[kde-guidelines] Styleguide: Check boxes

[David Edmundson]

On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 3:32 PM, Thomas Pfeiffer <colomar at autistici.org> wrote:
> 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.
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>>
>>
>> We want to use the term "Buddy Widgets".
>
>
> Is that Qt slang which developers will understand? 'Cause I must admit that
> I don't ;)

Not slang per se.
http://doc.qt.digia.com/4.7/qlabel.html#setBuddy
>
>
>> A code example / Qt Designer screenshot will be good here.
>>
>> Poke me till I do that.
>
>
> *poke*
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