's remark: http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=83&t=96374 and http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=83&t=97608TP: http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Usability/HIG/SOU_Workspace/Administer_Themes



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