[kde-guidelines] Styleguide: Check boxes

Thomas Pfeiffer colomar at autistici.org
Wed Jun 5 14:32:57 UTC 2013


On 05.06.2013 16:27, David Edmundson wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Heiko Tietze
> <heiko.tietze at user-prompt.com> wrote:
>>
>> Based on recent mailing list discussion and blog comments I added (+) or changed (-/+) some bullets:
>>
>> + * 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 [http://community.kde.org/Plasma| Plasma Active].
>
> That link is wrong.
> Plasma Active is a subset of Plasma. Thomas, do you have something better?

I've already changed that to Plasma/Active :)
I've also corrected the link to the dual-list pattern.

>> + * Do not add line breaks. If necessary place an additional label below the check box.
>> - * Don't use a check box for more than 10 options, use a (drop-down) list.
>> + * For more than five options, use either a [[Projects/Usability/HIG/Combo_Box| check box list]] or the [[Projects/Usability/HIG/Combo_Box| dual-list pattern]].
>> (Guidelines for these controls go to the respective entry.)
>> +* Do not separate check box and label. Clicking on both the box and the label should toggle the option.
>
>
> We want to use the term "Buddy Widgets".

Is that Qt slang which developers will understand? 'Cause I must admit 
that I don't ;)

> A code example / Qt Designer screenshot will be good here.
>
> Poke me till I do that.

*poke*





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