[kde-guidelines] List view

Heiko Tietze heiko.tietze at user-prompt.com
Mon Jun 10 15:34:12 UTC 2013


Am Sonntag, 9. Juni 2013, 17:56:32 schrieb Thomas Pfeiffer:
> On Sunday 09 June 2013 16:42:03 David Edmundson wrote:
> > > I don't know where I can see a checkbox list in action, but I hope
> > > that it does provide both.
> > > 
> > >  - right click on clock applet -> digital clock settings
> >  
> >  - TimeZones tab
> 
> Oh, _that_ is how Qt does checkbox lists? Oh dear, that plain sucks. Not
> only does it not allow multiselect via keyboard, you have to click the
> checkbox to select it!
> Okay, hm, that changes things... This implementation is indeed worse than a
> listbox in some ways.
> 
> So I'd say: If we can have a widget which combines the easy selection of a
> list box with the discoverability and accessibility, I'd prefer that for
> every case.
> If we can have only either a list view or that crappy checkbox list, when we
> indeed have to choose based on the specific situation.

About crappy cbl: Can we demand better one? 

And just to not forget a point: Keyboard navigation is done by left/right 
cursor (instead of up/down which is every time "surprising" to me).


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